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eh, just wanted an equipment opinion.

looking to buy a new digital, but don't need anything like the D1X, looking at the coolpix 5000 & 5700. i'm leaning towards the 5700, just wondering if anyone had experience with these. looking for pretty flexibility and control for more creative environments (yet keeping a small all-in-one package for traveling and all).

danke.

The 5700 looks really sweet - I just spent seme time on the Nikon website checking it out. Although - I'm not sure how "small" it is. It looks almost the size of the D100 - but it's hard to tell from the pics that they have on the site. If your looking for something smaller - you might try the 4300. I'm looking at that one myself :winkwink:

I shoot my content with the D100 but want something smaller just to shoot "snaps" with. But I want something that I can have some control over -

Let us know what you end up using -

Dean*

http://crew.oliver-klozov.com/dean/jessica.jpg

i looked into the 4300.. as for size and all, that unit rocks. however, the 5700 are relatively small. bigger of course than the 4300, but more like a 5000 with a bigger zoom lens and a nice color through-the-lens veiwfinder. should have fairly decent control and 8x zoom (which is optical, i believe). it's nowhere near the size of a d100, esp. with a lens attached.

actually, i haven't played with a d100, but basing it off of the n80 and the f100. i believe the d100 uses an n80 body, correct?

i used to have an f100... that camera fucking ROCKED. i had to sell it a couple years back to pay some bills. i think i'm going to pick up another, after i get a new digital. sold my last digital, 'cause i wanted a new one. that thing was so awesome, and so not plastic. put my sb28 on that thing... and the pictures were amazing. did an awesome shoot at night at a swimming pool and got some amazing pics. but, went through 6 million batteries in the process :)

Dean,

I never get tired of that shot!:thumbsup

btw dean, i like your work. that picture above kicks ass :thumbsup

Dean
What F stop was that picture taken at?

Great depth of field.

Canon Powershot G2 or G3. Fuck the Nikon's. If it is not a high end Nikon then the Canon is a better camera.

Canon's color balance sucks nuts, I hate our G series camera. Nikon or Fuji and none of this point and shoot shit, SLR baby!

:2 cents:

We are not talking about SLR's. The Canon is the best. Search the GFY archives and see the results from those who use them.

I was giving my two cents, I'm really not fond of anything Canon makes (Personal taste), I've seen some nice shots, and I've seen a lot of color variations that shouldn't be there from the same units.

I'll always take an SLR over a point and shoot hands down, again, my two cents.

:thumbsup

Find him a decent SLR in the same price range and I will suggest that instead. :)

Hey, I never said my suggestion was reasonably priced! I just said I prefer it :D

I usually shoot at about f4 or f5.6 - but with that lens that I was using - that's enough to get good depth of field. That lens is a Nikon 17-35 2.8D. I love that lens more then life itself :1orglaugh

Have a great weekend -


Dean*

What do you consider "high-end" Aaron? We are using the D100 from Nikon ($2000'ish) and I must say - I'm pretty impressed with what it can do. I have heard some great things about the Canon D60 and would love to shoot with one to compare some of the images with my D100.

For me, I see a lot of yellow/green skin tones with my Nikon. But, I've developed a couple of Photoshop Actions that I use on all of my images to take some of that shit out. I wonder if I would be happier with skin tones from the D60 then the D100. Thoughts???

Dean*

I don't care what camera you are using, a good photographer won't be satisfied with the output of the camera anyway. Unless the camera is putting out incorrectible junk, this would not be a major consideration for me.

While I recently bought a Nikon D100, I shot for three years using the Olympus C-xxxx cameras. In fact, I still have a C-3040 and C-4040 and they are very good cameras. With the FL40 flash, you can do fill and bounce that will fool a lot of people into thinking you have studio flashheads and diffusers.

The Nikon 5700 is a fantastic camera. I've seen nothing but great reviews on it. Its Pro level in a more compact size so its a good traveler.

I've seen some pretty impressive shots come out of the Canons, but generally not the G-series. I haven't seen anything out of the G3 though so I can't really speak on it. :)

Fuji Finepix S2? That's what the Wanton Girls stuff is shot with.
I never see anybody else talking it up, almost everybody I talk to uses the Nikon D100.