Cameras are just like PC's (or macs). If you wait to afford the latest
and greatest, you can guarantee that by the time you can afford it, the
even newer model is just around the corner from the one you have been
saving up for over the past year.
No need to throw away or upgrade from something that works for you.
My D1X used to get me covers for magazines, so I still use it on
occasion as a 3rd or 4th camera at events (usually remotely triggered) -
it still works fine and produces great images.
As a professional sports photographer, I am keen to get hold of a couple
of D3's because of the increased number of focus points, better noise
reduction at higher ISO levels and increased FPS rate.
An I going to trade in my two D2Xs cameras - NO WAY !! (probably the 2
D2H's though).
Why, well actually I invested in a couple of good DX lenses (17-55,
12-24 and 10.5 fisheye). On the D3 in "DX Format" I get images of only
2784x1848 as the largest image from my investment in good DX lenses. On
my "old" D2Xs cameras using the same lenses I get images of 4288x2848.
The D3 may be a great camera and I will get a couple, but until it can
produce images using Nikon DX lenses that are at least equal to what I
can get with my 'superseded' Nikon D2Xs cameras - the 'old' cameras will
produce bigger files for me.
New isn't always better - my wife keeps telling me that to, but I think
she has other reasons for saying that...
Happy shooting.
Murray.
www.ssp.net.au
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