Tell me about your dream setup!

[Braineack]

My dream setup would be being good.

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[Derrel]

Then put the lens motors in the lenses intended for the noob with no body focus motors. Why have a top-end lens with a focus motor when it won't be used on a D40?

The in-body focusing motor is a nod to users who have money invested in "old" AF lenses, dating back to the mid-1980's. The focusing motor in the bodies is targeted specifically at cameras that might appeal highly to old-school shooters, who want to use older, now-outdated or flat-out obsolescent lenses. Obsolescent or obsolete in its PROPER sense of meaning: meaning not that the stuff is no longer workable, but that a newer or better product has been introduced to do basically the same thing or to fulfill the same functions.

The typical buyer of a lightweight, compact $389 Nikon entry-level d-slr is NOT likely to really have a burning desire to mount say a 35-70mm f/2.8 AF-D lens.

The in-body focusing motors make higher-end Nikon bodies backward compatible with the earlier AF and AF-D series lenses made for over two decades. Nikon has always crowed about the backward compatibility the F-mount brings to the brand. Suddenly making 30 million (estimated) AF and AF-D Nikkor lenses mostly useless would NOT go over well with the long-time Nikon user base. For a long time, a NIKON was a true professionally-targeted camera, and the amateur versions were all called Nikkomat or Nikkormat. The motor in the body is only needed on the high-end Nikons. That's why I refer to the entry level models as, "the baby Nikons". They are the stripped-down, low-priced models, like the Nikon FG, or the Cosina-made Nikon FM 10 were....they are aimed at a customer who wants the Nikon name, but not the whole Nikon system.

Offsetting the lack of in-body focus motors on the baby Nikons (D40,D40x,D60,D3000-series and D5000-series) is the fact that ALL of those cameras dropped the minimum aperture sensing pin at 7 o'clock, AND none have the Ai-coupling follower, so all of those cameras can accept and shoot with the pre-Ai Nikkors and indeed, with any and all Nikon F-mount lenses and accessories, so that makes a "baby Nikon" an economical way to use older, pre-1977 lenses and accessories, albeit in non-CPU lens mode only.

 

[robbins.photo]

My dream setup is a huuuuuge trust fund with a massive $6 million a year payout, and a beach house in Cali with a few steady actress/model, hot, skinny, girlfriend-types all constantly vying for my attentions and affections...now THAT's my dream setup!!!

Well sounds nice but you know what I could really use at this point in my life is a mountain dew.

Hey, come to think of it there's a 12 pack in the fridge. Nirvana achieved. Back momentarily.

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[gsgary]

I did. I was having some issues with it that I couldn't resolve so it got sent back, and I'm now contemplating going FF Instead. (Not that FF would resolve my issues, just want one really)

I read it was only a bit of dirt that neaded cleaning off the sensor how is that an issue if the 5Dmk3 is as bad as the original 5D you will have loads of issues

 

[JustJazzie]

Well sounds nice but you know what I could really use at this point in my life is a mountain dew. Hey, come to think of it there's a 12 pack in the fridge. Nirvana achieved. Back momentarily. Sent from my LG-LG730 using Tapatalk

uke: soda is disgusting. And Mountain Dew is the most disgusting of them all. :yuck: one mans nirvana is another lady's hell.....

 

[JustJazzie]

I read it was only a bit of dirt that neaded cleaning off the sensor how is that an issue if the 5Dmk3 is as bad as the original 5D yoy will have loads of issues

I tried 2 wet cleanings and was unable to get the spots removed. I pushed hard enough to bend the brush as was suggested on here, and was unable to remove them. Some of them were showing up down to f6.3. If only I had some experts close by to troubleshoot in person. :giggle: Couple the issue with the fact that I regretted not just biting the bullet and going FF and back it went. Was the dust issue alone worth returning it? Probably not. And I am sure I will be charged a well sized restocking fee. (I'd like to think of it as a rental fee) The camera itself was amazing, and the lens! Oh the lens was awesome. But I originally got it thinking it would be solely a sports camera, and then found myself liking it much more than I anticipated. Suddenly, buying two camera and lens setups didn't make as much sense as it did before. So I'm saving up for a FF dslr, and Praying that my next body will last me at least 10 years. Once I get that- my nex 7 will be demoted to it's original purpose- a nice purse camera that's always with me and I never think about weather or not it's worth the trouble of dragging along.

As for the 5dmkiii- I have read NOTHING but good reviews on it. It's got 5 stars on amazon -and just about everywhere else- for user ratings. It does everything I want it to and more. I really looked into the d800 as well, but from everything I have researched, the 5dmkiii reigns superior on paper, and for hands on reviews.

Hopefully I don't have to wait too long to find out for myself!

 

[IzzieK]

A huge warehouse in the backyard with all the latest Nikon gears and accessories any Nikonian can dream of...$11M will do.....woooohooo!!!!

 

[pixmedic]

I read it was only a bit of dirt that neaded cleaning off the sensor how is that an issue if the 5Dmk3 is as bad as the original 5D yoy will have loads of issues

I tried 2 wet cleanings and was unable to get the spots removed. I pushed hard enough to bend the brush as was suggested on here, and was unable to remove them. Some of them were showing up down to f6.3. If only I had some experts close by to troubleshoot in person. :giggle: Couple the issue with the fact that I regretted not just biting the bullet and going FF and back it went. Was the dust issue alone worth returning it? Probably not. And I am sure I will be charged a well sized restocking fee. (I'd like to think of it as a rental fee) The camera itself was amazing, and the lens! Oh the lens was awesome. But I originally got it thinking it would be solely a sports camera, and then found myself liking it much more than I anticipated. Suddenly, buying two camera and lens setups didn't make as much sense as it did before. So I'm saving up for a FF dslr, and Praying that my next body will last me at least 10 years. Once I get that- my nex 7 will be demoted to it's original purpose- a nice purse camera that's always with me and I never think about weather or not it's worth the trouble of dragging along.

As for the 5dmkiii- I have read NOTHING but good reviews on it. It's got 5 stars on amazon -and just about everywhere else- for user ratings. It does everything I want it to and more. I really looked into the d800 as well, but from everything I have researched, the 5dmkiii reigns superior on paper, and for hands on reviews.

Hopefully I don't have to wait too long to find out for myself!

weeeeeellllll....

except HERE.
and HERE.
:mrgreen:

seriously though, if you shoot Canon, 5DIII is the way to go if you can budget it over the 6D.

 

[JustJazzie]

weeeeeellllll.... except HERE. and HERE. :mrgreen: seriously though, if you shoot Canon, 5DIII is the way to go if you can budget it over the 6D.

Heheh. Thanks for the reviews. I'll check them out. I really loved the color rendering of the d7100 so the d800 is tempting too. (And cheaper!) but the low light performance is really what's driving me to the mkiii. And who really wants 36mp?! My computer is slow enough as it is!

Oh yeah- I also read the AF was superior!

 

[pixmedic]

weeeeeellllll.... except HERE. and HERE. :mrgreen: seriously though, if you shoot Canon, 5DIII is the way to go if you can budget it over the 6D.

Heheh. Thanks for the reviews. I'll check them out. I really loved the color rendering of the d7100 so the d800 is tempting too. (And cheaper!) but the low light performance is really what's driving me to the mkiii. And who really wants 36mp?! My computer is slow enough as it is!

Oh yeah- I also read the AF was superior!

ive never heard anyone complain about the AF in the D800.
and according to DXO mark, the ISO performance is better in the D800 than the 5DIII.
i cant imagine though, in actual real world applications that the differences would be staggering, or even noticeable without massive pixel peeping.
all the "spec" differences on paper rarely matter with these new modern cameras unless you are viewing at 200% on a 36" 4k monitor.
they are just numbers that the company can brag about.
if you are already invested in lenses from one system, i would just stick with it. the minute you switch systems, the other brand will put out a better camera.
you could go back and forth FOREVAH!

 

[pixmedic]

oh...
and this is my dream setup...

Leica S Edition 100 Medium Format DSLR Camera with 30mm and 70mm Lenses Kit 10805

 

[JustJazzie]

ive never heard anyone complain about the AF in the D800. and according to DXO mark, the ISO performance is better in the D800 than the 5DIII. i cant imagine though, in actual real world applications that the differences would be staggering, or even noticeable without massive pixel peeping. all the "spec" differences on paper rarely matters with these new modern cameras unless you are viewing at 200% on a 36" 4k monitor. if you are already invested in lenses from one system, i would just stick with it. the minute you switch systems, the other brand will put out a better camera. you could go back and forth FOREVAH!

Lol! I'm "invested" in sony emount right now. Every noise comparison I've come across puts the mkiii ahead noise wise. And the comparison one I found (not sure where right now) did pixel peep but the 100% crops in the mkiii blew the d8000 out of the water!

 

[keyseddie]

I have all the equipment I need. Sooo, J-Lo and Sophia Vergara and myself wrestling naked in a vat of barbecue sauce.

 

[gsgary]

oh...
and this is my dream setup...

Leica S Edition 100 Medium Format DSLR Camera with 30mm and 70mm Lenses Kit 10805

Good choice

 

[pixmedic]

oh...
and this is my dream setup...

Leica S Edition 100 Medium Format DSLR Camera with 30mm and 70mm Lenses Kit 10805

Good choice

$#&^ yea it is...

a little out of our price range though.
but if your gonna dream, might as well dream big.