If D600 is lighter & smaller as compared to D800 & I doubt 36MP is really necessary, then we will see D800 price dropping soon once D600 rumour is true.
Availibility of D800 in Singapore (Part 2)
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If D600 is lighter & smaller as compared to D800 & I doubt 36MP is really necessary, then we will see D800 price dropping soon once D600 rumour is true.
zoom3
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Jeremy1 said:If D600 is lighter & smaller as compared to D800 & I doubt 36MP is really necessary, then we will see D800 price dropping soon once D600 rumour is true.
He he . This is wishful thinking. If Nikon let this happen, then they would have done a lousy sales and marketing job
redviper
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I am here in Malacca. 3 shops in Mahkota Parade. One offered at RM10,500 and the other two AT RM10,300. Got it from one of the latter after a bit of negotiations. Added to the better exchange rate given to me for changing so much(yes I was ready with the cash to do business!), it cost me about SGD4200. Ready set, no need to wait, 288 lower than Sin prices... Was offered RM9500 by a shop in Dataran Pahlawan, but 4th in the waiting list... about a few months. Shops around also said that one can get a less than 10k set if you are willing to wait. Anyone wants to buy a used D3?
wenbin0215
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redviper said:
Power! I'm going in to Melaka tml too.. Hehe..
redviper
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Hehehe.... Its just that I always go back to Malacca during the long school break. My CO's hometown lah!
think it's because of the mentions in various posts that Nikon is "milking" the consumers and stuff like that... but Nikon is still selling the camera at a certain distribution rate to retailers (whatever conditions allegedly attached), setting an RRP, and it's up to the retailers to set the street price to maximize the retailers' profits... so, technically it's not Nikon keeping the street price up, it's the retailers (who of course might also have to deal with the consequences of those alleged conditions attached to camera supply)... not to say who is right or wrong in the charging of high prices but it's just businessErrrrr..... You are correct. Don't quite understand what makes u think ppl think its otherwiseI think ppl got it wrong, it's not Nikon that charge RRP. It's the retail shops.
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theRBK said:think it's because of the mentions in various posts that Nikon is "milking" the consumers and stuff like that... but Nikon is still selling the camera at a certain distribution rate to retailers (whatever conditions allegedly attached), setting an RRP, and it's up to the retailers to set the street price to maximize the retailers' profits... so, technically it's not Nikon keeping the street price up, it's the retailers (who of course might also have to deal with the consequences of those alleged conditions attached to camera supply)... not to say who is right or wrong in the charging of high prices but it's just business
Yeah. I heard they have to take in a load of Nikon compacts for D800 stock.lol.
Yup if tht is true, which probably is, nikon has a big hand in keeping the d800 price high.
zoom3
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Yup. It is definitely true.
wenbin0215 said:
Just came back from Malacca last nite. D800 also in limited supply. At Makhota Parade, one shop said it just sold one unit at Rm10,300 and had no more. Another shop on second floor offered Rm10,200 cash (Rm10,450 credit) after some haggling. I did not have cash with me and decided not to buy to wait for price to come down.
Surprisingly the D800 is easier than expected to adapt to. Did a paid job yesterday with that and a 24-120 ads f4 - smooth. Some jobs you can use new equipment to run (of course with old there as backup). Sports shooter do not need that long to run a camera in, normally it takes only a an hour of so to kick start the familiarization - all though to know all the new menus act will take a couple of days of playing around. A pro also means you can work with what ever is in your hands - the equipment is just hardware, the software is the crucial part. Hardware with no or low powered software is dangerous to run a shooting for pay job with.
redviper
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Basically each shop has one. Once sold, they have to wait for a long time to get a new one. They can get you down for less than 10K but its a long wait. My cousin was lucky to get it at that price last week... about RM9.6k...
..actually trying to use it to shoot the Diving event at Tp over the weekend, did not feel as confident as with my D3s, nor my D700 due to the much slower FPS. For events fine.
we have been pampered with higher fps. In sports it is all about knowing when to trigger; if you trigger at wrong moment even the fastest fps may not save you.
My job was a studio shoot - family and kids worked fine. The higher tonality of the files is great its give great skin tones. When the lighting is right the files have a vibrancy that is not seen without significant post processing.
The test videos were a little sucky - maybe I should not have tax it so much by using a not so great tokena 28-70/2.8. From the sample video Nikon paid for it can delivery guess I just have to figure out how to make it do this.
...I don not see high FPS as a luxury when you shoot fast action sports as you need to react to movement that can be erratic, so no matter how you time your shot, you would not be able to capture split second changes in action or direction if FPS is not fast enough, D800 is fine in studio and events as in your application.
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