Hmm, I forgot the price complaint in my post. The D3x sensor in this body would justify their current asking price; with the 12 Mpxl sensor it should be priced exactly the same as the Canon 5D (which is sharper).
I'd say it should be about a grand less than they are currently asking for.
Ryan, please don't comment on something you clearly don't understand.
As for what I'd change: -Focus mode selection(c,s,&m) has always been a pain on Nikons. Easy to accidently flick and ruin your day. -I'd also love if Auto Iso was more configurable the 1/250 shutter limit is a pain. -Allow us to fully customize the function buttons. There are a number of menu properties that would be awesome to have access to on the fly. -A more robust CF door. Its plasticy and poorly place.
Sideswiped: Ryans comment was completely legitimate. I will make the guarantee that unless you use a loupe (not a 'loop', as most people think) and you blew up the prints to twice the maximum, you would only just be able to tell the difference. However, I will agree with you that the autofocus system could use an update, and the CF door should be metal, or at least something with a bit better hardness/rigidity factor than the plastic. Personally, as dynamic range goes, I would like to see them implement the Fuji Finepix Pro chip; the smaller pixel above the main pixel to capture a higher range. Fantastic stuff. Full frame would rock. Canons are great for photo-j stuff, Nikons fantastic for photo-j, studio work, etc., but as for architectural work, I love my Fuji S2/S3 pro. And my new D700 :)
Stick the exact same glass on both cameras, and you get sharper results on the 5D. People have done so with mount converters. Just to tweak your inference that Canon makes superior glass: right now, Nikon makes the world's best ultra-ultra-wide rectilinear lens - the recently released 14-24mm f2.8. It blows anything Canon has out of the water in terms of sharpness (and everything previously released by Nikon); it's that good. I would direct you to a few reviews, notably by Ken Rockwell, if I actually thought you might read them. The only real use for a 5D right now is for landscape photography on a tripod; for everything else I would pick up a Nikon.
However, because you seem to be very Canon fanboy-ish, I don't expect you to understand this. That's fine, just don't spread your ignorance.
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$1900 price point. :) But the D90 will do just fine at that price.
Hmm, I forgot the price complaint in my post. The D3x sensor in this body would justify their current asking price; with the 12 Mpxl sensor it should be priced exactly the same as the Canon 5D (which is sharper).
I'd say it should be about a grand less than they are currently asking for.
I'm willing to bet the sharpness of the 5D has more to do with the lens that is used on it than the camera body, chief.
Ryan, please don't comment on something you clearly don't understand.
As for what I'd change:
-Focus mode selection(c,s,&m) has always been a pain on Nikons. Easy to accidently flick and ruin your day.
-I'd also love if Auto Iso was more configurable the 1/250 shutter limit is a pain.
-Allow us to fully customize the function buttons. There are a number of menu properties that would be awesome to have access to on the fly.
-A more robust CF door. Its plasticy and poorly place.
sideswiped: this is me laughing at you. :D
Sideswiped: Ryans comment was completely legitimate. I will make the guarantee that unless you use a loupe (not a 'loop', as most people think) and you blew up the prints to twice the maximum, you would only just be able to tell the difference. However, I will agree with you that the autofocus system could use an update, and the CF door should be metal, or at least something with a bit better hardness/rigidity factor than the plastic.
Personally, as dynamic range goes, I would like to see them implement the Fuji Finepix Pro chip; the smaller pixel above the main pixel to capture a higher range. Fantastic stuff. Full frame would rock. Canons are great for photo-j stuff, Nikons fantastic for photo-j, studio work, etc., but as for architectural work, I love my Fuji S2/S3 pro.
And my new D700 :)
RyanTV:
Stick the exact same glass on both cameras, and you get sharper results on the 5D. People have done so with mount converters. Just to tweak your inference that Canon makes superior glass: right now, Nikon makes the world's best ultra-ultra-wide rectilinear lens - the recently released 14-24mm f2.8. It blows anything Canon has out of the water in terms of sharpness (and everything previously released by Nikon); it's that good. I would direct you to a few reviews, notably by Ken Rockwell, if I actually thought you might read them. The only real use for a 5D right now is for landscape photography on a tripod; for everything else I would pick up a Nikon.
However, because you seem to be very Canon fanboy-ish, I don't expect you to understand this. That's fine, just don't spread your ignorance.