On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:55 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Camera > Envy > > >> I played with the D3 at an NPPA workshop last year. Delightful beast. And >> I mean beast. >> >> I'd not want to haul that large a camera around much, not for what I like >> to do. It's simply too big, and I don't need that level of capture speed. >> The D700 seems a lot nicer for my needs, but even it is much bigger than >> what I normally carry. > > Size and weight wise, the D3 reminded very much of my Pentax 6x7. Even the > Sigma zoom lens they guy had on it was monsterous. > The thing is very big. > The D300 isn't a pygmy by any means either. > > William Robb >
The D3's actually smaller than, and about the same weight as my old F3HP with MD-4 drive. High-end 35mm kit is pretty monstrous, mostly due to the huge batteries required to do more than 5-6fps. Ditto the f2.8 zooms that tend to be on them. The D300/D700's a nice size, I carried mine daily for 8 months before the necessity to haul a laptop and texts as well drove me to buying a D40. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
