forgotI never bought into a Digital SLR for the longest time. Sad to say that I did not like what I saw as the final image when it first came. I stuck to the Canon P&S cameras and my Nikon F100 along with my prime lenses. Yes, I shot film for the longest time, but always used the Kodak PhotoCD as a starting point if I choose to digitalize a larger file for proofing. I hope that you had guess by now that I do not make my living off of my photography, as it's a hobby interest of mine. For years I had access to high end drum scanners (Hell & Crosfield) and flatbed scanners (Scitex). Proofers were not a problem again as I had access to Scitex IRIS,Fuji PictroProofer, Canon Proofer, and finally Epson proofers.
I waited for a while ot invest either in an affordable digital SLR that would not have issue softness, edge-to-edge sharpenss, and finally color fidelity. All that lost time while several of my friends went through 8-10 Nikon digital SLR in search of the perfect tool. One good friend dumped all 4 Nikon DSLR & prime lenses to buy into a Canon EOS 5D MKIII.
He understood that I had a lot of manual prime and AF prime lenses that I bought over the years and did not want to start fresh. he advised me to look into the D610 or the D700, as he understood I wanted Full Frame, but with a limited exposure to any downsize if I decided that ti did not work for me.
After reading several threads on other forums and here, I purchased my first, but not LAST Nikon DSLR to start my march to regain my insanity. I bought into an older reecently discontinued D7000 with 18-140mm bundle lines kit form Best Buys for $629.95 yesterday.
I know that my learning curve would be quite steep, but i hope to post once I "master" the controls of the camera for my Manual Lenses and the newer AF-D prime lenses.
How does the Tokina AT-X AF 17mmF3.5 render on this camera? I love the look form the ultra wide lenses that Nikon offered and bought them over the years as manual prime (15mmF5.6 AI, 15mmF3.5AIS, 20mmF3.5 UD AI, 24mmF2m8 AIS< and 28mmF2.8 AIS. My longest prime lens consists of 105mmF2.5AI, 135mmF2.0AIS< and 180mmF2.8 ED AIS.
As you can see majority are all manual prime. I have for AF the following lenses:
24mmF2.8 non D, 35mm F2.0 D, 50mmF1.8 D, 50mmF1.4 D, 60mmF2.8 D, and 85mm F1.8 D.
I love this thread as it encourage me to move forward with my purchase. Eventually I hope to acquire a FX body at a later time. For now, I have a steep learning curve.
Thank you to all for posting your results and knowledge that I learn from!
Evan