[Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000 long reply IMGs

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

> Alastair,
>
> Shame on you for not taking the R9DMR.  ;)
>
> The D7000 does a really nice job, but the D3s really shines at the higher
> iso's and of course it is FF.  Your bird shots are really nice.  I would
> love to have the D3s, but not available here these days due to the
> tsunami, and used ones seem to go very fast when they do show up.  I will
> look for the new D800 if it shows up later this month.  Or the Sony
> A900/850 also shows much promise, and are more easily obtained right now.
>
> Gene

Gene, as you know, I ached for months trying to decide on a path to
follow. Sony was high on my list because of the IS in the body. It would
make all my L lenses IS, and for me that would be great. Sony's
understanding of photography just does not seem to be as good as Nikon's.
Somehow they don't get quite as much out of the same sensor, and of course
your choice of Glass is more limited.

Sony are big enough to survive, but I also worried that their heart was
not completely 'in it'. ie no new developments for a couple of years etc.
Oly are in the same boat: its sinking and I did not want to have to change
systems just because the company pulled out of SLR's again, so despite
myself it was N or C with P and S just missing out and O almost out of the
game.

Alastair