18-105 on it's way!
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Buy D90 or wait?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Dang that was fast
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Well, I went out to a nature preserve today, and absent any interesting wildlife, I wasn't able to get many decent photos of the scenery due to the limitations of the telephoto lens. When I got home, I'd received some of the funds I've been expecting, so I wasted no time.
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I don't understand how 105mm is better for wildlife photography then 300mm? But anyway um this thread is supposed to be about buying the D90 or waiting for it's replacement so let's not hijack it into a lens/software/ accessory check list. Do a forum search as there have been discussions on which accessories to buy etc.
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It's not. What I was trying to say was that I didn't see any interesting wildlife, and would have liked a wider lens to shoot the landscape instead.
Point taken on the threadjack... sorry about that.
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A note on wildlife photography with Nikon DSLRs. I have used Nikon and even medium and large format for years. Wildlife photos for me and my crew shooting with our company cameras have had the decidedly best LUCK but also very good wildlife images with the Nikkor 70-300 lens. Still to date the biggest show stoppers have been with the 70-300 Nikkor without VR. We own three of those. For the last almost two years though I shoot wildlife, butterfies, etc. with a Nikkor 70-300VR. I have owned and used much bigger (and much more expensive) Nikkor glass. Yet due to portability and all the 70-300s even back with Nikon F5s and film days the 70-300s have been THE lens. I do prefer the VR version. The 70-300s I own without VR are no longer sold by Nikon. The non VR versions are about half the size and weight of the newer VR. If I am in a hazardous setting where the camera can get drowned or crashed I still use the 70-300 Nikkor, not the VR. I own 18-105VR, 18-200VR (which stays on my D90 in the field with me) when I am shooting a D300 with the 70-300VR. I do NOT attempt to shoot wildlife with less than the 18-200VR simply as it will not pull in an animal. Wild Turkeys, Whitetail Deer, Brown Bears, even songbirds are NOT going to let you get that close. My crew refer to the heavier (some think as more professional) lens as wrist breakers! They always reach for the 70-300s! They think the 70-300VR as the single BEST wildlife lens ever made for the REAL DEAL. I am not shooting with tripods on platforms like some wildlife photo pros are.
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Very interesting indeed DaveyJ. Not least of all because I have the 18-105VR and 70-300VR.
When you shoot butterflies (an interest of mine) with the 70-300 do you use any kind of accessory on the end of the lens?
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DaveyJ said:
My crew refer to the heavier (some think as more professional) lens as wrist breakers!Im shooting the AF 300mm 2.8 It weighs 2.7kg My right elbow is 5 weeks out from surgery to have a pin put in to heal a fracture and I've managed to get out and photograph my friends climbing. I didn't even bring my monopod. Pretty relaxing day overall, apart from the hour long uphill approach. Your friends must have really frail wrists. ;]
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Guys like already said keep the discussion on "D90 or wait?" topic. The OP wasn't asking about lenses for wildlife.
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For wildlife, butterflies, etc. the standard D90 available now is about as good as say a D300 or D300s. I'd use any of these cameras with the 70-300VR lens. For butterflies you'd better be within say 30 feet. I use nothing on the lens in terms of converters (which I DO NOT believe in). When D90 gets replaced (hopefully soon) there will be a period when that too is overpriced. Just a simple fact and we who buy Nikons have to accept this. Given all of this if I had to add one more camera to our present fleet for our company where without images no one knows who we are or what we do.....I would buy one more D90. I wouldn't wait if we needed an additional camera. I tried a Canon T2i and felt the video was slightly better than the D90 but I did not like the camera for still at all compared to the present D90. To SquamishPhoto: My work crew guys are saving their wrists for racing and a whole lot of other macho activities. Last time I was at a pro football game I thought the pro photographers sure had been smart to stay out of the game themselves as they didn't look up to much in the sports business. It also seemed like a case of hero worship. Fact is heavy lenses are either more productive or THEY GO!!! Same for cameras. I avoid the Nikon D3s and D3x due to price and for field use they are pretty big.
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Guys like already said keep the discussion on "D90 or wait?" topic. The OP wasn't asking about lenses for wildlife or the D3 and D3X.
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I also do not want to be in the filed with big wild brown bears and a very heavy camera system. I'd take the current D90 or a D300 or D300S for field use. DX has its advantages. Butterflies are best within 30 ft., wild Brown Bears are a whole different story and my 70-300VR just plain does not look the same on a Nikon D700 FX so in that case i am going to use the D90 or D300 type body with that single great field lens....the Nikkor 70-300VR. Also if I am in a spot where the eagles or bears are not moving towards me (or going away) the D90 video looks very good. I just make sure I get a prefocus before switching to Live View because at that point your exposure bias and focus are not going to change. All in all this makes the current D90 look like a good to go unit and waiting for a replacement looks less attractive.
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Here's a slightly different take on this question: After checking out the various models, I want to purchase a D90. In the meantime, my D50 is fine, and I don't need to have the latest model. Is it worth waiting a couple of months for the D90 replacement in order to see bigger price drops on the D90? What does Nikon generally do when a new body comes out--drop the price on the old model, or take it off the market?
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If you're happy with the d50 why upgrade? I doubt the price of the d90 will drop more than it already has. whats more likely is that stock just drys up. Thats whats happened in the past.
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Hello everyone, nice forum by the way. Ok I am in the same situation, is September 2010 and nothing yet about the replacement for the D90 (D8000 maybe), I sold my lovely D80 and I don't feel quite comfortable with the 3100 or the 5000 I think the 3100 is a good camera (1080P) but I don't know. I can get the D90 or the D3100 but no clue.
Somebody id offering me a 6 months old D90 with 9k clicks for $450.00 I think it works for that price why you guys think, I have the grip and the sb600 and the lenses.Posted 2 years ago # -
As tempted as I am by the D7000, I think if I were in your situation -- this isn't exactly your first DSLR, and you've already got some of your equipment -- I'd jump on it. As long as you know this person and have a pretty good idea of how well they've cared for it, there doesn't seem to be much of a downside, unless the features of the 7000 are things you really need.
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The D90 replacement will be the D7000 and it should be announced on Sept 15. It's up to YOU whether that means you should wait or not. The price of the D7000 is expected to be more expensive than the the current D90.
I think this thread has run it's course and should be retired now.
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