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| Posted: Tue Jan 7th, 2020 14:31 |
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Eric
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GeoffR wrote:Apparently there is no grip for the D780 so that takes it off my list. That it isn't any good for video is not a problem, I'm not interested in video. Plus point is no built-in flash but not enough of a bonus to out weigh the lack of a grip. Why the extra grip necessity? Ergonomically, the D750 was the best handheld camera I owned...nice deep finger recess. It was a breath of fresh air after the weight of the D3. If they have kept the same body in the D780 and I didn't have the bodies I already have, I might have been tempted. FX, 24mp, Z6 sensor, D5 processor, no silly adapter. 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 7th, 2020 14:34 |
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GeoffR
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Eric wrote:Why the extra grip necessity? Simple Eric, for me it is too small otherwise. I really, really don't like having my little finger hanging off the bottom and that is what happens without a grip, sorry but that is the way it is.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 7th, 2020 14:38 |
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Eric
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GeoffR wrote:Simple Eric, for me it is too small otherwise. I really, really don't like having my little finger hanging off the bottom and that is what happens without a grip, sorry but that is the way it is. Neither do I (it's my pet hate!) and that didn't happen with the D750....it was quite tall and a deep recess. Felt really stable in my hand....just a little outbalanced with a heavy telephotos. This is why I wonder if they retained the D750 body on the D780?
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 01:30 |
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GeoffR
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Eric wrote:Neither do I (it's my pet hate!) and that didn't happen with the D750....it was quite tall and a deep recess. Felt really stable in my hand....just a little outbalanced with a heavy telephotos. This is why I wonder if they retained the D750 body on the D780? Interesting but using Camera Size Comparison the D780 and the D300 are almost exactly the same size. My wife has a D300 and that is too small for comfort as far as I am concerned but is fine with the MB-D10 attached. I see no reason why the D780 would be any different. Also worth considering is that Grays have the D780 at £2199 and the D850 at £2399, if I had £2000 to spend on a camera I would find the extra £200 and get the D850. The D750 is now a real bargain at under £1000 new and, with no interest in video, would suite me better I think, especially as there is the MB-D16 available.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 02:51 |
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jk
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I agree with Geoff that for an extra £200 the D850 looks to be the better purchase.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 03:47 |
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chrisbet
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D780 is a few mm BIGGER than a D750. The D750 is the same as the D610 bar half a mm in width which has plenty of space for my fingers even without the grip. A lot of the extra height of the D850 is above the grip which is much the same on all these cameras.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 03:48 |
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Graham Whistler
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I agree with that I must say when I saw the £2199 price I also thought that £1400 would be nearer the mark, I do not think Nikon will sell many of these. A D850, if new is a great price at £2399. I paid £3500 for mine but no regrets it is one of the best cameras I have ever had!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 04:02 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:I agree with Geoff that for an extra £200 the D850 looks to be the better purchase. That needs to be tempered by considering the Megga large files together with the additional processing and storage costs. My iMac grinds to a standstill with the D800 files, let alone D850 files. I still haven't revived my Mac Pro, which doesn't even blink with these very large files, the iMac is a reasonable spec 14.2 Last year I almost filled a 500Gb SSD with D800 files and I did very little photography after mid May, so at least a terabyte a year of modest photography. To me that seems an infinitely more important consideration than what to do with my pinky.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 05:12 |
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chrishamer
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I think the D780 pricing feels so off due to the discounts and drop in price like on the Z6 and D750 currently. I reckon we'll see the D850 disappear pretty soon replaced by a D880 alongside a Z8/9 That way Nikon can use that Sony 60mpx sensor and bump prices again - I doubt the D780 will stay at that price for long if Nikon's recent discounting is anything to go by?
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| Posted: Wed Jan 8th, 2020 05:14 |
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chrishamer
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Robert wrote:That needs to be tempered by considering the Megga large files together with the additional processing and storage costs. My iMac grinds to a standstill with the D800 files, let alone D850 files. I still haven't revived my Mac Pro, which doesn't even blink with these very large files, the iMac is a reasonable spec 14.2 Last year I almost filled a 500Gb SSD with D800 files and I did very little photography after mid May, so at least a terabyte a year of modest photography. This is also a good point, more MPX means everything else in the chain needs upgrading too. I ended up having to update my 2012 Mac Mini with a 2018 version as it just couldn't keep up with the Z6 files (especially video ones) and ended up adding a Drobo with 16TB of storage and another couple of TB of SSD storage just to give myself a chance. Not to mention an external Vega 64 graphics card... It's crazy how much processing power some of these files need.
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