mihail.ursu

<p>as far as I know Orwo UT 18 is a slide/reversal film with a special process in 8 steps (aprox), I think that it is possible to develop it as BW but I have never tried. If you need/want I can try and find out how to make the developer for the UT 18, also if you've given up that project I would gladly accept a gift or buying that old film, especially if you are in Romania.</p>

<p>I honestly thank you all for the information and time spent offering it.<br>

After your suggestions I reconfigured my D300 and I felt improvements in reaction time and also in frame rate.<br>

Also I met a friend and shot for a short time with a D3 and kind of confirmed my suspicions regarding the speed of it, after each shot I was still waiting to hear the sound of the mirror drop, that's how fast I felt it was. But i found out about some things he didn't appreciate in the D3: the sensor gets dirty very fast and that it is a lot more difficult to clean when compared to Canon 1D Mark IIn, they qualify it as sticky( meaning the dust doesn't go away with a blower). Also he said that the D3 is sometimes too big and draws a lot of attention to it, which is not very useful in news situations.<br>

Did anybody have the same experience with the D3 sensor cleaning?</p>

 

<p>Still, did anybody at least get close to the 6fps as advertised with the D300?<br>

I tried with every setting I could think off, and still I couldn't squeeze more than 3 ( I estimate) out of the camera.<br>

And did anybody in real life situations get the 5fps/8fps (with booster and AA, EN El-4) with the D700?</p>

<p>Thank you all.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2344388">Matt Laur</a> <br>

I have the shutter release set at focus+release, and I knew it would make it slower but didn't exect it to be tangible. I set it that way because of a bit of paranoia, meaning I prefer fewer sharp images than a lot of unsharp. The light conditions vary<br>

Now when I think about it I experienced it more on the 80-200 2.8 AF-S, maybe because of the slower autofocus?<br>

Also the frame rate never really got to the 6fps advertised even when the D-light was off and shutter was set to release priority, and even when the autofocus was manual. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4297087">Nish Sivakumar</a><br>

Thank you for the information, I thought that compared to the initial price it would lose less than the d700, but I guess i was wrong.<br>

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<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=3888800">William Pahnelas</a> <br /><br>

It just that is a big buy for me, and I can't afford to change cameras as soon as new ones appear unless I can get a good sale price...<br>

I know about the specs, but that doesn't really tell me that much, especially after feeling the real-life differences between the Pro and Semi-Pro equipment. What troubles me is if the D700 will have the same issues as the D300 then I will end up losing even more money by selling it and buying the D3.<br>

I agree that it depends on me, I am just trying to learn from your experience and then take a decision. </p>

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<p>Hello,<br>

I want to buy a FX camera, and I can't decide whether it should be a Nikon D700 + a Nikkor 17-35 2.8 or a Nikon D3.<br>

I currently own a Nikkor 24-70 2.8 and a 80-200 2.8 AF-S and I am not a great fan of extreme wide-angle photography, but in certain photojournalism situations I discovered that an 17-35 2.8 would help.<br>

I intend to use the camera for some event, press, product photography and street photography.<br>

I would like the D3 because of the sheer speed/durability and because my D300 has a lag in focusing and shutter release, which I am afraid will be the same in the D700, also I hope that the resale value would be better than a D700.<br>

I would appreciate any comments and suggestions, please.</p>

<p>With respect,<br>

Mihail Ursu.</p>

 

<p>Do you think Nikon can make a better camera that the F6 or the F5 ? And even if they could, how much would it improve the final photos?<br>

I think there are enough used/new film cameras out there for people that appreciate the differences between film and digital, a Nikon f5 fell almost 400$ in the last year and it is available in like new condition for about 645...so it's cheaper that a d60 kit.<br>

Still...this is the end of long era of Nikon/film photography.</p>

thank you for you input...some of it was really usefull.

I have the chance of buying a used Nikon 80-200 AF-S from a AP

photographer...and he offered me 2 lenses to choose from, and I have no idea

how to make that choice...they both look almost identical...one being 2000

samples newer...

 

PLEASE help :)with any test suggestions:)