Nikon D810, Worth buying?

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Hi All, I'm looking for a bit of help.

I'm 99% tempted to buy a Nikon D810, and sell off all of my DX equipment. I'm after some advice to mainly see

1) if it's worth the cash
2) if it's as good as they say it is

etc etc

any help off people who have one/have had one would be great.
 
Hi LD, had one, regret selling it. It is as good as the reviews say and can be purchased used for bargain prices. So definitely worth the cash if bought used. I think D750 is a better buy new.
 
If you are 99% tempted you have made up your mind. You have come on here hoping to be pushed over the edge. Just jump now.

I have the D810. Lot of dosh, but don't regret it one little bit. I had a D800E which produced equally excellent shots, but the auto focus failed to lock on to the subject rather too often.
 
chrism_scotland said:
What do you currently have and what do you shoot?

The D810 is a fine camera but could be way overkill for your needs.
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Currently got 2 D7000's.

I shoot mainly newborn and weddings, with occasional bird of prey shots.

I have 4 lenses, 2 of which are fx lenses so I'm half way there ;)

99.1% tempted now haha
 
Its an incredible camera. Its big and heavy. but if you don't mind that then go for it. I don't think it has any weaknesses.
Although WiFi would have been nice.
 
Little_duke said:
Currently got 2 D7000's.

I shoot mainly newborn and weddings, with occasional bird of prey shots.

I have 4 lenses, 2 of which are fx lenses so I'm half way there ;)

99.1% tempted now haha
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The D750 is also worth considering, would certainly be a huge upgrade on the D7000, depends if you need the 36mp files or not
 
I made the jump from a D90 to the D810 at the start of the year (a birthday treat, from me to me!) and it's incredible. The only downside is the lens upgrade list that follows.

The D750 could be worth considering as well, there wasn't enough information about it to sway me when I purchased though.
 
Little_duke said:
Currently got 2 D7000's.

I shoot mainly newborn and weddings, with occasional bird of prey shots.

I have 4 lenses, 2 of which are fx lenses so I'm half way there ;)

99.1% tempted now haha
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OK, just to be different, I'll be the Devil's advocate:

1. How would you feel about covering a wedding without a backup camera? (Or more importantly how would your clients feel?) Some would suggest it was unprofessional and irresponsible.

2. What lens will you use for your bird of prey photography once you've lost the extra reach which the D7000 offers? Or would you just shoot the D810 in DX mode?

3. Your two FX lenses won't do the same jobs for you on FX as they currently do on DX. What's your plan for that?

Out of curiosity, what are your 4 lenses?
 
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OK, just to be different, I'll be the Devil's advocate:

1. How would you feel about covering a wedding without a backup camera? (Or more importantly how would your clients feel?) Some would suggest it was unprofessional and irresponsible.

* The plan would be to keep one D7000 & the 2 fx lenses

2. What lens will you use for your bird of prey photography once you've lost the extra reach which the D7000 offers? Or would you just shoot the D810 in DX mode?

* I'd still use my 70-200, as I have a 2x tc aswell

3. Your two FX lenses won't do the same jobs for you on FX as they currently do on DX. What's your plan for that?

Ideally I'd get a few more lenses, 50mm prime etc

Out of curiosity, what are your 4 lenses?

* 4 lenses are as follows

Nikkor 17-55 f2.8
Sigma 30mm f1.4
sigma 70-200 2.8 os
nikkor 60mm micro f2.8
 
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For weddings I'd consider the D750. Control layout pretty much matches the D7000, its only very slightly bigger although the much deeper grip feels so much better than the D7000. Unless you really want the megapixels of the D810.
 
Its not about the megapixels, its about the crop you can do and still have plenty of pixels to play with. ......and of course your creativity. Of course make sure you have the computing power to cope with it and the storage to boot.

I would give you the extra 0.9% push. ;)
 
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I went from D300/D7000 to D3/D700. Easy route to move to FX while having plenty of cash left. I did invest my lens on quality FX glass first before jumping to FX body.

I don't feel I need to upgrade to newer body as the older FX body still does the job nicely.

Maybe consider D3, D3s, D700 etc.

To answer your question,
D810 is a good camera to have. D750 is also nice but the size is not really my thing personally.
 
Little_duke said:
1. How would you feel about covering a wedding without a backup camera? (Or more importantly how would your clients feel?) Some would suggest it was unprofessional and irresponsible.

* The plan would be to keep one D7000 & the 2 fx lenses
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You'd shoot a wedding with a 70-200 and a macro lens?
 
Maybe wise to sell the 17-55 and 30mm and grab the nikon 28-70 f2.8, and nikon 50mm f1.8 as replacement.

Sell one D7000 and put extra cash into a FX body. The other D7000 can be use as backup.

I can tell you, D700 can be get for so little these days now. Maybe wise to grab one of them to use for now and upgrade the backup D7000 in the future for another newer FX body.
 
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Nope, only some of it. Keeping the one body for a backup
 
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