Nice Photos.

Easy to pass, Jamie, when you are a Canon guy..

A good looking body which could be a perfect replacement for the great D700, much appreciated by someone like me who does mostly street photography. You get a superior D4 sensor (excels in low light conditions), manageable file size (16MP), modern 39-point AF system taken from the D600, a large optical pentaprism (100%) viewfinder and an F mount which accommodates Nikkor lenses that are even older than the AIs, made as far back as 1959!. The light weight body with its retro looks and physical dials are an extra bonus.

Full metal jacket

Crazy old cigar smoking boss woman supervising workers in the rice fields

Sniper, I do love your slices of Philippine life. Please keep on posting!

Thanks, Kev. Will do. 

Can't for the life of me think why I live here

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I love the way light shines through leaves

"Easy to pass, Jamie, when you are a Canon guy.."

Indeed my main DSLR is Canon, however I still have a number of F/FE type 35mm bodies and AIS lenses.

I guess when the news was being leaked out, many would hope for a long lusted after digital FE type thing, which not only metered with AI type lenses but could make for easy manual focusing etc. It didn't need a stellar sensor (or price) just something pretty decent, just like wot Fuji have done...

There are some things I like, a dial for ISO perhaps actually makes much more sense on a digital camera than most film cameras but the whole thing kinda comes across as someone's bright idea which was then hijacked by committees along the way.

Will it help you take better pictures than a 700? Doubt it. Is it easier to use MF lenses, probably not. So I'm not sure what the point is, other than it's likely to be another very good camera which is nice to own.

But I think it's a bit like the new OLY OMD EM1, it's just a bit overdone and misses the mark that I suspect it was intended to hit originally.

If I was a modern Nikon DSLR shooter and the price was about a grand less, I may think differently...

Nice pic

I think the main attraction of the camera, apart from it's looks, is it's relatively light weight, weighing only 710g. I'm surprised they didn't use the D800 sensor. I use a D700 and I'm very happy with it and do like the low light capability and lack of noise but I would have thought the D800's image quality in normal light situations would have attracted more punters. It's features do suggest the focus system isn't as sophisticated as the D4 but in all other respects it is of similar spec to the D4. I would probably go for one if I didn't already have the D700 based on the retro look and weight.

Haim, have you thought about one of these?

Gorgeous retro looks. Excellent for street photography. Small, unobtrusive. Weighs under 600g with battery (but without lens). Still the world's smallest full-frame digital AFAIK. Completely manual. Nice dials. `Can be used with practically any M lens (the world's finest) going back to 1954. With an adaptor, you can use lenses from the 1920s, should you be so inclined. Awesome build. Naim-style levels of customer service. That Nikon is nice but this is the real thing

Oldies conversing

Well I guess the positive spin is that it's their 'best' sensor, which would get some more punters on board and the lower mp count perhaps also lends itself to the older 'retro' lenses over the higher mp's of the 6/800..?

I think it will sell well, especially if it's just simply nice to hold and use but it's just not quite what I hoped for...And a bit fussy.

Haim, have you thought about one of these?

 

Gorgeous retro looks. Excellent for street photography. Small, unobtrusive. Weighs under 600g with battery (but without lens). Still the world's smallest full-frame digital AFAIK. Completely manual. Nice dials. `Can be used with practically any M lens (the world's finest) going back to 1954. With an adaptor, you can use lenses from the 1920s, should you be so inclined. Awesome build. Naim-style levels of customer service. That Nikon is nice but this is the real thing

 

 

 

 

Kevin,

It is all about luxuries. I cherish the luxury of being able to look through the lens of an LSR for a proper composition and focus and I cannot afford the luxury of spending that extravagant amount of money to acquire Leica gear.

Jamie,

You are right about the retro not being much different than the D700 but since that one was discontinued I am glad that Nikon is offering another semi-pro FX body with a lower than 36 MP sensor. The thing that is still badly missing is a focusing screen with a split image to facilitate the use of all the manual lenses the camera can accommodate. 

+1.  Most important for me is using both eyes to see what is going on around the frame. I just don't like the myopia of an SLR. Plus it's much less intrusive. G

Parc André Citroën, Paris, 03/11/13

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looks like a new skateboard park !!

Rod first picture is grate!   

I was busy hunting in the woods for Ceps when this turned up - trusty iPhone took the snap.

His 5th picture is a blow job, or a load of hot air !

Giverny, 31/10/13 

Not difficult to see why Monet spent 43 years not getting tired of this place, and it turns out all those paintings were completely figurative...