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Cool, so in your opinion the AF of the D800 is not worth a penny, heh?

Even an old 7D will beat it?

Maybe the old 5D or still better.... the old 300D will beat it, heh?

Sorry, but some people here are really funny.

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..... excuse me? .... let me make myself quite clear to those of a tad poor understanding ability who might look in here from time to time....and make things up.....



1. yes, in my very own hands, with my very own eyes, at the very same time, taking quickly the very same types of pictures with both my 7D/70-300 and my friends 800/70-300 - the autofocus on the 7D/70-300 (which has been surpassed apparently by the 5D3) eats the 800/70-300 combo, no doubt about it - and as you've brought up the comparison, my friend said in passing that he has had to replace his 70-300 lens regularly due to failure, not so me with the 70-300L



.....the "D800's autofocus not worth a penny" are your words not mine, thank you



2. i don't know, and never said i did know, about the 5D1 or the 300D, although i do know that my canon friend who i trust and who also had the 5D says that in his opinion the 5D3 is a lovely camera, also in difficult situations, and the comparison of his previous and current jpeg pictures prove it



.....i do know that in my nikon friends opinion his 800 is superior to his old 200 in dark noise, if that's helpful for you....and he does make lovely pictures with the 800 (he works from raw)



3. yes i do try to make light hearted comments, even this one, so thank you for your complement - but while doing this i do also try to make sense and be accurate with my words and not talk nonsense even in my lighter vein, so.....kool.....don't be sorry....



.....and ahem, i do believe if i can recall, that the theme of my previous post was the changing of brands which would no doubt require a new set of lenses the acquiring of which i personally have found to be a very tiresome ordeal due to apparent QC problems on the part of every manufacturer no matter how grand - well, maybe the pros are better looked after, but again i don't know this re. stills work





[color="#2E8B57"]EDIT: 8 Feb 2.40p euro time -



just a few thoughts re. the two messages from Pv and Bc below -



1. why is this edit here? …. so my few extra words don't appear again at the top of the daily list



2. who me a troll? …. well 'fraid any message from me goes through quite a few edits due to fear that my jokes will be misunderstood - so sorry everyone missed the first draft



3. what dear Reinier can afford? …. yep sorry again, just that as soon as the 800 was mentioned i forgot $$$, although the 5D3 is even more money - so 600 maybe? (but plus lenses = $$$)



4. and at last back to the original post topic …. well methinks that the jpegs i've seen from 5D3 are really quite nice, but all depends on the camera settings - and ahem, i'm sure that the 800's jpegs would be peachy too - but the $$$ no matter how well designed are always a worry…..:-([/color]