Nikon D750 is 35% Off!

sonicbuffalo_RIP

Senior Member
Heck yeah!! Buy grey, get a third-party warranty (if you think you need one) and you wind up the best of both worlds: a great deal on your camera and a warranty that's actually worth having.

The $600 you'll be saving would go a long way toward some really superb glass...
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I agree with buying gray, but $600 isn't even close to what you'll need for a decent arsenal of great glass. It's really an expensive transition from DX to FX. I'm not saying it's not worth it, only carefully scrutinize your goals. If I were just starting out, I'd definitely buy the D750, and great glass. I'd skip DX completely. That being said the D7100 is stellar and I'm sure the D7200 is also.
 

Retro

Senior Member
I agree with buying gray, but $600 isn't even close to what you'll need for a decent arsenal of great glass. It's really an expensive transition from DX to FX. I'm not saying it's not worth it, only carefully scrutinize your goals. If I were just starting out, I'd definitely buy the D750, and great glass. I'd skip DX completely. That being said the D7100 is stellar and I'm sure the D7200 is also.
You don't make it easy! I'm hoping to buy digital in the spring, and I'm torn between the two. I would love to skip DX, but I'm not sure if I should. One upside is that I could continue to buy AI-S lenses for my FE2, and some D, and they would all work on the D750. That sounds like a good plan...
 

Spottydumplings

Senior Member
You don't make it easy! I'm hoping to buy digital in the spring, and I'm torn between the two. I would love to skip DX, but I'm not sure if I should. One upside is that I could continue to buy AI-S lenses for my FE2, and some D, and they would all work on the D750. That sounds like a good plan...

Hate to muddy the waters but they will also work fine on a D7100:culpability:.
 

Retro

Senior Member
Hate to muddy the waters but they will also work fine on a D7100:culpability:.
If I bought the D7200, I think I would just avoid DX lenses altogether. Since I have the FE2, and will buy an F100 soon, as well as an F4, and maybe an F5 someday, and I really want a D750 or whatever is the latest of that caliber when I have the money, why buy DX lenses?

I'm looking forward to buying my first AF-D lens and using it on my FE2. I just think it's great that I can put it on a DSLR and have autofocus and then go back to the FE2. I don't know much about FX lenses on a DX body. I just know what the lens gives is bigger than the sensor, and that it doesn't really matter. I guess you should just assume you won't get the edges in the picture, right?
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
I agree with buying gray, but $600 isn't even close to what you'll need for a decent arsenal of great glass.
Oh I didn't mean to imply it would buy anything close to an "arsenal"...

I was thinking it would make a nice dent in a good 70-200mm f/2.8 or something along those lines is all.
 

10 Gauge

Senior Member
I still feel like I stole the show getting my legit US warranted kit for $1999. lol. I am sooooo not unhappy with my decision to pull the trigger on that deal the second I saw it.
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
You could probably get 3 of the Nikon D bits for FX in my kit for $600, I know I did.....for sure you could find a 50 F1.4 AF D and a 35-70 F2.8 AF D for $600.....and you would be well on your way !

Agree with the OP on the F100 hunting one down as we speak....had a pair of F2's and a 1959 Nikon F but they went big bucks on eBay (especially the 59) a few years ago....along with a nice collection of Ai lenses.

What was I thinking?
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
"Hmm ... I might be off hunting for a 35-70 f2.8 AF D here soon then!
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Paid $200 for my 35-70 moved quick on craigslist - bought from a local wedding pro who couldn't dial in the push pull. Old school me on the other hand dialed it right in.
@RocketCowboy I love it true but I really like your F4 modern pair better!

You have a sweet kit!
 
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RocketCowboy

Senior Member
Paid $200 for my 35-70 moved quick on craigslist - bought from a local wedding pro who couldn't dial in the push pull. Old school me on the other hand dialed it right in.
@RocketCowboy I love it true but I really like your F4 modern pair better!

You have a sweet kit!

I like my current lens setup, but none of my zooms work with my film camera. I have two D primes, but the D zooms I have were original kit glass and very slow. I figured if I could find a fixed F2.8 kit zoom cheap enough, it's probably worth adding to the kit even if I just use it on the 35mm SLR.
 
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