Help me pick out my new (to me) FX camera.

Blacktop

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I have it narrowed down to 6 bodies. The D700, the D3 , the D3S the D3X the D4 and the D4S are not in the running.
The DF is pretty much out of the running and the D750 is a strong contender.

Please don't ask silly questions like "what do you like to shoot Mr Blacktop?"
Or, what is the D7100 not doing for you that an FX camera would?
Or, one of my all time favorites. "The camera doesn't take great shots, it's the asshole looking through the viewfinder that does" (usually said by someone who owns 4 FX bodies and 20,000 dollars worth of lenses)

Thank you!
 
Well first off I would never call you "Mr". I am always looking at all the cameras to see if I would want to upgrade (the answer is a no right now) I really do like the D750 right now. Big enough files without breaking the hard drive bank. All the latest tech. I think it would be better than any of the ones you listed.


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Blacktop

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Well first off I would never call you "Mr". I am always looking at all the cameras to see if I would want to upgrade (the answer is a no right now) I really do like the D750 right now. Big enough files without breaking the hard drive bank. All the latest tech. I think it would be better than any of the ones you listed.


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Great minds think alike. That is why the D750 is the frontrunner now, and the D8XX is close behind.
If I get the D750, the D7100 stays. If I get the D8XX the D7100 is a goner.
 
Great minds think alike. That is why the D750 is the frontrunner now, and the D8XX is close behind.
If I get the D750, the D7100 stays. If I get the D8XX the D7100 is a goner.

From a few things I have read the D7100 and the D750 are laid out almost the same way. That would be a big plus to owning both of them


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Blacktop

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From a few things I have read the D7100 and the D750 are laid out almost the same way. That would be a big plus to owning both of them


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Very true. Also a plus for the 750 is the U1 and U2 settings which BTW I love and thanks for turning me on to that.
 
The ones I listed are NOT in the running.

Here are the ones in the running.
D750, D800 ,D800E , D810, D610, DF

Was not clear in your post. Then with this list the D750 it is. The 800s are great but that is a lot of file size that most of us don't really need. The D610 seems more like a replacement camera. Before the 610 people start yelling. Yea it is a nice camera. All of them are but from a D7100 shooter the F750 just feels right


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Moab Man

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The ones I listed are NOT in the running.

Here are the ones in the running.
D750, D800 ,D800E , D810, D610, DF

I got that. I've shot all of them except for the DF. The 800's are monstrous files. I have done print work at five feet in length with my 24 megapixel cameras - can't see myself printing bigger than that therefore the extra pixels are just not needed for me. D610 is a great camera, but the D750 is a new more advanced sensor. Therefore, my winner pick is... still the D750.
 

J-see

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It's a hard decision to pick between the D750 and D810 since they do not differ that much in terms of quality. Yes the D810 got some more detail and overall quality at the lower ISOs but it gets a bit noisier when you up the ISO. The D750 lacks the 64 ISO and megapixels (which makes all the difference in crop-shots) but from ISO 100 has about the same overall image quality and will perform better throughout the rest of the ISO range. It's also one decent lens cheaper.

In some way it is a decision between (image) quality and performance and the conditions where you live would have an impact on which of both matters most.

I live in an area where 4-5 months of the year light levels aren't good so performance matters more than quality in that period. Would I live somewhere that has better light all around, quality would be of more importance.
 

Blacktop

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Thanks guys. So far the D750 is still the frontrunner. The main reason I was even thinking of the D8XX series is that I could get rid of the D7100 and just use it in DX mode for my bird needs and have just one cam.
But the more I think about it, the D7100 is not a bad cam for birds or BIf shots. The limited buffer never bothered me as I take short bursts anyway with BIF.
 

Blacktop

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I've been looking through some D750 Flickr groups and the low noise at high ISO like 12,800 is amazing. I could throw my 50mm on there and shoot in a cave.
 

J-see

Senior Member
Also; you can always close the sharpness gap between the D750 and D810 by having the OLPF removed, as Fish showed, but this far there is no additional noise filter you can add to the D810 to make its ISO performance better.
 

J-see

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If you're not in a hurry, it might pay to wait a bit. Sony and Pentax both release a 42Mpix cam so it can be expected Nikon will do the same pretty soon. If, the D750 will likely move a spot down the ladder and get cheaper.
 

mikew_RIP

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My money would be on the d750,been reading quiet a bit about the D8XX and i dont believe for your mix of shots and end use of the files you need the D8xx
 
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