ya but if it's successor is coming out this year, might as well wait hehe.


I wonder what Nikon's gonna do with it though.

yup.

no need to wonder.
just wait and see what canon does for their 7d mk2
so most likely, 24mp, 10fps.

That's like a D300s replacement instead, flagship crop sensor? But from the trend seems like Nikon dropped the idea...

24mm already damn expensive +_+ im looking for a prime UWA too. nikkor 10.5 too fisheye and i'd prefer if can cover FX (i'm optimistic! one day! ), nikkor 14mm damn expensive.... currently i have eyes on the sigma 15mm but still not 100% sure about it. prefer to stick with nikkors :S maybe u can check it out

actually few weeks ago some jap mag posted a rumor of D7200 and D9000.
their D9000 rumor specs was 16mp and 8-10fps, and 35% probability that it will be released this yr.

anyway, looking at canon rumors...
their roadmap says 2 entry lvl and 1 mid lvl DSLR this yr.
the mid lvl one should be 7d mk2, and supposedly middle of this yr launch only...so nikon D400 / D9000 should hopefully be around then too.

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jan 30 2013, 07:17 PM

Somehow I think Nikon would avoid that, why? a 8-10 fps will kill sales from D4 and also their super telephoto lens.

Well based on how Nikon is designing their bodies up to now... D800, D4 example.

for most companies, flagship models are not meant to be best-sellers.
its just a statement for them to show the world that that is what they can do

previously also, D300 and D3 launched almost same time...then later came D700.
and then D300s and D3s again launched almost same time.

but with all the slowdowns recently and stuff thats happened in japan...nikon probably had just enough resources to put out D4 first...and even D4 also was delayed.

but samyang lens got no motor

nikkor lens is always more expensive, but the image quality they offer is memang best la

Let's see how it goes... no more DX pro grade lenses since the D300 time though. D700 did cannibalize D3's sales afterall with the same sensor and AF system and quite similar burst rate.

14mm just set to focus to infinity lucky for us, they do have a "nikon AE" version so we dont need to meter manually

another thing about UWA is it's not a lens u'll be using a lot...so im not convinced to spend a lot of money for it :S

so no one using sigma 15mm here? i like the size too..compact

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 30 2013, 08:39 PM

DX pro grade lineup I think is fine...nothing else it really needs...17-55 is perfectly fine.
while most of the pros who use dx do so for the crop factor...while the fx covers wider stuff.

tho most ppl dont buy bodies for fps...while d600 and d800 still sells alot...
while the ppl who use d4 are very rich or are sponsored by nikon

Which is why I think Nikon would not release another cheaper fast FPS body... forcing those who needs high fps to purchase the D4 instead

but plently of used D3s / D3 / D300s in the market...and thats what ppl are buying.
so from a business point of view, its better to release a cheaper fast body

that's the thing, but sometime you need it but it is not there

panorama

Has anybody here used a macro lens for portraits? I am thinking of getting the 60mm Nikkor to take both macro and portraits.

nope.
but if u search u'll find examples of ppl using tamron 90mm for portraits.

Got fren who is using that lens on d700 for portrait shoot, kinda good i must say

i'm using it.. the 60mm