Which one would you take?

[Neil S.]

Just to give you an idea how much $40,000 really is...

#1
Hasselblad H4D-60 Digital SLR Camera (60 Megapixels)
$39,995

#2
Nissan 370Z NISMO version (350 HP)
$39,610

 

[ghache]

i would take the car for sure.

 

[Neil S.]

i would take the car for sure.

Ya me too lol.

Some photographers we are...

 

[Derrel]

Man, I'd take the camera...I already have a car...but I don't have a digital Hassy!

 

[Neil S.]

Man, I'd take the camera...I already have a car...but I don't have a digital Hassy!

LOL

Now theres a TRUE photographer!

 

[Neil S.]

Derrel...

I have been looking at info on the D7000 for an hour or so now and I got to say, its the kind of body that will make you want to change systems lol.

I do love my 7D though, and am looking forward to what the 5D mk III will bring...

If people ask me whats a good camera to start out with, I will probably be saying the D7000 for now at least.

Neil

 

[supraman215]

Camera no question. Though both will lose value over time I have a real shot at making money with the Hassy either shooting or renting it out. Nothing exciting about the Z since they dropped the twin turbos.

 

[Christie Photo]

I guess I'm more pragmatic. I find myself wondering which would be easier to sell and fetch the highest price.

Damn. I can't even daydream very well.

-Pete

 

[Neil S.]

I guess I'm more pragmatic. I find myself wondering which would be easier to sell and fetch the highest price.

Damn. I can't even daydream very well.

-Pete

LOL no cheating.

You have to keep it...

Ya I guess its human nature to think about selling it, buying other stuff/paying off debt, etc.

 

[Derrel]

Derrel...

I have been looking at info on the D7000 for an hour or so now and I got to say, its the kind of body that will make you want to change systems lol.

I do love my 7D though, and am looking forward to what the 5D mk III will bring...

If people ask me whats a good camera to start out with, I will probably be saying the D7000 for now at least.

Neil

Yeah..the system-changing bodies...those DO come along every so often. You might want to talk to Buckster about the 7D versus 5D-II issues...he has some insight into that entire issue. No doubt, the Nikon D7000 looks like a VERY good performer for $1199...it's a "new generation" enthusiast's camera from Nikon...Nikon works very hard to produce what its executives think is the best camera body that they can make for a particular segment of the market, and then they allow that body to maintain its position in the lineup for a reasonable length of time, until they can really out-do the model with its follow-up model. The switch from the D90 to the D7000 is sort of a tip-off that the D100-D70-D80-D90 lineage has been ended...this is a new era for Nikon. The Canon 20D was a similar model for Canon, as was the original 5D--both of those Canon models got a LOT of wedding shooters to drop Nikon in favor of Canon, as well as thousands of hobby shooters.


Periodically, one camera maker will develop a really new, better, or different product. Or will incorporate a LOT of advances, such as moving the D90 class from 11-area AF to 39-point AF and a brand-new AF module with over 2x the number of color-measuring sites, to be able to do follow focusing via color-awareness, or the way the D200 model introduced Ai- and AI-s lens metering compatibility AND the PRO-level 51-point autofocus, not the 11-point or 5-point AF of the prior models in the same class. The D7000 apparently looks, and feels, and behaves much more like a D300s, and statistically, it has passed the D300s in several metrics.

A few years ago, Canon was clearly ahead of Nikon in camera sensor performance. I think the pendulum has swung the other way now. As far as the 5D Mark III--Canon needs to do some serious thinking there...they need a better-focusing better-handling, better-designed body in their lineup...the 5D is a $359 EOS Elan with a $2,000 sensor in it...I think the 5D-II's successor body needs to be up-specified a bit more, with better autofocusing coverage, faster frame rate, and a few other tweaks. I kind of think the 5D line will end with the Mark II, and a new model will be introduced, featuring some of the higher-tech features, like color-aware light metering, wider-area AF system, and so on.

I think a lot of the new Canon efforts, like upgrading the light metering to measuring color of subjects will help get better exposures and better flash results, and I think the 7D's advancements will sort of form the basis for the 5D-II's successor model.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Sure wish i knew wtf the fuss was about these Hassy cams

 

[JG_Coleman]

Camera... all day long. I've worked on cars for years... after a while, they all started looking the same to me. An engine, a body, blah, blah, blah. I'll drive around that Hasselblad in my Chevy G20 Van til the wheels fall off.

 

[Derrel]

Sure wish i knew wtf the fuss was about these Hassy cams

Here's my dream camera:

It has a Genuine Glass Element lens system! And 27 film frames inside the box!

 

[Neil S.]

I think a lot of the new Canon efforts, like upgrading the light metering to measuring color of subjects will help get better exposures and better flash results, and I think the 7D's advancements will sort of form the basis for the 5D-II's successor model.

This is pretty insightful stuff here Derrel. We can always count on your knowledge and experience.

Ya I agree that Canon needs to be focused on improving their metering. The 7D has a new metering system for Canon though, and its pretty good at least compared to the crappy one that was on my 30D. I know Nikon has better metering btw.

You may very well be right that there wont be a 5D mk III. I will be looking to buy the "5D mk II replacement" whatever they name it. I am already invested in Canon glass, and it would take a hell of a lot to make me change systems at this point.

Neil

 

[Overread]

I'd take the camera, but then I'd be beggered having to get lenses for it
But then if I took the car insurance and petrol would begger me as well

So in the end I'd far rather be beggered to lenses than to insurance salesmen and the government (plus large formate macro photography!