DSC_3974.NEF and Growing
You get a few pictures today. I got to work early because I finally got my bike tire fixed (did you know that the CU bike station sells new inner tubes for only $2? What a deal, especially when you have exactly $2 cash in your wallet like I did.) and decided to ride it today. I'm just trying to soak up these mild late-summer days while they still exist.
While I was feeling all high-and-mighty taking pictures with my bombtastic SLR surrounded by all the students with their point-and-shoots, a chick walked by with her D300 outfitted with the hardcore vertical grip/battery pack. In total, the camera is about the size of a cinder block. Currently, if I were to upgrade my camera, that's the one I'd get. I might actually consider getting it when its successor comes out (soonish? probably some time in '09 is my guess) and its price drops. Or should I get the D90 with all of its new flashy next-generation features and plenty awesome photo quality for my purposes (blogs don't require that great of image quality in the first place)? Or should I just shut up and put all of my energy into finding a new job so that I can actually afford to think about these things?
The last time I just sat outside of work was on Day 36. These pictures were all taken only 30 feet from where that one was. That was the day that I overheard Abbie talking on the phone about Jess and Rollie breaking up. None of you know who they are unless you drink at The Pub a lot, so that's pretty inconsequential information.
3 comments:
Mike. Come on. We talked about this. The d300 is nice and all...but Canon man. Canon. Canon. As Scott put it last night, "Nikon has been sucking Canon's dick for some 8 years...and only within the last 7 months has that changed..."
And changed it did. The 5D Mark II was just announced. FF sensor. 21.1 MP. ISO expandable up to 256000. Digic 4. yeah. siiiiick.
I want one.
Plus...you want one of those sexy red ringed L lenses don't you?
mmm. yeah.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos5dmarkii/
Okay Mark, listen. Nikon might be the dick suckers here, but they're only sucking the finest top-of-the-line luxurious dicks. If I had $2500+ to spend on a camera, and $1500+ to spend per lens, I might be a little more particular with my purchasing choices.
But I don't see how in the world the 5D Mark II impacts Canon's mid-priced mid-level pro-sumer bodies, such as your very own 40D. Canon's top end might be better than Nikon's, but that doesn't change the fact that the D300 is comparable to - or even arguably better than - your camera.
And like I said, I could be shooting with an old Pentax (those are pretty shitty, right?) from 1998, and the image quality wouldn't look much different than a hasselblad's on this blog.
If you can come up with an argument to convince me that Canon's sub-$1200 camera bodies are worth switching, or that in the long run, their sub-$500 lenses are likewise likely to vastly outperform Canon for the next decade, the I will be happy to consider converting.
Remember, too, that you're the one that told me to go with Nikon about 6 months ago. If I convert to Canon now, will you tell me in 6 months that Nikon's really the way to go, and that I should switch back?
Ok, the two of you wrote a lot of words, so I feel a bit pathetic writing only 3 sentences. I like the third mini-picture. Love the colors and the people in the background.
Nice work!
(ok, it's like 5 sentences, but whatevs)
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