Do I sell my D700 + lens?

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Hi,
I have a problem lol I have just had my 2nd child and my 1st child is 1 1/2, I also work 6 days a week. My problem is that I really find it hard to have time to take photos and what I would like to know what camera + lens could I downgrade to just for portraits of the kids and landscapes only on holiday. I have D700, sigma 85mm 1.4, Nikon 70-200mm 2.8, Nikon 24mm 2.8, Nikon 50mm 1.8, kenko x1.4, Nikon TCIII, Nikon SB800, lencarta 3 head kit, lastolite hilite and train.
 
if you dont need the money then i wouldnt sell the kit. one day you will come back to it all and think it was a stupid idea to sell it.
 
EYE_ON_ME said:
Hi,
I have a problem
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I guess that's the place to start, what is the problem ... is it needing money (who doesn't with a young family!) or is it just not getting the use out of your equipment?
If you don't need the money then I'm probably with callumduff, unless you think it would be a long time until you get back to it (in which case your kit may have seriously devalued).
 
How about sell some of it. That's a lot of studio gear you could move on, but keep the camera as you will still want to take photos when you can
 
gramps said:
I guess that's the place to start, what is the problem ... is it needing money (who doesn't with a young family!) or is it just not getting the use out of your equipment?
If you don't need the money then I'm probably with callumduff, unless you think it would be a long time until you get back to it (in which case your kit may have seriously devalued).
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The problem is just the time to use the kit, I reckon about 5year plus lol I just don't know what to do with it, with working 6 days a week and only having one day with my family it doesn't feel right going and leaving them to take photos.
 
EYE_ON_ME said:
with working 6 days a week and only having one day with my family it doesn't feel right going and leaving them to take photos.
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Agree, they should be your priority ... either confine your photography to when you are with them (loads of possibilities with a young family and you'll look back at them with joy in later years) or maybe sell and get a couple of compacts/cheaper older dslr's and get your wife involved too!
 
I found when i had my boy in Dec-10 it gave me a lease of life for my photography. I shoot him more than anything else. I wouldn't sell the camera either. Good low light shooter for indoor natural light portraits. Maybe keep the the 24mm and the 50mm along with one of the flashguns and sell the rest.
 
gramps said:
Agree, they should be your priority ... either confine your photography to when you are with them (loads of possibilities with a young family and you'll look back at them with joy in later years) or maybe sell and get a couple of compacts/cheaper older dslr's and get your wife involved too!
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Is there any really good compacts?? Would I be expecting to much coming from the D700.
 
Using a compact after a dslr will be different but even some pros have been using high end compacts for convenience ... Panasonic Lumix looks reasonable and there are many others to check reviews on.
 
Fuji x100 also seems popular ... spoilt for choice :D
 
I use a d700 and a X100

Of course for certain things, the D700 can't be beaten, but for a lightweight, high quality piece of kit, I often choose to take the x100 over the d700.

The x100 can do landscapes, portraits and general snapshots well, and with very high quality. The only time you may find it frustrating is fast action.

If something happened and I was forced to sell my d700 and lenses, I would be comforted that I still had the x100 and could shoot 80% of what I shoot now with it.
 
TCR4x4 said:
I use a d700 and a X100

Of course for certain things, the D700 can't be beaten, but for a lightweight, high quality piece of kit, I often choose to take the x100 over the d700.

The x100 can do landscapes, portraits and general snapshots well, and with very high quality. The only time you may find it frustrating is fast action.

If something happened and I was forced to sell my d700 and lenses, I would be comforted that I still had the x100 and could shoot 80% of what I shoot now with it.
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Is that right that it has a fixed focal lenght?
 
rjbell said:
Yes its fixed. I wouldn't recommend it. How small do you want to go?
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How small?! Not sure. I would like to still take photos of the babies with nice bokeh etc and landscapes. I really don't know what's out there?
 
Yes it's fixed, but it's not an issue if you concentrate on framing right. Sure it can't zoom miles, but for portraits and landscapes it's perfect.
 
TCR4x4 said:
Yes it's fixed, but it's not an issue if you concentrate on framing right. Sure it can't zoom miles, but for portraits and landscapes it's perfect.
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Agreed... it's a great camera for this, picture quality is superb and low light performance is good.

If you are used to relying on a zoom for framing it takes a bit of getting used to a fixed lens.

I too take the x100 with me all the time when I leave the D300 at home.
 
The x100 isn't particularly compact and the 23mm isn't best suited for either landscapes or portraits. Maybe weight until the nex6 is released with its EVF and 16-55 collapsible lens. This will be smaller but still gives you the aps-c sensor. Or if you can't weight what about the nex7 with a 16mm pancake for landscapes and the sigma 30mm for general walkabout and portrait lens, this too is smaller than the x100.
 
rjbell said:
The x100 isn't particularly compact and the 23mm isn't best suited for either landscapes or portraits. Maybe weight until the nex6 is released with its EVF and 16-55 collapsible lens. This will be smaller but still gives you the aps-c sensor. Or if you can't weight what about the nex7 with a 16mm pancake for landscapes and the sigma 30mm for general walkabout and portrait lens, this too is smaller than the x100.
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It fits in my pocket and I use it extensively for both portraits and landscapes. In fact that's pretty much all i use it for.
 
TCR4x4 said:
It fits in my pocket and I use it extensively for both portraits and landscapes. In fact that's pretty much all i use it for.
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A jacket pocket maybe, I didn't say it couldn't be used.
 
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rjbell said:
A jacket pocket maybe, I didn't say it couldn't be used.
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Nope, trouser.
 
Wow hold your horses! Fixed lens Full Frame anyone?
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Yes, it has a 42mm thread I believe, it also has a built in 3 stop ND filter.
 
A typical compact will be horrible compared to what you have (sub £500 ones anyway, things like the x100 are not far away). Also have the canon s95 and it's good but personally don't really use it unless I really do need pocket size. Would always take the d300 out with 35 or 50 attached.

I do paid work, but aside from that 98% of what I take involves my kids and I am so pleased to jphave so many good pics. Would suggest you keep the camera, or maybe downsize to d300 if cash is useful, keep a prime and get a 24-70, sell the rest unless you really need it.
 
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Wow hold your horses! Fixed lens Full Frame anyone?
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I was going to suggest the same thing, almost ready to make the jump myself if it is true!!! (depending on price of course but even double the price of the RX100 it could be justified just about if just for the sensor! :)
 
vrapan said:
I was going to suggest the same thing, almost ready to make the jump myself if it is true!!! (depending on price of course but even double the price of the RX100 it could be justified just about if just for the sensor! :)
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SAR's reckons $3000! Doesn't look like it has a EVF but it must have surely?
 
$3k is a lot :( I can't justify it and probably can't even afford it. I was being optimistic thinking something along the lines of a Fuji X100 (cause really it sounds/looks very similar concept even the lens is almost identical focal length) with an FF sensor.

It has a hot shoe so maybe an EVF accessory?
 
vrapan said:
$3k is a lot :( I can't justify it and probably can't even afford it. I was being optimistic thinking something along the lines of a Fuji X100 (cause really it sounds/looks very similar concept even the lens is almost identical focal length) with an FF sensor.

It has a hot shoe so maybe an EVF accessory?
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We already have the rx100 if this ff rx1 is true, there may well be a rx10 aps-c camera too.
 
rjbell said:
We already have the rx100 if this ff rx1 is true, there may well be a rx10 aps-c camera too.
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Yes but then that would be the same as the Fuji X100 which didn't excite me half as much. I would have liked an FF sensor without the bulk or price attached to FF bodies and lenses :)

My K-5 is quite small actually and if I wanted a smaller alternative I'd go for an OM-D / GX1 + 20mm pancake. So unless an RX10 pulls something really cool out of the hat like similarly nice lens as the RX100 then I won't be nearly as interested as in the RX1
 
rjbell said:
I found when i had my boy in Dec-10 it gave me a lease of life for my photography. I shoot him more than anything else. I wouldn't sell the camera either. Good low light shooter for indoor natural light portraits. Maybe keep the the 24mm and the 50mm along with one of the flashguns and sell the rest.
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This every time. Should get spurred on to do more portrait photography of the kids, instead of going walkabout to get the occasional snap.
 
out of that list, you might as well keep one prime like simon said and sell the rest and buy a used 24-70 or 28-70 f2.8 Nikon.

In term of x100 i find it a perfect camera to use on holiday and general walkaround. Ok is not good for fast action sports but you wouldn't use that camera to do fast action in the first place .........

the 23mm lens is decent enough to do portrait and landscape
 
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