Greeting all,
I have been shooting With SLR for a few years now an I know my way around a camera, however that being said I don't make a living at it. In the past I have owned Canon gear and have been happy with it.
I own a few lenses though none of them that "extraordinary" or extravagant. and also own a few other canon accessories, that are brand specific.
here is my delema.
Currently I own a 20D, it's been a great rig, reliable , shoot well underwater, really no complaints and I have been looking at picking up a 5D Mk2 shortly after the 5D Mk3 is launched as I would expect the price to drop to clear out the now "obsolete" model.
Now a good friend of mine shoots Nikon, and has plenty of very nice and expensive lenses, and said I can use them anytime I wanted... if I had a Nikon body.
I am looking at going full frame on this upgrade, and on the Nikon side means a D700 or the soon to be released D800.
I like shooting Wide angle under water, so low light is key and I know Nikon's are a better a focusing/shooting in low light conditions, yet the D700 is about half the resolution of the Canon and I expect the D800 to be double the price of the Canon when it's available. (though rumors have it at 36mp:shocked2
then add that I need to still buy a new housing for the camera (who knows how long before it's available for the D800) yet it's already available for the 5D, hell I could probably find a nice used one too, and still be under the cost of the D800, not including any money I recoup from selling my 20D and housing.
Unless there is a reason the D700 is better even though it has a significant Megapixel disadvantage that I happen to be missing ?
I have been shooting With SLR for a few years now an I know my way around a camera, however that being said I don't make a living at it. In the past I have owned Canon gear and have been happy with it.
I own a few lenses though none of them that "extraordinary" or extravagant. and also own a few other canon accessories, that are brand specific.
here is my delema.
Currently I own a 20D, it's been a great rig, reliable , shoot well underwater, really no complaints and I have been looking at picking up a 5D Mk2 shortly after the 5D Mk3 is launched as I would expect the price to drop to clear out the now "obsolete" model.
Now a good friend of mine shoots Nikon, and has plenty of very nice and expensive lenses, and said I can use them anytime I wanted... if I had a Nikon body.
I am looking at going full frame on this upgrade, and on the Nikon side means a D700 or the soon to be released D800.
I like shooting Wide angle under water, so low light is key and I know Nikon's are a better a focusing/shooting in low light conditions, yet the D700 is about half the resolution of the Canon and I expect the D800 to be double the price of the Canon when it's available. (though rumors have it at 36mp:shocked2
then add that I need to still buy a new housing for the camera (who knows how long before it's available for the D800) yet it's already available for the 5D, hell I could probably find a nice used one too, and still be under the cost of the D800, not including any money I recoup from selling my 20D and housing.
Unless there is a reason the D700 is better even though it has a significant Megapixel disadvantage that I happen to be missing ?