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| Posted by Judith: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 12:53 | 1st Post |
| ...D810 + 24-70mm f2.8 lens. John Lewis had a 3 days only good deal on the combo so i thought 'why the hell not...' Still a hefty dent in my bank balance though - gulp!!! Happy new (camera) new year to me! Picking it up from the shop on Friday.  
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| Posted by jk: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 15:19 | 2nd Post |
| I thought you were Scottish! Ye spendthrift, dinny ken , many a mickle makes a muckle! Nice one. You will enjoy. The D810 might need a trial in my hands. The 24-70 is a super useful lens, and is very sharp. Dont stop down past f8. Can be used full open with little quality loss. All you need now is the 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR. YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE IT!
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| Posted by Eric: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 15:53 | 3rd Post |
Judith wrote:...D810 + 24-70mm f2.8 lens. John Lewis had a 3 days only good deal on the combo so i thought 'why the hell not...' Wow! Well done Judith, that was a rush of blood to the wallet. They call paramedics out for serious incidents like that in Yorkshire. Only jealous...my D810 worth of cash went into home decorations and furnishings this time round. 
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| Posted by Judith: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 16:06 | 4th Post |
| I might consider bringing over to Spain with me mid Jan. If you grovel enough, I might let you touch it. Lol Eric, I had to take several deep breaths before I hit the buy button!! The camera was £2349 but if you buy it with the lens (offer on till 2nd jan), the combo was £3249. So a £300 saving on the lens - and I can claim a further £175 cashback from Nikon, making the lens effectively £725 from an original price of £1235. They don't call us Scots canny for nothing! :thumbsup:
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| Posted by Judith: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 16:14 | 5th Post |
| Jonathan, I'm quite happy with my 70-300mm vr. There will be no more silly money purchases unless I get a moneybags job very soon lol. The.d810 is already demanding presents and I haven't even got it yet! CF/SD cards and spare batteries for starters, and it's started eyeing up an 85mm f1.8. EEK,!
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| Posted by Eric: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 16:43 | 6th Post |
Judith wrote:I might consider bringing over to Spain with me mid Jan. If you grovel enough, I might let you touch it. Lol I am having panic sweats here... and it isn't my money?  Enjoy. 
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| Posted by Judith: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 17:40 | 7th Post |
| LOL well I did promise myself a new camera when I got my job in Shetland and now that it's finished and I got a nice end of contract bonus, I decided to cough up. It has taken a couple of months of palpitations and sharp intakes of breath to do the deed though. I gave up on the d400 coming out so now that I've bought something else, I guess we can expect an announcement any day now!!
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| Posted by jk: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 17:59 | 8th Post |
| Better buy a 4TB drive to store all the images. Those D800 images eat disk space. I am sure you will enjoy the detail in the image. You need to get back into your body painting.
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| Posted by jk: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 18:43 | 9th Post |
Judith wrote:Jonathan, I'm quite happy with my 70-300mm vr. There will be no more silly money purchases unless I get a moneybags job very soon lol. The.d810 is already demanding presents and I haven't even got it yet! CF/SD cards and spare batteries for starters, and it's started eyeing up an 85mm f1.8. EEK,! 32gb SD + 32gb CF is what I have in mine plus two spare batteries. I havent bought the battery grip as the battery lasts well.
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| Posted by Judith: Wed Dec 31st, 2014 20:52 | 10th Post |
| Nah, I don't need a 4tb drive. You're just too scared of the delete button!! Lol
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| Posted by Robert: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 03:50 | 11th Post |
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| Posted by jk: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 07:46 | 12th Post |
Judith wrote: Nah, I don't need a 4tb drive. You're just too scared of the delete button!! Lol I'm still using a 2TB one for my images since 1998.
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| Posted by ttreppa: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 08:07 | 13th Post |
| Judith, Good for you. I have the same combination and it is the best camera and lens that I have ever owned. I'm not a professional but I've used many of the Nikon D cameras, D, D1X, D2X, D3X to be precise. You will not be disappointed. Happy New Year. Terry Treppa 
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| Posted by Judith: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 09:50 | 14th Post |
| No need for a hard hat Robert, I'm not scared of him!! LOL Terry, I'm looking forward to collecting my new toy. Hopefully, I can work out how to use it!!! If not, there's always the JK option when I get over to Spain.
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| Posted by ttreppa: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 14:59 | 15th Post |
| When all else fails use AUTO Terry
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 16:06 | 16th Post |
Judith wrote:Nah, I don't need a 4tb drive. You're just too scared of the delete button!! Lol That's the next most commonly used button on my cameras.
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| Posted by TomOC: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 18:01 | 17th Post |
Judith wrote:LOL well I did promise myself a new camera when I got my job in Shetland and now that it's finished and I got a nice end of contract bonus, I decided to cough up. It has taken a couple of months of palpitations and sharp intakes of breath to do the deed though. This probably cements the announcement of a D400 by February... But you will be in love with ultra high IQ by then, so it won't matter  Love your body/lens choice...my 24-70 is almost glued on the "old" D800 and that means no dust Tom
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| Posted by jk: Thu Jan 1st, 2015 18:01 | 18th Post |
Judith wrote: No need for a hard hat Robert, I'm not scared of him!! LOL That is what the pigs said about the big bad wolf! Bacon and D810 sounds good!!  Tom are you saying that Judith is the new Ray! I look forward to getting my D400 in March 2015.
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 05:20 | 19th Post |
| On a more serious note, Judith. Why did you go for the D810 as opposed to the D750? Or even the D600 that JK holds highly? I plan to sell my D3 and D7000 in March, and I am still debating (nay vassilating) whether to replace them with one of these or wait for a the holy grail, D400.
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| Posted by Iain: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 06:49 | 20th Post |
| Well done Judith as I've said before, I think the d810 is the best all round camera at the moment.
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 09:06 | 21st Post |
Iain wrote:Well done Judith as I've said before, I think the d810 is the best all round camera at the moment. I wonder if, like the D2x in its time, the maximum quality can only be realised when tripod mounted? It's one of my big concerns ...whether I would see much difference between the 36mp and the D750, 24mp sensor, when using it in more casual situations?
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 12:20 | 22nd Post |
Eric wrote: On a more serious note, Judith.I glad you asked that one Eric. I have the D800 and find it much more demanding to use than the D600 except in the studio where the use of flash negates any camera shake issue. I really am wondering if 24MP is that sweet spot. I just wish Fuji would release a 24MP camera in the X series.
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| Posted by Iain: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 12:49 | 23rd Post |
Eric wrote:Iain wrote: I think I would agree with that Eric, I had a friend come to me with a new D800 and soft images and it took me a while to get through to him it was camera shake. 24mp might be the limit for out and about.
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 14:55 | 24th Post |
jk wrote:Eric wrote:On a more serious note, Judith.I glad you asked that one Eric. Not sure whether 24mp might even be too much on Fuji sensor size. Ok on FX size.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 15:09 | 25th Post |
| The D7100 is 24MP on DX and works very well from results I have seen. Rumour mill says D7200 is to be announced next week at CES in January 2015. The D7200 is to be like the D750 but DX.
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 17:19 | 26th Post |
jk wrote:The D7100 is 24MP on DX and works very well from results I have seen. I havent seen any results from the D7100, but you may be right. I suppose if the conventional wisdom of larger pixels are better is correct, the IQ of the D7100 should suffer more from camera shake than its predecessor the D7000 at only 16mp. It will be interesting to see if the D7200 will be the D400 in all but name? Nikon may be steadfastly sticking to x000 numbering for DX and consigning x00 to FX from now on.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 17:32 | 27th Post |
| If you want to see the rumours then look here. http://nikonrumors.com/2014/12/15/nikon-d7200-rumored-specifications.aspx/ The truth will out in less than a week.
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| Posted by Judith: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 17:54 | 28th Post |
| Eric, I decided on it after reading reviews and comparisons and seeing so many people waxing lyrical about it. And for the first time, I could actually afford to buy something decent that would do me for a looooong time to come! Hopefully it won't prove to be too difficult a beast to drive. I've had a play with the d610 but I just didn't like it. The d810 felt much better in my hands - a bit like the d200.
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| Posted by jk: Fri Jan 2nd, 2015 18:44 | 29th Post |
Judith wrote:Eric, I decided on it after reading reviews and comparisons and seeing so many people waxing lyrical about it. And for the first time, I could actually afford to buy something decent that would do me for a looooong time to come! Hopefully it won't prove to be too difficult a beast to drive. I've had a play with the d610 but I just didn't like it. The d810 felt much better in my hands - a bit like the d200. I think the difference between the D800 and D600 feel is down to the distance between the lens and the grip and also the shape of the grip. I agree that the D800/810 feels better.
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| Posted by Eric: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 09:45 | 30th Post |
jk wrote:If you want to see the rumours then look here. seee seperate thread on pro DX.
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| Posted by Judith: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 13:22 | 31st Post |
Yippee!!! 
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| Posted by Judith: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 13:23 | 32nd Post |
| Yippee!!! (Pic taken with the iPad, hence the crappiness of it!) Attachment: image.jpg (Downloaded 39 times)
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| Posted by jk: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 13:55 | 33rd Post |
| You going to love it. 😄
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| Posted by amazing50: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 14:36 | 34th Post |
| True the D610 and the D810 require more care to avoid camera shake, but as I learned with the D610, it has realy good high ISO, compared to D2x etc. and so in most cases the problem is solved with higher shutter speeds. The old 1/focal length, as a minimum handheld for me is now 1/focal length x2. This would be 1/100 sec for a 50mm lens. Consider also that these cameras are quite large and with practice easy to hand hold at lower speeds especially with VR on, which should only be used at low shutter speeds or it causes shake. An small light ASP/C format 24mg pix will give as much or more shake than a D810 in similar circumstances.
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| Posted by Eric: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 16:10 | 35th Post |
amazing50 wrote:True the D610 and the D810 require more care to avoid camera shake, but as I learned with the D610, it has realy good high ISO, compared to D2x etc. and so in most cases the problem is solved with higher shutter speeds. You are right. I followed the faster shutter speed option with the D2X but as you say, it's useable ISO ceiling limited success. The D3 was a godsend giving latitude in ISO and pixel size. It's true technology has moved on and what once was unacceptable pixel density is now quite usable. Maybe the D810 with its higher ISO and sensor developments is not a 'bridge too far'. But unless you are doing a lot of large scale printing or heavy cropping I wonder if it's a 'bridge unnecessarily far'? Those file sizes concern me. But as Judith points out more critical deleting could be the answer. Having not upgraded my Nikon gear for some time, 2015 is going to be exciting as I get rid of the old and .....make my mind up what new to get.
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| Posted by Eric: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 16:17 | 36th Post |
Judith wrote:Yippee!!! Nice cushions Judith. Shame that stuff in front blocked the shot. These threads aren't good for the wallet...starting to get 'left out' syndrome. Do you think they will take back the hall carpet I just bought?
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| Posted by Judith: Sat Jan 3rd, 2015 20:38 | 37th Post |
Eric wrote:Judith wrote: Oh you really are behind the times these days Eric, when even little me is ahead of you in technology!! . Go on, you know you want to....I've had a wee mini play in the pretty crappy light of the living room - only a teeny bit life in the battery out of the box. I'm well impressed. The camera is slightly lighter than the d200 and very similar in size and feel which is great. The 24-70 is a heavy beast but I think it's only 200g heavier than my 70-300. Will have to try both out for size and weight to compare. I took a few exciting (not) pics of the armchair opposite where I'm sitting. The d810, of course had no difficulty coping with the lighting conditions and took a perfectly lit, sharp photo. The d200 couldn't even take a photo, even when pushed to 1600 ISO. So, first impressions are a big smiley yayy!! :thumbsup: Also, when I was collecting it earlier in John Lewis, there was a specialist Nikon consultant at the camera counter so I had a wee chat with her. Turns out she is there 2 days a week to deal with customer enquiries (and sell, obviously) so if I have any doubts about which buttons to press, I've to drop in and see her. Good to know.
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| Posted by jk: Sun Jan 4th, 2015 03:49 | 38th Post |
| Judith, Now is the time to get your D200 looked at by Nikon. Take it to the lady in JL and get her to get it sorted.
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| Posted by Judith: Sun Jan 4th, 2015 07:44 | 39th Post |
| Yeah, but it would cost more than its worth for the repair!
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| Posted by Iain: Sun Jan 4th, 2015 11:18 | 40th Post |
| I'm with Eric, it's as mane that black and gold stuff spoiles the shot. At least you are sorted, I'm still wondering what way to go with my kit. All you need to do now is get out and take some pics.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Wed Jan 7th, 2015 05:21 | 41st Post |
| Well done Judith I agree best Nikon camera and one of the best Nikon Lenses, ENJOY! I treated my self to an 80-400 AF-S VR so far seems very good, also less £175 Nikon Christmas/NY offer! Happy New Year
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