jeffrey_aiello_photography

<p>Taken recently in Ireland. Nikon D700, nikon 17-35mm f/2.8</p>

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<p>I hear you Jeff, but I don't really understand it. I have Nikons, Canons, Leica, Voigtlanders, a Hasselblad, Rollei, Mamiya, and others. The 35mm cameras are really similar to me, and the others I get used to in just a few minutes of using, but to each his own. <br /><br /><br />Just one thing though ... some Nikon brand enthusiasts speak of "ergonomics" as if each Nikon model camera is exactly the same in form and function, but of the (film) Nikons I own, each one seems to be laid out differently than the next or is this just a recent feature starting with digital SLRs?</p>

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<p>Hi Thomas, I don't know regarding the film and DSLR nikons. I currently own Nikon's D200, D300, D700 (yeah.. let's not bring up upgrading here..) and they all fit my hand very well.<br>

Jeff</p>

<p>As Matt Laur noted above "The real deciding factor: you need to physically touch these camera bodies. The 50D is going to feel very, very different in your hands than will the other two you mention. It's a love at first touch sort of thing. Most people just naturally like the way Canon, or Nikon physically arrange the controls and design the user interfaces. It's very subjective. If you have larger hands, the D300 may feel far more pleasant to use than the D90. Things like that require personal, hands-on looking at the cameras."<br>

... this can't be more true. Go hold and play with the camera's you are interested in, see what feels best, search for the best price.. and BUY IT! :-)<br>

For me.. Nikon's are the way to go. They fit great in my hand and their controls are laid out in a way the works for my brain.<br>

Jeff</p>

<p>Taken along the oregon coast.<br>

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Nikon D700, Nikon 17-35 f/2.8</p>

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D700 - 50mm f/1.8 1/640 sec @ f3.5</p>

<p>"....we all have fishing hooks in our mouths." for sure.. but a silly question deserved silly answers.. thus mine...<br>

it's funny though.. that this question is asked again... and again... I think it would be tough for me.. ok.. impossible to buy a "nice" camera.. i.e. a DSLR, without playing with it a bit.. or at least playing with a close relative of it.<br>

jpa</p>

He brightened the lives of all that knew him... and many that never met

him. He is terribly missed every single day. Taken away, way too soon

from his dad. Puppy Kona, I miss you and love you, Dad<div></div>

I grew up just over the mountains.. Lake Tahoe and family lives here

(yep, standing in their front yard), so it's still "my neck of the woods"<div></div>

<p>Like several others, I haven't used a Nikon strap in forever. I've been using an Op/Tech wrist strap on both my d700 and d300.. i just don't like neck straps.<br>

Jeff</p>

My Dog Kona, jumping for joy in a snow storm. Was killed on

November 13. I loose it every time I look at this picture.<div></div>

I may have taken it right before New Years, but it's certainly the first I've

processed<div></div>

<p>I have both.. the D700 and the D300.. on my last trip I used my D700 for wide angle and landscapes, stills.. I used the d300 with my 70-200 f/2.8 and teleconverter for shooting wildlife.. the combo works great.</p>

<p>" you wrote... BTW, I really like the menu system, control layout and the feel of the 40D in my hand, ..."<br>

for me.. that's where most of your decisions should start and stop... the nikon's and canons are very comparable in most ways. For me.. the nikons fit better in my hand than the canon's did.. and I bought nikon and have been 100% happy with that decison since.<br>

Jeff</p>