austen_pearson

<p>It does seam like the d700 is due for a replacement actually! Maybe I'd be better off waiting until that body is released as I know I will have it for many years!<br>

That scenario, Richard does seam beneficial for me, especially long term. As you said, 2 bodies are better than one! You couldn't have a better setup than what you explained there. Shooting wide with FX and tele on DX would be great for my shooting style, and I know 2 bodies will be in my bag eventually!</p>

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<p>All I shoot right now is sports, but I do not believe shooting DX is inhibiting my style. I just believe that by switching to FX I will get more use out of my 16-35. That lens is used a lot more than the 70-200. I am also rather close to the action at the football games so loosing that crop ratio is no concern to me.</p>

 

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Also, low light performance is very important to me. Lot's of my action photo's are taken during the darker hours of the day and at night. Both the d300s and d700 are within my budget for a new body.</p>

<p>The FX Lenses I have now are the Nikon 70-200 vr, 50mm 1.4d, 16-35 vr and the 10.5mm fisheye. (Which I will sell, and buy back a 16mm fisheye). I also use a 1.4x teleconverter to get a little bit closer at the football games.</p>

<p>Ok, first off I know this topic has probably been posted a thousand times, but I'm new here! Second, this is more of a discussion than a question. I just want some input from other users.<br>

About 3 years ago I bought my D80, I use it all the time and just love it! Though I think I've come to the point where I should upgrade my body. (Should probably meaning more along the lines of want to really bad.) I want a faster body that has a better HIGH ISO/Low light performance than my D80. Yes I am looking to upgrade to the D700.</p>

<p>I shoot a lot of skateboarding and snowboarding, portraits for catalogs, and CFL Football (I get paid a little bit to shoot for the Edmonton Eskimos.) The high iso and better low light performance will help alot with my snowboarding photography, as I shoot the majority of those photos at night, or late in the day. I love shooting wide angle photos, and you can't beat a wide angle photo shot on an FX body. The large viewfinder is also very nice to look through.</p>

<p>All of the lenses I shoot with now are FX, except for my 10.5mm fisheye.</p>

<p>So as far as I am concerned, those are all good reasons to upgrade bodies. But I still would like to know what you guys think, your experience with upgrading bodies and if it was a good or bad decision. Also, over the larger viewfinder and better looking wide angle shots are there any reasons I shold buy the D700 over the D300? </p>