Comments | abrahmlion: A while. It's been one.

abrahmlion

A while. It's been one.

Apr 30, 2012 21:04

( Testing? 1-2, 1-2... is this thing on? )

Comments 6

leostarr_lion May 1 2012, 02:41:31 UTC

Hi Abrahm! Great to hear from you, and thanks for the update. I am still here on LJ. Actually, I was just thinking about you this evening. We got virtually no snow this past winter where I live, so I lucked out with the weather. Congrats on getting the new camera. I will be attending AC2012, so hope to see you there. :)

abrahmlion May 2 2012, 01:45:56 UTC

I'll be at AC, Wednesday - Monday. You'll definitely see me there. :)

tastyeagle May 2 2012, 00:02:50 UTC

Hah! Now 'I' get to poke at you relentlessly about having a better camera than I do!

At least you'll know how to use it.

abrahmlion May 2 2012, 02:00:25 UTC

'better' isn't so easy to prove, in this case. The D700 produces much smaller (and more manageable) files and 8fps with the grip (and the right batteries). The D800 needs more care for handheld shooting; even the slightest camera motion will be visible in those gigantic ~75MB files. The D800 has lots of nifty video things, but I haven't used them seriously (yet). And I can see that the ISO performance of the D800, at full 36MP resolution, isn't far better than the D700. I can't complain about that, though; the D700 is still a great low-light camera, and Nikon gave us similar performance with a much higher resolution sensor in the D800. That's quite an accomplishment, but to say that makes it 'better' than the D700... well, I wouldn't go that far. Resolution doesn't make or break deals for most types of photography, and the D700 proves that ( ... )

tastyeagle May 2 2012, 17:12:54 UTC

Well, you don't 'need' to have your final photo be at full size. Most of my low-light photos only look good at reduced resolutions. I'm glad applications like Adobe Lightroom does a good job at dealing with noise reduction.

As for low-light performance, it'll be tough to improve on what the D700 can already do, but if there 'is' any improvement, then that's much better. We're all paying lots more cash for small improvements at this point. People will pay gobs of cash for a lens with just 1 more stop of light. It's pushing the envelope.

The RAW image size is pretty staggering, though. You're gonna need a bigger hard drive.

dracodeus July 6 2012, 03:15:33 UTC

Happy Lion's Days Abraham I'm wishing you a Happy Lion's day on the 7th I hope you roar into your day as the King beast that you are and have a splendid day of it.