I own the D7000 with a 17-55mm lens and this is an amazing combo in just about any every day situation.
I recently tried out the new D600 with a 50 1.4 prime and was in love with the incredible portrait/candid/depth-of-field capabilities.
I am severely on the fence now wondering if I should sell of my aging D7K and lens and buy the D600+50mm combo for a little more.
I do child photography and need to capture beautiful portraits both outdoors and in (I use mainly natural light).
Of course kids don't always sit still and nailing focus is extremely important even if my subject is not entirely stationary. Surprisingly I have found that using the D7K with the zoom is like butter, focus is nailed perfectly 99.9% of the time. Even if the shots are not as amazing overall - comparatively there is more noise than with the other combo, and of course as far as bokeh capabilities are concerned, the full frame combo is in a different league. But a blurry shot is useless, which I get more often with the D600 and I don't know if its due to my inexperience in handling the D600 (I only had it a few days)
Of course, with the new combo I will also lose the range, and quite a lot of it at that. I would be saving up to eventually buy the wonderful 24-70mm but that won't happen ridiculously soon.
For anyone who has 2 cents to spare on my dilemma, what would you advise?
If you were shooting child portraits, or events (weddings or other), and also wanted to have a great combo for just shooting everyday things, what would be your preferrence?
Any insight?
I recently tried out the new D600 with a 50 1.4 prime and was in love with the incredible portrait/candid/depth-of-field capabilities.
I am severely on the fence now wondering if I should sell of my aging D7K and lens and buy the D600+50mm combo for a little more.
I do child photography and need to capture beautiful portraits both outdoors and in (I use mainly natural light).
Of course kids don't always sit still and nailing focus is extremely important even if my subject is not entirely stationary. Surprisingly I have found that using the D7K with the zoom is like butter, focus is nailed perfectly 99.9% of the time. Even if the shots are not as amazing overall - comparatively there is more noise than with the other combo, and of course as far as bokeh capabilities are concerned, the full frame combo is in a different league. But a blurry shot is useless, which I get more often with the D600 and I don't know if its due to my inexperience in handling the D600 (I only had it a few days)
Of course, with the new combo I will also lose the range, and quite a lot of it at that. I would be saving up to eventually buy the wonderful 24-70mm but that won't happen ridiculously soon.
For anyone who has 2 cents to spare on my dilemma, what would you advise?
If you were shooting child portraits, or events (weddings or other), and also wanted to have a great combo for just shooting everyday things, what would be your preferrence?
Any insight?