Nikon D810.

Love it.

Its a fair bit bigger than the D7000. Both gripped. But it helps balance the 2 new lenses 24-70 and the 14-24.

I've only taken some indoor shots but I'm glad I jumped to FF.

Hopefully going to take it out in anger tomorrow if its not pouring down.
 
Energize said:
Don't understand the interest in shutter noise? My shutter could sound like a gunshot for all I care.
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I'm pretty much the same. There is a limit (I don't want an air horn) but it is one of the most unimportant features I could imagine.
My D800 is not noticeable in a crowd of people of photographing nature.
 
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Energize said:
Seriously though in the real world, the shutter noise is not going to interrupt a church service or anything else. I've just photographed my cousins wedding and the noise from the D610 was negligible.
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Yes it does, I was asked at one wedding not to shoot at all during the entire service, another reduced to shooting from a gallery up in the rear. At one I was second shooting I showed the vicar how quiet the X100 was and he allowed that during the service.
 
Rojin said:
Yes it does, I was asked at one wedding not to shoot at all during the entire service, another reduced to shooting from a gallery up in the rear. At one I was second shooting I showed the vicar how quiet the X100 was and he allowed that during the service.
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You must have had one crazy vicar not to allow a wedding photographer lol.
 
Energize said:
You must have had one crazy vicar not to allow a wedding photographer lol.
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Maybe you don't have much experience shooting weddings but what Rojin said is actually very common.
You will also find even the Vicars that 'allow' you to take pictures will get annoyed if you take too many. This is a time to be discrete as possible, anticipate and pick off worthy moments.

It's not just ceremonies though, the sound of the shutter often gives away my position, causes people who were looking natural to look in my direction. Even when you are photographing people who know you are photographing them, all that shutter sound does is remind them they are having their picture taken and that's not a good thing imo.
 
Rojin said:
Yes it does, I was asked at one wedding not to shoot at all during the entire service, another reduced to shooting from a gallery up in the rear. At one I was second shooting I showed the vicar how quiet the X100 was and he allowed that during the service.
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I've been to 8 or 9 weddings in the last 5 years and in most do them photography wasn't allowed at all anywhere and in a couple only from the back of the church. The rules had nothing to do with sound but intercutting the serivice.
 
D.P. said:
I've been to 8 or 9 weddings in the last 5 years and in most do them photography wasn't allowed at all anywhere and in a couple only from the back of the church. The rules had nothing to do with sound but intercutting the serivice.
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I have had many negotiations with Vicars. The official line (excuse for not allowing it) is about respecting the service etc.
When I push a little harder as to the 'real' reason, it nearly always comes down to the clicking sound of the shutter. Vicars find it distracting/annoying. Some can cope with it and don't have many restrictions. Others are ok if you are at the back of the church so the sound is less distracting. Others are miserable sods and ban it altogether.

For the vicars that said no or had restrictions, I asked would they lift those restrictions if I used a camera that was silent (was going to get an RX1 or X100s just for this). Nearly all of them say yes.
 
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Sounds like Nikon marketing guff. Buy the D810 and the vicar won't even know you're there! How do all these wedding ceremonies in the past and present and future get shot with these loud cameras?
 
An Exception said:
I have had many negotiations with Vicars. The official line (excuse for not allowing it) is about respecting the service etc.
When I push a little harder as to the 'real' reason, it nearly always comes down to the clicking sound of the shutter. Vicars find it distracting/annoying. Some can cope with it and don't have many restrictions. Others are ok if you are at the back of the church so the sound is less distracting. Others are miserable sods and ban it altogether.

For the vicars that said no or had restrictions, I asked would they lift those restrictions if I used a camera that was silent (was going to get an RX1 or X100s just for this). Nearly all of them say yes.
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Yep, that's my experience too.
 
Energize said:
You must have had one crazy vicar not to allow a wedding photographer lol.
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Had one a couple of months ago where photography was only allowed from the very back! They said it was church policy as they'd had intrusive photographers with noisy cameras too often. Explaining I'd stay out of the way and demonstrating how quiet the camera was made little difference.
 
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Vertigo1 said:
Had one a couple of months ago where photography was only allowed from the very back! They said it was church policy as they'd had intrusive photographers with noisy cameras too often. Explaining I'd stay out of the way and demonstrating how quiet the camera was made little difference.
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My last wedding I was only allowed to shoot the bride walking up the aisle and then back down. Nothing in between. And only at the back.

St Paul's I was not even allowed to be present in the room!
 
I got a 5 page PDF sent from their office prior to the wedding about what I can or cannot do, whilst I i was standing outside, there was someone there with me the whole time.

It was at the OBE chapel at St. Paul's, not the main hall itself.

The one in Keble College told me in no uncertain terms that he will stop the service to tell me to stop if he sees me taking a photo during.

As much as I do want to sneak a few snaps, I do not want to interrupt the service and be the focus of attention.
 
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