D810 or lenses ?

Joohn

Senior Member
Hi friends,

Need all of your valuable suggestions as I am confused about purchasing cameras/lenses.

My current equipment

Body
Nikon D90 (Selling this off)
Nikon D700 (Selling this off)
Nikon D750 (Recently bought)

Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18 - 105 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens
Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8D
Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70 - 300 mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED

Photography is what I do for my day to day living. Now I am thinking to move from DX to FX completely. Recently I have bought D750 (body). I don't have quality lenses as of now. I often get wedding photography projects and I rent out lenses for wedding photography. As you can see above I have only 3 lenses which are not that great lenses so I am thinking to buy some glasses.

Now the confusion is should I buy another FX body (D810 is what I can afford at best) and manage for sometimes with 70-300 and 50mm ? or I should buy new lens ?. I always prefer shooting with 2 cameras. And I want both the camera should be FX.

If i should buy lens then which one I should go for ?

70-200mm VR ii ? Or
14-24mm f/2.8G ED and 105mm f/2.8G macro ? Or
24-70mm f/2.8G ED and 105mm f/2.8G macro ? Or

some other lenses ?

Wedding photography is in priority.

So please suggest me.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!
 
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Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
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Sell the D90 with the 18-105, keep the 700 and get a 24-70 Tamron with a Nikkor 85 1.8.

Unless the D700 has more than 150,000 actuations, I'd keep it because it's such a great body that will never deceive you.
 

Joohn

Senior Member
@ShootRaw, @Marcel, @Gorf

Thank you so much for your inputs. So you guys are saying instead of getting another FX body (D810), I better buy good glasses ?

I definitely need 70-200 F/2.8 VR ii and 24-70 F/2.8 but at this time i won't be able to afford for both.
 

Deleted

Senior Member
The D810 can show up "lesser" lenses. So the budget probably dictates to get the glass first otherwise, D810 + glass all at the same time. The 24-70mm f2.8 will be good for the time being & maybe consider an 85mm for portraits?

Also, it can be useful to check Mansurov's thoughts:
Best Nikon Lenses for Wedding Photography
 
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aroy

Senior Member
Unless you want that 36MP image, I feel that D8xx series is an encumbrance rather than an asset for weddings and other fast action photography. At 24MP D750 is more than sufficient for all but large blow ups.

For lenses I would get rid of both the zooms, but keep the 50mm, as it will be useful in low light. Most professional photographers use the 24-70 and 70-200 extensively.
 

wornish

Senior Member
I would go for the 24-70 and the 70-200 first. The Tamron 24-70 also has VR and gets great reviews its considerably lower cost than the Nikon.. As @Marcel says keep the D700 unless its got very high shutter count and use it as your second camera.
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Go the 24-70 and 70-200 if weddings will be your priority. Although I love my D800E I would go for a 24-70 before i traded in my D600.
 
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