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Anyone owned both the D7200 and D7100?
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<blockquote data-quote="TwistedThrottle" data-source="post: 812078" data-attributes="member: 46724"><p>Hi [USER=48633]@Peter7100[/USER] </p><p>If you havent yet, try that Tokina 11-16 on your D800. Just keep your D800 in FX mode and zoom the lens to 16mm. It's a very solid 16mm prime on a full frame camera, (Tokina lenses in general work fantastically well with those high MP sensors). In fact, I almost quit mirrorless once I figured out that any crop lens, (including my beloved 11-16) automatically gets detected as such and there is no way to override the camera to keep the full sensor accessible to the lens. Glad I didn't- that was small potatoes to what mirrorless has offered me in return. I'm with [USER=10742]@Fred Kingston[/USER] , you cant go wrong making the switch to mirrorless. That 85 will work better on any full frame mirrorless camera using the fantastic FTZ adapter than any other DSLR, plus there's the added benefit of IBIS. </p><p>If you keep the D800, try shooting at a higher shutter speed than you think is needed. I found that when making the switch to FX from DX with my D800, that made a big difference. Also, I had excellent results with D800/ Sigma 150-600C but not until I spent a few hours doing test shots and making all the adjustments necessary using the lens dock at all the focal lengths and at all the distances, (I think there were like 30 adjustments that had to be made on that lens). It was in fact, necessary. Same with the Tamron 85 f1.8. I chose that one because DXOmark had it ranked very high but didn't give me the results I wanted until I adjusted using the dock, (easier due to just one focal length, I think there were just 5 adjustments near to far). You can do some adjustments in camera, but they're global adjustments. Works OK for primes but not zooms. You have to make your global adjustment for near or far or somewhere in between at the expense of all other scenarios. Thats why I prefer using the docks- especially for zooms.</p><p></p><p>Good luck on your decision!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwistedThrottle, post: 812078, member: 46724"] Hi [USER=48633]@Peter7100[/USER] If you havent yet, try that Tokina 11-16 on your D800. Just keep your D800 in FX mode and zoom the lens to 16mm. It's a very solid 16mm prime on a full frame camera, (Tokina lenses in general work fantastically well with those high MP sensors). In fact, I almost quit mirrorless once I figured out that any crop lens, (including my beloved 11-16) automatically gets detected as such and there is no way to override the camera to keep the full sensor accessible to the lens. Glad I didn't- that was small potatoes to what mirrorless has offered me in return. I'm with [USER=10742]@Fred Kingston[/USER] , you cant go wrong making the switch to mirrorless. That 85 will work better on any full frame mirrorless camera using the fantastic FTZ adapter than any other DSLR, plus there's the added benefit of IBIS. If you keep the D800, try shooting at a higher shutter speed than you think is needed. I found that when making the switch to FX from DX with my D800, that made a big difference. Also, I had excellent results with D800/ Sigma 150-600C but not until I spent a few hours doing test shots and making all the adjustments necessary using the lens dock at all the focal lengths and at all the distances, (I think there were like 30 adjustments that had to be made on that lens). It was in fact, necessary. Same with the Tamron 85 f1.8. I chose that one because DXOmark had it ranked very high but didn't give me the results I wanted until I adjusted using the dock, (easier due to just one focal length, I think there were just 5 adjustments near to far). You can do some adjustments in camera, but they're global adjustments. Works OK for primes but not zooms. You have to make your global adjustment for near or far or somewhere in between at the expense of all other scenarios. Thats why I prefer using the docks- especially for zooms. Good luck on your decision! [/QUOTE]
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