D300 or D700
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50mm f1.4 £220
14-24mm f2.8 £1250
24-70mm f2.8 £1200
70-200mm f2.8 £1700
105mm f2.8 £580
That's £4950 for starters.
Yes, you can 'make do' with Tamron or Sigma, yes you can buy older model lenses, yes you can probably get away with a few primes, but a body like the D700 deserves the best, and you know you want them.
Add on a couple of hundred for filters, a Lensbaby and maybe an 85mm f1.4 and you're well over £5K.
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Lens snobbery is alive and well I see......
The 70-200 is the most overpriced lens that I have ever had. Yes it is a damned fine lens,but is it really worth the cost over the 80-200?
As long as people continue to pay these over inflated prices for new lenses, then the longer the manufacturers will take the pee.
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If you opted for the DX option, what range of lens would you be looking to complement that?
It's exactly the same! You need the same glass, with the exception of the 24-70 where you'd get the 17-55 AF-S f/2.8 at a mere £300 less, irrespective of DX / FX!
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I think you meant the 700 (D700) :shrug: .. if so, I am not sure if the D700 has that feature (to shoot in cropped mode); and personally, I prefer to crop in PP.
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Go for the D700 ...
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Lens snobbery is alive and well I see......
The 70-200 is the most overpriced lens that I have ever had. Yes it is a damned fine lens,but is it really worth the cost over the 80-200?
As long as people continue to pay these over inflated prices for new lenses, then the longer the manufacturers will take the pee.
Yes, the 70-200 VRII is over-priced at £2,000 but that's the introductory RRP and prices will fall over the months following its release.
For £1,500 I think it's a pretty reasonable deal.
It's a complex piece of kit with a lot of glass in it. People pay that sort of money for a sofa or a few crappy MDF kitchen cupboards from Moben.
I believe the D700 will crop automatically when a DX lens is mounted. The resolution reduces to about 5mp - some prefer to crop in post processing (the setting can be disabled).
I know that - in addition to auto-DX when a DX lens is fitted, on the D3 and D3x I can select DX mode no matter what lens is fitted...