On the fence between upcoming purchase

[Geoffc]

The reason I have decided to move to full frame is mainly due to the fact that I dislike the quality of images in lower light that my A77 does. Since I was going to "upgrade" I decided on Nikon FF. My decision on the Nikon was based on comparing the images from my friends D800 (not sure if its an e) to what I took.
Yes I know its not a fair compairing the two but I liked how sharp his came out and in my eyes, mine where no where near as sharp.
For landscapes the A77 works fine but I dislike it for studio.
Also I have submitted shots to a few magazines that were published. You can see the difference between my shots and the others, not the composition but the whole image.
Im going to keep the Sony as a backup and also for my wife to play with if she decides.

If it's sharp you want the D7100 is very sharp as Jake highlighted. I don't know anything about the A77. The D800 can be very good if you do everything properly like tripods etc. Even handheld I find it pretty good with a reasonable shutter speed.. I only raise the point because I went full frame before the D7100 came out as I convinced myself it was the right thing to do. I now know I could get very similar results with the D7100 for my personal use (no huge prints). I was out with my wife the other day and she had her D7100 with Sigma 17-50 2.8 attached. I was a little envious of how good her pictures looked on the back of the camera.

If you know you need FX then go for it, I just tend to ask the question these days based on my experiences.


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[BruceJ]

A99 successor is imminent and should have wifi and ability of shooting at high ISO. Keep tabs on sonyalpharumours and Dyxum for news. I still have Maxxum 50 1.7, 28 2.8, orig 35-105, 70-210 f4 (bc ) 24-105 and a 200 2.8 which is the finest lens I have ever owned. You glass is good if you don't have to sell gear to switch might be worth waiting another week or two,

the good Nikon news is cheap older FX glass (D) is cheap and fantastic! My three bits of D glass astound!


....but Minolta magic is tough to give up!

Im not holding much faith in any word from Sony for a few months, at least until the start of the new year.