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RDPhotography

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I've had my Nikon D3000 for nearly 3 years now but I feel that I have out grown it. I'm ideally looking for another Nikon that works with CS3 and is able to shoot IR. Anyone got any ideas?
 
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What is your budget?
 
Have a look at D7000, or may be a used D300. Another option would be a used D90.

What lenses do you have?
 
Have got both the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and the f/1.4, Nikon 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6, Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-5.6, Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6. I'm looking at getting an 85mm as well.
 
+1 for the D300, i just picked up a used one for £450 delivered, a cracking piece of kit and a bit of a bargain to boot

Not sure if it will do what you want as i'm not sure what CS3 is, and no idea if it will do IR
 
That's a really good price for a D300. I've been looking at those recently and they seem to do everything and more of what I want.
 
And if the D300s is anything to go by, Nikon class it as a Pro level camera (albeit at the bottom end on the Pro range)

It certainly feels like a very good quality camera too, nice and chunky and very solid feeling, go and have a look in a local camera shop at the D300s as it is 99% the same body (give or take a couple of button positions on the back)
 
RDPhotography said:
I've had my Nikon D3000 for nearly 3 years now but I feel that I have out grown it. I'm ideally looking for another Nikon that works with CS3 and is able to shoot IR. Anyone got any ideas?
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As you are using a rather old version of Photoshop (CS3) you might have trouble editing RAW files - if that's what you shoot - with the newer cameras like the D7000. You would need to check the latest version of Adobe Camera Raw that is compatible with CS3 to see if it supports the bodies you are interested in. If you shoot in jpg then CS3 will work with any body.

As for IR, you will need to fit an IR filter to your lens for that no matter what standard body you decide on. Bodies can be converted to shoot in IR only but that's both costly and makes it dedicated to IR only.

Hope that helps :)
 
Bristolian said:
As for IR, you will need to fit an IR filter to your lens for that no matter what standard body you decide on. Bodies can be converted to shoot in IR only but that's both costly and makes it dedicated to IR only.
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I'm using a Hoya R72 at the moment, just need something that will work with CS3 which I know models like the D300 and D700 do.
 
RDPhotography said:
I'm using a Hoya R72 at the moment, just need something that will work with CS3 which I know models like the D300 and D700 do.
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you will be seriously missing out on the features of new software. In my books ACR 7.2 or LR4 are far bigger upgrade than D3000 to D300 sensor wise.
 
Yeah, that was the conundrum for me really, do I upgrade software of equipment. But I'm still considering the software after I've got some "new" equipment.
 
RDPhotography said:
Yeah, that was the conundrum for me really, do I upgrade software of equipment. But I'm still considering the software after I've got some "new" equipment.
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LR4 won't cost you very much, and you can always finish editing 16bit tiffs on CS3. That will breath a little bit of life to d3000.

You could perhaps consider IR converting it, and getting a new one for normal shooting.
 
get your hands on d300 you won't let it go, I've had mine a couple years and am looking to get d600 but will still keep my d300.
 
Before you get LR4, what is your PC running? Mine is on windows XP and won't run LR4, but works great on LR3. I have also got CS3 (no issues with D200/D300s) but found it hard, where LR is so much easier to use unless you are having to do dramatic stuff to your images.

If you are looking at the D300, i would also look at the D300s, they are a little bit more expensive, but a newer version, so not as old, and again, some bargains in the classifieds.
 
being a newbie to this world, i dont know the differences between the d300 and the d7000....but I personally have the d3000 and the d7000 (upgraded) at the moment and I'm still getting used to it. it's really exciting to learn on though. i can see an instant improvment. if i were you i'd read up about both and then post here again to make the next move...
 
What Bristolian said. The D7000 has a small improved cleaner image quality over the D300on points like image noise, better ISO. Depends what you tend to shoot whether you will see this or not, maybe if you shoot a lot of low light at high ISO. It is a newer camera. The D300 though has a semi pro body, bigger, better ergonomics (for me) and matches certain features of the D700 should you go to FX.

LR4 is quite a cheap upgrade, but as some have said, it is more hardware hungry. Haven't a clue about IR other than it can be faked in software to some degree, or you get a dedicated camera... eg an old D70/80, or even convert the 3000.
 
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