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Thank you. I'm actually excited about it. My current job is boring as hell.
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I have had a quick look through the thread, I think all the equipment options have probably been discussed already.
I would only add that I assume you have already looked at long term business leasing options and dismissed those?
While I can absolutely understand the wish not to get into debt to buy the equipment you need to get you up and running while starting afresh, I am not sure based on what has been said in the thread that any of the equipment within budget really gives you what you want.
It might be something worthwhile considering and while no it's not the most cost effective option will allow you to get the equipment you want now and just means you would have to work a bit harder to cover that expense ongoing.
Perhaps having the £800 you would of spent on equipment could then be used for other things advertising and marketing for example.
I have no idea how much financing this way would cost but in your position I would probably look at keeping the cash to use for ways to bring money in and finance the equipment a different way.
Any way best of luck with the new venture.
I would only add that I assume you have already looked at long term business leasing options and dismissed those?
While I can absolutely understand the wish not to get into debt to buy the equipment you need to get you up and running while starting afresh, I am not sure based on what has been said in the thread that any of the equipment within budget really gives you what you want.
It might be something worthwhile considering and while no it's not the most cost effective option will allow you to get the equipment you want now and just means you would have to work a bit harder to cover that expense ongoing.
Perhaps having the £800 you would of spent on equipment could then be used for other things advertising and marketing for example.
I have no idea how much financing this way would cost but in your position I would probably look at keeping the cash to use for ways to bring money in and finance the equipment a different way.
Any way best of luck with the new venture.
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Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your best wishes. No, that's not a direction I wish to go down. The business model I'm working with doesn't require the best gear - just decent gear. I'm only looking at part time work as my wife is the main bread winner.
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Well, this thread has moved on since I last posted 
- sounds like you are getting there Dean, good luck fella - look forward to some of the results.
- sounds like you are getting there Dean, good luck fella - look forward to some of the results.
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Well, this thread has moved on since I last posted
Yep, I think I've settled on a D7100 for now. I think. Unless it's a D700. Damn...
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Used to be decisive, but not so sure now
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Used to be decisive, but not so sure now
I've never been sure about any camera I've owned!
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For many years I was quite happy with my lowly D70 (which I still have) ... then got more into photography and the GAS started. The new D750 looks just about the perfect compromise, if there is such a thing.
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Yep, that's the holy grail right now.
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On the plus side, by the time you are able to upgrade, nikon will have sorted the internal reflection issue!
Alright mate, been through all the posts, I am a little surprised that you have decided to settle on D7100 rather than D7K as it is a good £300-400 difference between the two and the buffer on D7100 is even smaller than D7K.
You have used D7K it worked ok for you, the only issue was buffer then D7100 is not going to be any better. you are paying for slightly more pixels (the whole pixel density/size vs cro-ability) and more DR...but you are in studio condition so DR isn't really an issue for you as you can control those parameters.
if you were a newbie and asking questions about lens and body to buy, everyone would say invest in decent lens more than a body. but you are doing the opposite in the fact that you are spending a large portion of your budget on a body and peanuts on glasses...
personally would invest in a D7K as you have been perfectly happy with it previously, and get some nice primes or just get the best - sigma 35mm f1.4 art (if you can afford FX primes then save you from buying again). for your zoom lens use a tamron 28-70mm f2.8?
D7K with 20k clicks - £250 - that's what i sold mine for
Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art - £550 - panamoz - maybe cheaper when buying used...
Tamron 28-70mm f2.8 - £100-130 mm
so if you want to keep it to your budget of 800 then you get D7K and sigma or sub sigma for AFS DX 35mm 1.8...then you are well under the budget.
the point is you probably know at the back of your mind that you will eventually go into full frames.
also when you go FX, then you just need a second hand body (if you are strapped for cash) and 85mm 1.4 AFS or D then all good to go as the tamron would be more than sufficient thats assuming you are going to grow your photography business from babies to portraits and events/weddings. maybe 70-200mm f2.8 to supplement the range.
You have used D7K it worked ok for you, the only issue was buffer then D7100 is not going to be any better. you are paying for slightly more pixels (the whole pixel density/size vs cro-ability) and more DR...but you are in studio condition so DR isn't really an issue for you as you can control those parameters.
if you were a newbie and asking questions about lens and body to buy, everyone would say invest in decent lens more than a body. but you are doing the opposite in the fact that you are spending a large portion of your budget on a body and peanuts on glasses...
personally would invest in a D7K as you have been perfectly happy with it previously, and get some nice primes or just get the best - sigma 35mm f1.4 art (if you can afford FX primes then save you from buying again). for your zoom lens use a tamron 28-70mm f2.8?
D7K with 20k clicks - £250 - that's what i sold mine for
Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art - £550 - panamoz - maybe cheaper when buying used...
Tamron 28-70mm f2.8 - £100-130 mm
so if you want to keep it to your budget of 800 then you get D7K and sigma or sub sigma for AFS DX 35mm 1.8...then you are well under the budget.
the point is you probably know at the back of your mind that you will eventually go into full frames.
also when you go FX, then you just need a second hand body (if you are strapped for cash) and 85mm 1.4 AFS or D then all good to go as the tamron would be more than sufficient thats assuming you are going to grow your photography business from babies to portraits and events/weddings. maybe 70-200mm f2.8 to supplement the range.
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Funny your saying that because I'm actually thinking along those lines now too. Off to bed now, but I appreciate your thoughts, mate.
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Okay, I've been to play with a D7100 and I liked it much more than the D7k. Why? The position of the af-on button at the back means that I can actually BBF on this body where I couldn't on the D7k (left eye dominant shooter). I played with the buffer and think that with a really fast card it'll be just fine for me.
To top this the D7100 AF is so much better. Precise, fast and seemingly flawless. The D7k was so-so.
To top this the D7100 AF is so much better. Precise, fast and seemingly flawless. The D7k was so-so.
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so .... have you got one yet?
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Nope. Maybe I'm only 94.6% decided...
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I set up one of the front button to be my AF-On - can't remember which one but not the preview button, but the one on top. I never had any issues, I still do the same on D610. works really work. up to you mate...£500 on a dx body that you will need to upgrade again quite near in the future...hmmm...
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Who says I'll need to upgrade it? There's an absolute obsession with upgrading great amongst photographers. I've gone backwards in the gear I've used and surprisingly my quality hasn't dropped. Mmm...
By the way, I use the other function buttons for equally important things that I use regularly.
There are no D7000's for 250 quid. Cheapest about 300. Do I think the extra resolution, functionality and vastly superior AF is worth 200 quid? Probably. Is it worth it right now? Still not sure, which is why I haven't bought a D7100 yet.
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It isn't a deal breaker. Tested one with a super fast card and I could work with it.
I did consider Pentax, but I'd need new triggers and receivers.
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Absolutely right Dean.
I was recently looking through some photographs taken years ago now when I first returned to photography with the Canon 350D, and was quite amazed at the quality of the images, many taken with the kit lens and some with the 70-300IS USM lens (NOT the L version).
These days I use the Canon 1Ds MkII which (I believe) I bought from you, and even though I have looked at other cameras can really see no reason to change (apart from the dreaded Gear Acquisition Syndrome).
So many aspiring photographers seem to believe that great gear makes a great photographer.
So many have never heard of Ansell Adams, Diane Arbus, Steve McCurry et al who knew a camera was just a tool and experience in using any tool is the only way to master a trade.
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I'm glad that you're still enjoying the 1DsII, mate. At base ISO it produced some of my very favourite studio shots.
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Well even though older then many it's still an excellent camera and I now have the 70-300mm L lens and the 24-105mm L lens to supplement it.
I grew out of the 350D in 5 years but don't know if my skills will ever progress to the point where I feel that it's time to move on from it.
And though it's a long time since I had a studio it still produces great shots of my young grand nieces and nephew.
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