woodyspedden
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Hey JonoHi Stuart
My impression is that it's IQ is identical to the D3. The files are just as lovely and will take the same amount of PP bashing. The joy for me is the size. Suddenly it seems worthwhile to stick on those sexy little Cosina lenses (read voigtlander and zeiss).
There are some sacrifices. That batttery only lasted two days instead of two weeks, the shutter doesn't sound so nice (although I'm coming round to it) and it isn't such good protection against advancing hippotomas, (mind you, I'd bet on the camera against an irate father in law any day).
BUT. It's the nearest thing I've ever had to a 'lovable' Nikon. . And yes, I did have an F100!
(typed in bed on a sleepy iPhone)
I really understand and I still have my seldom used F100. I bought it following the F5 to have the light weight of the smaller system and at that point the D1X reared its head (certainly not because of weight!!LOL) and I have been going the digital route ever since.
I will undoubtedly get the D700 at some point but I want to see the D3X before making any more commitments to Nikon. I just did a huge studio/product shoot for my daughter, shooting her hand dyed yarns with the D300 and frankly, with the105 VRII macro it performed like a champ. Sometimes it is nice to be surprised by the not so expensive and exotic glasses when you see what they can do!!
Love it folks. I have what a friend calls a ghetto setup with regard to the product cage and it turned out some really nice shots. I'll post some results quickly as most folks who looked at the original results were impressed. Certainly not the quality of Fotografz work but then he is the master. I now have a total of $75 invested in my rig so I am pretty happy lOL
Best
Woody