Comments on: Abigail’s Studio Portraits

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:18:46 +0000

Oh man, you have my head spinning, I swear, I will in the exact boat as you when I’m ready to upgrade. I bought my Nikon before really knowing what I know now, and although I love it, Canon seems to be the norm with every flickr/blog/photog I love! You guys get those creamy skintones! I was going to ask that about these pics too, do you use a plug-in on your photos?

Gosh, I dream of being able to use even 800 ISO!

By: Jeffrey C

Jeffrey C — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:10:42 +0000

Again I am a Canon guy… but I think you would greatly miss the selection of lenses if you went Nikon. I love my 85 1.2 and other primes. The Nikon does have a great zoom (the new 70-200 VR II) but to get a good prime for the Nikon you would need to go with a Zeiss manual – which defeats the improved AF.

Jeff

By: Jeffrey C

Jeffrey C — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:49:55 +0000

I would recommend renting a D700 for a couple days to see how you like it. I have always used Canon equipment… 20d, 40d, 5dII.. and feel the color is far superior to Nikon.

Nikon does have a better AF system (maybe until the 1dIV is publicly available) but unless you are shooting sports i think you would be happy with the Canon.

What dont you like about the AF – are you finding your images not as sharp or blurry? I think you will get the results you are after with a body that can handle the high iso so you can increase your shutter speed and still have a large aperture.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:21:56 +0000

Well…. I don’t know if I would go that far. We definitely have WINTER here! It’s been in the 20 degree range every morning this week. But usually nice and sunny, so we can shoot bundled-up outdoors! :) Plus I get some great light inside my house.

Good to know how fast Canon is… though, you’re much closer to their Manhattan store than I am, if that’s where they go! ;)

By: ariana

ariana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:09:47 +0000

Don’t worry Kimberly, Canon is LIGHTNING fast with the repairs.. you’ll have it back in no time! At least you live in a climate where you can still take pictures outdoors with that 85mm right?

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:56:42 +0000

I wouldn’t rec. a 40D for you at this point, either… unfortunately, I got my 40D about 5 minutes before they released the 50D :( But I love it all the same. My next body will be a full-frame, as well… I have no idea how the noise compares in a 5D vs. the 40/50D.

In other news, I think I’m sending my 50mm 1.4 in to Canon… I’m just not convinced I’ve got a sharp copy, and the owner of my local camera store told me last night he doesn’t think it feels as smooth on the focusing as it should. So I guess after Christmas, it goes to the Canon hospital, which will FORCE me to use and hopefully fall more in love with my 85mm!

By: ariana

ariana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:15:47 +0000

Kari, I know I sound like such a snob.. the xsi is a GREAT camera! Just a little limited in certain areas.

Sherean, I have the same card!

By: Sherean

Sherean — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:35 +0000

My husband’s obsessed with his Nikon and would love to upgrade to the 700. Some day . . . We use our Chase Rewards card for everything – even groceries – and pay it off every month just so we can convert the points to Amazon gift cards. We’re about 1/5 of the way towards that camera! haha

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the rocking horse. Such cute shots!

By: kari

kari — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:34:53 +0000

these are awesome – LOVE the rocking horse, such a cute prop! she is gorgeous, and you captured that.

i am going feel so left behind if you go and leave me and my (what i used to thing was an awesome) camera for a big pro model!!!
just kidding girl, you deserve it!
k.

By: ariana

ariana — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:17 +0000

Kimberly, yeah – to put it mildly :) It definitely would be leaving a major comfort zone!

I’m surprised that you get such good noise handling from the 40D! But that’s great that you do. I wonder how it compares to the 5D classic? I’d be more likely to get that than a 40D because I have my heart set on full frame!