Your next SLR - What are you looking for?

when the 1DSmk4 comes out I'll evaluate the situation. Only thing I really wish my 1DSmk3 had as I am starting to do more band stuff is a higher iso capability.

Other nice to haves would be AF in live view (my 40D has this :() and video.

Realistically i want other kit first, a car rig and a nice wide angle (16-35L would do), a portable power pack for my studio flashes and a 35L come first!
 
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D300s now. Would like AF in video, FX sensor, and i would rather have more detailed pixels than more pixels. Would like to have buttons handy than handy buttons I dont even use, like the QUAL button on my camera. Would also like integrated battery grip like the D3* series. Also workable ISO 6400 could be handy.

And if Sony A900 can have integrated IS then why cant a Nikon ?
 
An integrated battery grip, thta gives me a thought !
Well I would like a potrait shutter button on my EOS 7D instead of having to buy a integrated Battery grip which then adds weight and makes my EOS 7D the size of an EOS 1 ! !
I only want the button !
 
Yes. 12mp is perfectly adequate and Nikon are much more worthy than Canon for not conning everyone that higher MP is better.
 
robmiller said:
"Still waiting"? What made you think it would be released at any point other than in the four year cycle in which all Nikon pro body generations are released? D1, 1999; D2, 2003; D3, 2007; D4, 2011.
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Wishful thinking :p That and the fact that things have moved so quickly in the last 3 years in the camera tech that I had expected a D4 to be released sooner rather than sticking to a rigid 4 year cycle.

The D7000 shows how far sensor technology has come with regards to the pixel size / noise ratio. The D3s looks fantastic - except I'd like more than 12Mp from a full frame sensor as the majority of my shots end up being cropped - an issue which will be exaggerated by a full frame sensor.

Fingers crossed that it'll be out next year, with a ~20Mp sensor with similar ISO properties to the D3s. :)
 
I can't see myself buying another body for a good few years yet. I do get tempted by full frame every now and then but the 5D AF worries me and I'm not to keen on changing everything to bag a D700. I guess a 5D mkIII with hopefully improved AF will be the next body I'd consider.
 
Bluelion said:
Wishful thinking :p That and the fact that things have moved so quickly in the last 3 years in the camera tech that I had expected a D4 to be released sooner rather than sticking to a rigid 4 year cycle.

The D7000 shows how far sensor technology has come with regards to the pixel size / noise ratio. The D3s looks fantastic - except I'd like more than 12Mp from a full frame sensor as the majority of my shots end up being cropped - an issue which will be exaggerated by a full frame sensor.

Fingers crossed that it'll be out next year, with a ~20Mp sensor with similar ISO properties to the D3s. :)
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Well you can play that argument out a number of ways:

- Why are you cropping so much - is you're framing in need of work or do you not have appropriate glass? Neither requires a new body.

- If you're not shooting high speed then why not the D3x?

End of the day though, I think 'D4' is a fairly lazy answer in some ways - nobody knows what the D4 will look like spec wise, Nikon pro revisions tend to be big jumps (just look at D2 to D3 series bodies) so it's not explaining what you're looking for in your next DSLR....

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with saying you want the highest end body Nikon make but a very few specialist (and maybe made up) scenarios aside, it's hard to fault the current range for real world ability.

And...until somebody gets a D7000 to review properly, it's hard to say what it's sensor is really like.
 
With the 40D currently, I want more than 3 shot AEB, though this is settled anyway with the D300s :p

But... ISO 12,800, urbex with a tripod is tedious when crawling through tunnels and hatches to get to the best viewpoints!

1080P video would be nice as then I can do basic videography to start with and get into that field too.

Everything else though is covered by my 40D at the moment and the D300s when I use that.
 
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I had a 5dMkII, awesome bit of kit, virtually impossible to take a bad photo with it. Sold it a couple of months back as I couldn't justify hanging onto something so expensive :(

Thought I'd try and get by with just a decent P&S, Canon S90 but I miss the DLSR so I've got a Nikon D7000 on order..will be interesting to see what Nikon's are like as my last 4 cameras were all Canons :)
 
bigredshark said:
Well you can play that argument out a number of ways:

- Why are you cropping so much - is you're framing in need of work or do you not have appropriate glass? Neither requires a new body.

- If you're not shooting high speed then why not the D3x?

End of the day though, I think 'D4' is a fairly lazy answer in some ways - nobody knows what the D4 will look like spec wise, Nikon pro revisions tend to be big jumps (just look at D2 to D3 series bodies) so it's not explaining what you're looking for in your next DSLR....
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I agree with you in part. The cropping is a problem because the subject matter is generally too far away. I'm currently using 400mm on a cropped sensor, and getting mighty close to the 600mm purchase, so there's not a lot extra I can do on the lens front (although the 600 prime will be extendible to 840 with a converter).

I have considered the D3x, and discounted it on two grounds: Its ISO capability appears to be largely similar to my current D300, which is only borderline OK. Its fine up to ISO-800, but at ISO-1250 noise is evident - which when cropping is exaggerated.
But secondly, the D3x is just too expensive for what it is. I have no objection to paying the money if I think its worth it - but as I see it at the moment the D3x is just a D300 with a full frame sensor, at 4.5x the price.

I look at a lot of the wildlife photos taken by Canon 1Ds-mkIII, and they very rarely fail to excel. I really do think there is a market for a high-resolution full frame body, and I'm in the queue!
 
Well I can't speak for what you're doing but I've seen some fairly outstanding wildlife photography done with a D3s and a D3x. I don't know exactly what you're shooting obviously but do you really need high ISO performance, high frame rates and massive resolution all at once. Maybe the D3x is expensive but it delivers pretty massively - I can't say I've seen *any* shots where the camera was the limitation with either at that level.

Also, I'd call what you're talking about a D3xs rather than the D4 (which I expect to be a little bit special - and that's why Nikon stick to the 4 year release schedule, because the series jump is a big upgrade...)
 
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