Nikon Switchover - Help needed

mr tommo said:
As has been said already, we will be sticking to our style as it's what we are comfortable with. I'd never be able to compete with somebody who uses film regularly.

I've never used film, but saying that I really want to have a play with film at weddings. My dads got a Canon EOS 3 at the studio that I've been meaning to order some film for. It wouldn't be for the clients but I'd like to just have a mess around with.

Out of interest what would be a decent but cheap second hand Nikon film camera to be on the lookout for?
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The good thing with Nikon lenses is that they are backwards compatible for the most part (although G series without an aperture ring are not very useful on older film bodies).
 
Bear in mind those nikon primes will af a lot slower than your canon zoom. nikons primes are also slower than canon primes for af, as a general rule, but then you might be used to less speed cos of the Sigma you use. |I would not switch to Nikon, wait till q1 for the 5dmk4 to be announced
 
The Nikon or Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 should be on your list. I wouldn't bother with the 24mm f/1.4. A 70-200 would be nice as well. You could look at the Sigma 85 and save yourself some money or the Nikon 85 f/1.8G. I'd avoid the Nikon 135 DC.
 
Well....the switch has begun!

Just ordered to following :

2x Nikon D750
Nikon 35mm f1.8G
Nikon 50mm f1.8G
Nikon 85mm f1.8G

That should do us for now while we get used to the bodies. We may look to upgrade to the f1.4 versions in the future but for now wanted to keep the costs down. Weddings kick in in April so by then we will have added the following :

Nikon 24mm f1.4
Nikon 135mm f2
Nikon SB-910 Flashes x 4 or Yongnuo alternatives but never used them so unsure for now.

Will be interesting to do some D750/5DIII/6D comparisons.
 
The Yongnuo flashes get good reviews, I've been happy with the 565ex me and the misses use. We use the 622n triggers also. Going to pick up a further flash and 622n TX to trigger them.

One thing is you can't go far wrong for the price really. If you don't like them, sell on and go with the Nikon gear.
 
Richdog said:
4x Yongnuo are very highly recommended... here's a good article I read today as I have been umming and ahhing about them myself http://improvephotography.com/gear/recommended-flash-photography-kits/
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Thanks for that. Been trying to weigh up just going for them.

ZG002 said:
The Yongnuo flashes get good reviews, I've been happy with the 565ex me and the misses use. We use the 622n triggers also. Going to pick up a further flash and 622n TX to trigger them.

One thing is you can't go far wrong for the price really. If you don't like them, sell on and go with the Nikon gear.
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Yep that's my current thinking. Think I'll be going for the following :

4 x YN-568EX
4 x YN-622
1 x YN-622N-TX
 
I just got ours on Amazon, I'm going for the 568ex in a few weeks as I want to try some high speed sync stuff.

Yeah all the II stuff is Canon.

They seem fairly well build bits of kit for the price, Pilot button is a little hard to press.
 
ZG002 said:
I just got ours on Amazon, I'm going for the 568ex in a few weeks as I want to try some high speed sync stuff.

Yeah all the II stuff is Canon.

They seem fairly well build bits of kit for the price, Pilot button is a little hard to press.
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Good thing is that if I decide to get a 568EX in future, the 565 won't go to waste as you can use it as an additional slave.
 
Yeah, that's exactly what we are going to do. :) The triggers etc cost very little in the grand scheme of things. I got the 565 for the misses as she has a d3200. But I just got a d7100 and want a flash with the features to match, So 568 it is :)
 
Well, today I got the Yongnuo 565 EX... put it straight on and works like a charm, and give a lovely soft light with a diffuser. For the money it's amazing!
 
As pointed out above, not the best start to Nikon ownership.

They have yesterday updated with this page : https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63592

You can check you camera's serial number to see if affected, both of mine are.

Apparently once you register, they let you know that there is around 2-3 weeks before you can take it to a service centre. They are ensuring that all centres have the correct stock before taking cameras in to repair to minimize the down time.
 
mr tommo said:
As pointed out above, not the best start to Nikon ownership.

They have yesterday updated with this page : https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63592

You can check you camera's serial number to see if affected, both of mine are.

Apparently once you register, they let you know that there is around 2-3 weeks before you can take it to a service centre. They are ensuring that all centres have the correct stock before taking cameras in to repair to minimize the down time.
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Hmm, the Nikon site says my D750 is affected by this issue but I'll be damned if I could reproduce it the other day when photographing a sunrise with some direct sun action. Anyway, I have raised a return request and will do it just to be safe for the future. Will be very annoying not to have my baby for a while, but I guess I'll live.

I wonder if it would class as a reason for exchanging within a store? Maybe then I could check their serials and see if they have any unaffected ones...

EDIT - Good article on it posted today here by dpreview where they tested several different cameras including from Canon and found similar issues to varying degrees... http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d750/9

The Canon 1D was worst... lol...
 
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