D700

I want a D700.

I don't need one but I want one.

The only reason I can think of to upgrade is that it's a full frame dSLR and having the same megapixel count as my current D300 (12 megapixels), with D700's larger sensor, each pixel would be bigger and my brain is telling me that each can store much more colour information compared to D300's.

It should also boost low light performance. I've seen usable photos taken with ISO 4000, and this is for submissions to image libraries. This, paired with a fast lens could eliminate the use of tripods for night photography unless you'd want that long shutter effect.

So why not get one?

It's frickin' expensive. I can't afford one right now, or anytime soon that is.

And second, I'd need to get a lens to go with it. Probably the 24-70mm. I'd prefer if Nikon would have something like 14-50mm f/2.8 as I don't usually go more than that. And the 24-70mm costs around AU$2500.

So in total, getting a D700 with a 24-70mm lens would cost me around AU$5500.

If I managed to sell all my gear at the moment, I would probably have AU$3000. You do the math.

Another reason is that I don't do a lot of indoor shots. I know it's a hassle carrying my tripod but that's the price I'm willing to pay for clear images.

Last but not least, this is just my complaint that D700 doesn't have 100% viewfinder and a live histogram. I've always wanted a live histogram.

I'll stick with my D300 for now.

point nepean national park

I'm glad I had the chance to do some outdoor shooting again. It's been a while and it feels like a very long time.

Went to Point Nepean National Park with some friends today. It's at Seaford, Mornington Peninsula. We went even thought the forecast said it was going to be really bad, thunderstorm.

When we got there, the weather wasn't that good, but it wasn't raining so that's a relief.

Anyway I had fun shooting with my D300, my Holda and the Polaroids (including the latest Fuji Instax 500).

Here's the best pics of today.

I will now complain about my Fuji Polaroid cameras. I think I'd have to put some kind of tape in front of where the body opens (to insert the film). I got back from today's trip only to find out that both of them, inside my bag, somehow managed to open their bodies and made the film obsolete (especially the huge Instax 500). I had two left in that body and when I opened my bag, those two weren't usable anymore. The Mini Instax was OK. It was open, but the film was OK, but now I don't know how much exposures I actually have left in there.

I will tape both of them as punishment (and a way to conserve the precious polaroid films).

family

Got myself a few more toys.

On the very left is the Fuji Instax Mini 7S.

It's a polaroid camera which uses polaroid films with the size of a credit card. A friend's got a spare and I bought it off her. There was no other colour. That's why it's pink. Got it with thirteen rolls of film.

Second from the left is a Polaroid 600 One Step.

Uses Polaroid 600 films. It was quite hard to find the film for this one since I got it off eBay. Finally got it from one of the camera shops in the city. The girl told me that this was the last batch of the Polaroid 600 film IN THE WORLD!!! I stocked on quite a bit of the film. They'll expire this coming August. After that, then what? We'll see.

Second from the right is the 35mm Holga.

I've posted about it before. It currently holds a roll of black & white film. I still have about thirty shots to go before I can develop it.

On the very right is the Holga.

Lent for an indefinite amount of time by a friend. I'll try to get film for it from another friend who's got a spare.

Holga

The Holga 35mm I ordered arrived today.

It's plastic, it's antique, it's fantastic.

Gotta go buy some films now.

Nikon D5000

Nikon's released a new dSLR on the 14th April, the D5000.

It's got a vari-angle LCD screen (it flips out like a point & shoot's unlike dSLRs we've come to know so far).