Comments on: BenSpark’s 2009 Christmas Wish List http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-2009-christmas-wish-list.html Everyday Pictures... Every... Day Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:58:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Drew http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-2009-christmas-wish-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-77849 Drew Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:33 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=9091#comment-77849 Lenny, What if they come out with a new one that is better than the 1D? What do they do then? Lenny,
What if they come out with a new one that is better than the 1D? What do they do then?

]]> By: lenny http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-2009-christmas-wish-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-77848 lenny Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=9091#comment-77848 Funny How with Canon The lower the number the better the camera. The 1D being there best. They must not want to confuse people . This way if you buy #1 you get #1. .-= Look at what lenny wrote blog ..<a href="http://mysecretprojectlk.blogspot.com/2009/11/sponsored-tweets-on-twitter.html" rel="nofollow">Sponsored Tweets on twitter</a> =-. Funny How with Canon The lower the number the better the camera. The 1D being there best. They must not want to confuse people . This way if you buy #1 you get #1.
.-= Look at what lenny wrote blog ..Sponsored Tweets on twitter =-.

]]> By: Drew http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-2009-christmas-wish-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-77847 Drew Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:54:30 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=9091#comment-77847 Stephen, But I like gimicks. Seriously, If it were a real possibility I would want a pro level camera for those low light situations and faster shooting. As always you give me a lot to think on. Stephen,
But I like gimicks. Seriously, If it were a real possibility I would want a pro level camera for those low light situations and faster shooting. As always you give me a lot to think on.

]]> By: stephen http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-2009-christmas-wish-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-77846 stephen Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:49:16 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=9091#comment-77846 Drew, I noticed you mentioned the d90 on your wish list. The D90 is an awesome camera however I don't see it as much of an upgrade over the D80 you already have. The big things you would be getting would be better high IOS performance. The D80 looks grainy above ISO 600 really you want to shoot between ISO 100 and 400 if possible. On the D90 you can set your ISO a lot higher and still get good results. Obviously this does not matter in well lit situations but the high ISO on the D90 will help with those low light situations where you can't use a really slow shutter speed. The D80 also suffers for hot pixels and blooming on long exposures. You can see this on shots over say 5mins. The obvious big thing on the D90 is that is shoots video. I see this as a gimic option. It is really there because the engineering required to support live view made it an easy add on. I bet marketing loves it. However a DSLR should shoot stills video is nice but stills are what is excels at. The DLSR body is not really great ergonomically for shooting video so it really will not replace a true video camera. If I were buying a camera today I would consider the D90 but knowing you situation I would hold tight for a little bit. I think we are going to see more and more full frame 35mm DSLR cameras and I really think full frame is the way to do. The high end Nikons are already full frame so the prosumer level FX can not be too far off. The D80 you have still rocks stick with it get some sweet FX lenses and in 2 years you can move into a sweet FX DSLR. What did Ansel Adams shoot with? A more advanced camera may make your snapshots look better but more features means more to learn. Once you master the D80 them move up. The D90 in my opinion does not add a lot to make you a better photographer over the D80. Drew,

I noticed you mentioned the d90 on your wish list. The D90 is an awesome camera however I don’t see it as much of an upgrade over the D80 you already have. The big things you would be getting would be better high IOS performance. The D80 looks grainy above ISO 600 really you want to shoot between ISO 100 and 400 if possible. On the D90 you can set your ISO a lot higher and still get good results.

Obviously this does not matter in well lit situations but the high ISO on the D90 will help with those low light situations where you can’t use a really slow shutter speed. The D80 also suffers for hot pixels and blooming on long exposures. You can see this on shots over say 5mins.

The obvious big thing on the D90 is that is shoots video. I see this as a gimic option. It is really there because the engineering required to support live view made it an easy add on. I bet marketing loves it. However a DSLR should shoot stills video is nice but stills are what is excels at. The DLSR body is not really great ergonomically for shooting video so it really will not replace a true video camera.

If I were buying a camera today I would consider the D90 but knowing you situation I would hold tight for a little bit. I think we are going to see more and more full frame 35mm DSLR cameras and I really think full frame is the way to do. The high end Nikons are already full frame so the prosumer level FX can not be too far off. The D80 you have still rocks stick with it get some sweet FX lenses and in 2 years you can move into a sweet FX DSLR.

What did Ansel Adams shoot with? A more advanced camera may make your snapshots look better but more features means more to learn. Once you master the D80 them move up. The D90 in my opinion does not add a lot to make you a better photographer over the D80.

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