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nphsbuckeye wrote in post #15838316
And then there's always that.

D800E!!!

Looks like something that would go nicely with a D7100.
http://nikonrumors.com …-hsm-lens-announced.aspx/

Hardcore wrote in post #15838557
Good to know d800 is only useful for web size images and the occasional prints.

Crap. I really need to hire that copywriting editor.

dgrPhotos wrote in post #15840653
Looks like something that would go nicely with a D7100.
http://nikonrumors.com …-hsm-lens-announced.aspx/

Good move! They are trying to fill the gaps

dgrPhotos wrote in post #15840653
Looks like something that would go nicely with a D7100.
http://nikonrumors.com …-hsm-lens-announced.aspx/

If they were able to come out with a 24-70 1.8, oh man would that be sweet. I would happily dump my 24-70 2.8 for that one.

whmeltonjr wrote in post #15841253
If they were able to come out with a 24-70 1.8, oh man would that be sweet. I would happily dump my 24-70 2.8 for that one.

Me too.

whmeltonjr wrote in post #15841253
If they were able to come out with a 24-70 1.8, oh man would that be sweet. I would happily dump my 24-70 2.8 for that one.

rick_reno wrote in post #15841402
Me too.

ME 3

and I will scoop up a cheap 24-70 2.8 on the used market.

dgrPhotos wrote in post #15841598
and I will scoop up a cheap 24-70 2.8 on the used market.

2017 is not that far away! Nikon needs to release 24-70 II

Too bad it's not made for FX sensors.

David, just an FYI. B & H has a special on the Sony XQD cards.

16GB:
http://m.bhphotovideo.​com …itle=16GB+XQD+M​emory+Card

32GB: I bought one and now it looks like it's discontinued.
http://m.bhphotovideo.​com …itle=16GB+XQD+M​emory+Card

I paid $120.00 for mine but, Adorama has it here.
http://m.adorama.com …earch.aspx?sku=​ISOXQD32GB

Just figure this out last night... but you can now toggle exposure simulation on and off in live view by hitting the "OK" button.

I thought we were now just stuck with no exposure simulation, which is what I prefer 95% of the time, but it's nice to have the option.

whmeltonjr wrote in post #15841253
If they were able to come out with a 24-70 1.8, oh man would that be sweet. I would happily dump my 24-70 2.8 for that one.

Well, you would until you saw how big and heavy the 24-70 1.8 would be...


I suspect the reason Sigma is able to do this has to do with the physics of the optical system. A smaller target sensor means, generally, that you can build a lens that covers roughly the same angle of view range and the same depth of field range as a corresponding lens for a larger sensor, and have the result be roughly the same size.

In this case, f/1.8 gets you the same shallow depth of field on a crop sensor that f/2.8 does on a full frame sensor. The focal length range, 18-35, covers a smaller angle of view range than 24-70 does, but the size of the filters it takes is smaller as well: 72mm instead of 82mm.


Good on Sigma for doing this. They're making crop cameras even more competitive against full frame than before, by reducing the depth of field advantage of full frame. Note that they're not eliminating it in this case: a prime on full frame gets a shallow depth of field that simply cannot be matched by a crop camera with current lenses.

Hardcore wrote in post #15842256
Just figure this out last night... but you can now toggle exposure simulation on and off in live view by hitting the "OK" button.

I thought we were now just stuck with no exposure simulation, which is what I prefer 95% of the time, but it's nice to have the option.

Hehe! It's been there for a while now.