Digital BW, The Print

Jimbo,
  Thanks for the further info.  Especially for what kind of demands you make on your camera and for the possibility of an updated D700.  Since I photograph flowers exclusively that I grow myself I work either in my studio or in my yard. I really do not need a bullet-proof type camera. At least at this time I have no interest in video.  Flowers blowing in the wind, not very exciting.  I will sit tight and see what else is announced.

BertGF

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mrjimbo" <mrjimbo@...> wrote:
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> Bert,
> First Bert the D700 is a heck of a camera.. and that is no kidding.. In a word I'm tough on my equipment.. When shooting the Miles City Rodeo last year in 5 " of mud and rain for several days.. It just couldn't take it.. I trashed it.. Sent it in to Nikon and they resurrected it... Because of what I do I usually have 4 bodies working in any given year.. One happens to be the D700.. much more cost effective then the D3s.. but just not as sturdy.. 
> So moving on.. I have both a D4 and a D800 coming .. The D800 is going to be a test for me.. primarily I'll use it a studio camera and am looking forward to the added MP and I'm assuming I can harness them to my expectations..If I can't it'll be gone.. The other side of it is I have discovered Video..I shoot a lot of wildlife and that is a big deal for me and has been for a long time.. Video out of these inexpensive boxes is getting accepted for national Television and so on..  So I see this as a natural transition for me.. As far as avoiding anything higher then 24MP.. well maybe not a bad idea.. might be smart to sit back and see. That's usually what I do...this time I'm jumping in.. but that's more about the video to be honest.. the rest well, we'll see.
> 
> jimbo
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Bert 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:17 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: The megapixel issue - "again" and other issues
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>   All of the comments about the megapixel issue are appreciated. I am going to contact a friend of mine who owns a D700 and has a D800 on order. I will test out my workflow and cropping style with his D700.
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>   So Jimbo what is compelling you to go to a D800 if you have a D700 that you are happy with?
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>   I have a D200 and have been happy/productive with it. Lately I have decided I wanted to be able to crop images to a ratio of .8 instead of the default .66 of 35mm. That takes off 20% of the image file size so I assumed I had to compensate. Therefor I decided i would get the next upgrade to the D700 so I would have the latest. But the 36MP stunned me. I feel I do not need it. I do print up to 40 by 60" even from the D200. I have used a technique for 15 years before it even had the name that it is now called focus stacking. Once blended and stacked I cannot go back to the RAW files. Perhaps the blending of the multiple exposures into one layer allowed me to print such enlargements; who knows? Anyway my current thought is to avoid anything higher than 24MP.
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>   BertGF