1D3 vs 5DII vs D700 AF point array...

Does anyone have an overlay comparing the three viewfinders and how the three AF point arrays align?

So we lost ya to Nikon, huh?

TaDa wrote in post #9492399
So we lost ya to Nikon, huh?

Not yet - y'all have done everything to keep me It's Canon who is doing the losing
Plus, this is the best place to hang anyway

I have a very good friend with the D700.....I came this close] [to switching too....

Awesome camera.

Mr. Clean wrote in post #9492415
Not yet - y'all have done everything to keep me It's Canon who is doing the losing
Plus, this is the best place to hang anyway

Dude...several Nikon guys hanging here....Canon may lose you...but we won't...

I heard that!

Someone google the info I need, gotta run to a meeting!

I have seriously considered moving to a D700 for several months, seems like an incredible camera. The thing keeping me with Canon is that my favorite part of this hobby is shooting birds. And, with the D700 being full frame, I'd need to purchase at least a 500mm or 600mm lens, and I don't have the cash for that. Canon's 400 5.6 and 100-400 are keeping me in the family.

I was able to float the viewfinder screenshots from dpreview and hold them over each other. The D700 very much covers considerably more area than the 5D and just about as much as the Mark III.

True Mark, in general, Nikon's glass is more money and you'd need more reach. However, their glass is incredible.

I'd actually like to stick with the family and have a Mark IV.

i have 3 coworkers who just switched to d700s (from d90s though). I don't think they are THAT impressive they are nice, but I guess it depends on what you shoot. stick around, canon should have some nice glass coming this year =]

amyandmark3 wrote in post #9493343
I have seriously considered moving to a D700 for several months, seems like an incredible camera. The thing keeping me with Canon is that my favorite part of this hobby is shooting birds. And, with the D700 being full frame, I'd need to purchase at least a 500mm or 600mm lens, and I don't have the cash for that. Canon's 400 5.6 and 100-400 are keeping me in the family.

Theres the Sigma 150-500 for that

I contemplated it quite heavily as well....

if it wasnt for the 7D I'd have said goodbye as well..

Kenji, after seeing some shots in the Bigmos archives (yours and others), it is a possibility I hadn't thought of with full frame. I am happy now with my 1d3 and 100-400, I seem to have good copies of both. But, if that happiness changes, I would either be going to a 7d (as a last ditch effort to stay with Canon) or D700.

Sorry to sidetrack Mike.

amyandmark3 wrote in post #9493598
Kenji, after seeing some shots in the Bigmos archives (yours and others), it is a possibility I hadn't thought of with full frame. I am happy now with my 1d3 and 100-400, I seem to have good copies of both. But, if that happiness changes, I would either be going to a 7d (as a last ditch effort to stay with Canon) or D700.

Sorry to sidetrack Mike.

LOL i didnt have mine long though...the few shots i took with it are horrid!

But the 150-500 is a good lens, Close to the 100-400 in a lot of ways at a better price..Better OS too

ilumo wrote in post #9493373
canon should have some nice glass coming this year =]

Canon already has nice glass, they just keep making it better.

If you want to jump to Nikon, go do it. There are great boards for Nikon users no doubt.

Stickman wrote in post #9494033
Canon already has nice glass, they just keep making it better.

If you want to jump to Nikon, go do it. There are great boards for Nikon users no doubt.

Not really actually lol, when i contemplated the switch i found very little in the way of Nikon forums besides Nikonians which you have to pay to be a member of..

www.fredmirnada.com has a nice Nikon section.