Renting a D750 for the last few days. Sending it back tomorrow. I got it primarily to test if I could use it for my Sports photography. I knew it would be fine for anything else. My primary needs are Wi-Fi transfers to my iPhone for Social Media sharing for my clients, accurate and fast focusing and a good enough frames per second to capture sports action. The Nikon D750 is excellent in the first two needs and I am still trying to decide if the 6.5 FPS is "good enough". If they had only made it 8fps (even with a battery grip) this camera would have been a slam dunk for me. The Wi-Fi works great with the Nikon app for selection and transferring photos to my iPhone even in a crowd of over 6,000 people with various networks and hot spots to contend with. Allowing me to take photos, select the one I want via the camera, downloading it to the iPhone, quick edit and crop and messaging the photo to the team's Social Media person. Focusing was a dream compared to the D7100. I used AF-C (Continuous) with Dynamic 21 points and rarely missed a shot. I use back focus. Here's a couple of examples using the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR I lens and AUTO1 White Balance: 1/1000s, f/4, ISO 2800, EV +1.3, 75mm FL (cropped for composition) 1/1000s, f/4, ISO 2800, EV +1.3, 70mm FL (cropped for composition) Last night I did a high school lacrosse game under the lights. Everyone who as used one has raved about the ISO capabilities of the D750. I would like to add my name to that list. 1/500s, f/4, ISO 8000, EV +0.7, 200mm (300mm in DX (1.5x) mode) FL (cropped for composition) I am still going to wait for the summer to see if Nikon comes out with another DX or FX body. I will say this, any new cameras better have the built-in Wi-Fi. If not, I will run to get the D750. I have one more hockey game tonight with it. Looking forward to using the D750 and that says a lot..
For some fun, I used the D750 with the old Nikon 80-400mm f/3.5-5.6 VR I lens. Changed to AF-C in Group mode (seems to be a variation on 3-D Dynamic) for focusing and it worked almost perfectly. 95% Plus hit rate. 1/1000s, f/4.5, ISO 6400, EV +1.3, 80mm FL 1/1000s, f/4.5, ISO 3600, EV +1.3, 80mm FL 1/1000s, f/5.3, ISO 6400, EV +1.3, 270mm FL Really liked getting player close ups without having to crop in post. 1/1000s, f/5.6, ISO 6400, EV +1.3, 400mm FL While it was fun using the 80-400VR, the 70-200VR is lighter and with internal zooming less cumbersome. Hated to send the D750 back. Come on, Nikon! Give us semi-pro shooters the camera we want!
