Advice needed

[Pete Askew]

Actually I am much the same Davie. I prefer the handling of a D3 to a D700 / D800 and the weight doesn't bother me (and I am neither 6' tall nor 3' across!). I nearly always used motor-drives on my film SLRs for the same reason (rather than speed). And the M9 is no feather!!

 

[Jim Kuo]

Cool, I am sure it will be great! It's gonna be a revelation to find that your nifty-fifty starts to behave as a 50mm lens should.

 

[Davie Hudson]

Cool, I am sure it will be great! It's gonna be a revelation to find that your nifty-fifty starts to behave as a 50mm lens should.

50? do lenses go up that far ?

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Aye Ahmad, he's like Irn-Bru! Made in Scotland, from girders!

Absolutely, plus i'm about 6' tall and about 3' wide

Along with McGlashen Clach cuid fir to match

would the 5d be that much lighter when a battery grip was added ?

i've bought the 1Ds lol and it should be here Saturday or Monday. If it doesn't work out weight wise or picture quality wise i can always re-sell as it has a low shutter count and look at another full frame option.

Weather sealing on 1Ds would i think be useful.
When i was looking at FF i seriously considered 1Ds yet at the time price was beyond me. I ended up with Kodak SLRc FF (Canon mount, SLRn is Nikon mount) ... slooow, clunky, high iso average, best at base iso, but it had no AA filter and its CCD gave leica M9 look. Price wise these days they go for around £250-£300 although quite rare to see them.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I've been so tempted by an old Nikon mount Kodak a good few times now ... They look such brutes!
have you any shots from one?

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

They do look brutish like a proper 1950's pickup although 1D had more metal and was heavier. I have from SLRc i will email a link same sensor as SLRn just a different body.

 

[Davie Hudson]

Along with McGlashen Clach cuid fir to match









Weather sealing on 1Ds would i think be useful.

Oh in Scotland the weather sealing will be very useful