D700 vs 5D Mark II
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Oopss...excluding you. haha
By the way, I agree with your comment.
Once, pictured is PP who cares whether it is from C or N or O or P..whatever. The color would have been totally different from the original image.Nikon color, Canon color....all are marketing tools from the manufacturer to differentiate themselves from a commoditized product, DSLR.
You can find a comprehensive of D700 vs 5D Mark II in the link below:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d700/vs-5d-mark-ii.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d700/vs-5d-mark-ii.htm
Some people like to change system.
Some people like to live in two different systems, and use together on the same time.
Regarding this "underwear" metaphor.
You could change your underwear, but can't use two underwear together on the same time
:bsmilie:
Wear disposable underwear.. anytime can dispose of and buy a new one, or can wear two at the same time :bsmilie:
Also feels cooler..
When I was in primary school, a friend of mine actually wore 2 underwear once. That was when he knew that he was going to be caned by the teacher. So in order to minimize pain, he wore 2 or may be 3...
Not sure about ladies...but for guys the D700 has better ergonomics and when coupled with FF lenses, the images are super sharp and noise is almost non existent unless you snap at high iso. Colour rendition especially skin tones are vivid.
When you make a sweeping statement that D700 is nothing so fantastic in price and features makes me wonder whether you know enough what D700 cannot do?
When I was in primary school, a friend of mine actually wore 2 underwear once. That was when he knew that he was going to be caned by the teacher. So in order to minimize pain, he wore 2 or may be 3...
That is one of the trick in every schoolboy rule book. Some would add their baby brother's pampers too. :bsmilie:
After shooting 1 wedding with 2 5D2s instead of 2 D700s, I've come up with more suggestions and feelings.
- Autofocus of 5D2 isn't unreliable per say, but certainly abit retarded vs my old 1DsII.
- AI Servo at f1.4 is almost impossible to use. I don't even get 4 keepers (tact sharp) out of 10 pictures under sunlit conditions. In the extreme case for march in at dinner, I had 3 keepers in over 30 shots. Good enough, but very stressful. On a D700, the keep rate is up to 90 percent for AF-C at f1.4. Comparison on 5D2 + 85L II/50L vs D700 + 85 f1.4D/50 f1.4G. Do note that the 50L autofocuses faster than the 50 f1.4G.
- I shot SRAW1 and the 9.9 mpx files take longer to load vs the lossless compressed D700 12 mpx 14-bit raw files in LR3.
- Banding issue takes place in extreme contrasty darks. These files are usually perfectly salvagable in D700. Don't worry though, LR3 noise reduction solves it well.
- As i've noticed a long time ago, there is more "recoil" after a shot with 5D2.
Now i'm set to get 2 systems. There is one lens I will definitely keep for 5D2, that would be the 50 f1.2L which is utterly beautiful, especially for video. Also, a 135L would be good to supplement since nikon does not offer an affordable 135.
- Autofocus of 5D2 isn't unreliable per say, but certainly abit retarded vs my old 1DsII.
- AI Servo at f1.4 is almost impossible to use. I don't even get 4 keepers (tact sharp) out of 10 pictures under sunlit conditions. In the extreme case for march in at dinner, I had 3 keepers in over 30 shots. Good enough, but very stressful. On a D700, the keep rate is up to 90 percent for AF-C at f1.4. Comparison on 5D2 + 85L II/50L vs D700 + 85 f1.4D/50 f1.4G. Do note that the 50L autofocuses faster than the 50 f1.4G.
- I shot SRAW1 and the 9.9 mpx files take longer to load vs the lossless compressed D700 12 mpx 14-bit raw files in LR3.
- Banding issue takes place in extreme contrasty darks. These files are usually perfectly salvagable in D700. Don't worry though, LR3 noise reduction solves it well.
- As i've noticed a long time ago, there is more "recoil" after a shot with 5D2.
Now i'm set to get 2 systems. There is one lens I will definitely keep for 5D2, that would be the 50 f1.2L which is utterly beautiful, especially for video. Also, a 135L would be good to supplement since nikon does not offer an affordable 135.
The Canon 5D MkII is a full frame camera. The Canon 1Ds Mk III is also a full frame. All other Canon's are crop cameras.
Huh? What did he just say? All others are crop right? 7D fall under other category right? Seech...
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