richard_hammond2

I guess you could in many respects compare the Canon A-1 to the Nikon FA. Both were fine cameras targeted at the advanced amateur market and had a wide range of lenses and accessories available to them. Perhaps the greatest difference between the two was the A-1's top shutter speed was only 1/1000 while the FA's was 1/4000 and it was the first in its class to offer (although somewhat simplified compared to today) Matrix metering. Both can still be had on EBAY for very good prices and are good bargains. If I had to choose between one or the other I would most likely go with the FA.

<p>I was in the camera store yesterday and overhead this guy saying how he sometimes doubles up film on stainless steel reels. Obviously with the emulsion sides out. Has anyone else ever heard of doing this? It seems a little risky to me.</p>

<p>The D700 is a workhorse, and regardless of what the megapixel counters say, 12.3 MP is plenty sufficient for most work, including magazine publication. Been there, done that.</p>

<p>I have had the same problem. I just ditched the EL-N's batteries and now use rechargeable AA's. I keep an EL-N in the body just in case. You get more battery life out of the AA's and the continuous frame rate is higher</p>

<p>An FX crop will have a correspondingly smaller area, equivalent to the DX sensor size but you will lose out on MP.</p> <p>My D700 is my go-to camera for most stuff, but when I do bird photography, I will often go with my D300 as it gives me 1.5x greater magnification I need for closer images with no loss in maximum aperture as I would have with a TC. </p>

<p>Are you worried more about a couple extra steps in your workflow or the final quality of your image? You can use Lightroom if you wish, personally I hate the program, but you can also use PS CC and when you open in RAW, you can select as many files as you want and make the same corrections to all.</p>

<p>All of my lenses are AI/AIS so all of the AF "alphabet soup" of the newer lenses is all greek to me. But I can tell you one thing, the 600mm f/4 Nikkor, in all of its versions is a <em>BEAST</em> of a lens but at the same time is a superlative lens from the word go</p>

<p>I have a 1968 FTn that believe it or not the meter still works!</p> <p>The Nikon F was the camera that started it all!</p>