Upgrading question

FearNothing321FearNothing321 Registered Users Posts: 123 Major grins
edited January 20, 2012 in Cameras
Currently I shoot with a Nikon D3100 and I am looking to upgrade my camera before football season next August. I take photographs for USF's school newspaper and I have been doing more sports games than anything. The options I've been coming up with are:

1) Hope the price of the D700 drops to around $2200 once the D800 comes out and pick up a D700 and get a grip with it

2) Wait for the release of the D400 and get it with a grip

3) Don't up grade my body and get Nikon's 24-70 2.8 and a speed light

I've been leaning towards the D700 route but the only thing keeping me back it the price...
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,077 moderator
    edited January 19, 2012
    American football photography also works best with a sports-grade lens, or two. What do you currently have for lenses?
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  • FearNothing321FearNothing321 Registered Users Posts: 123 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    ziggy53 wrote: »
    American football photography also works best with a sports-grade lens, or two. What do you currently have for lenses?

    I have available to me Nikon's 70-200 2.8 VR1

    The reason why I want the 24-70, is because of some of the indoor sports that I shoot as well
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    FearNothing321 wrote: »
    I have available to me Nikon's 70-200 2.8 VR1

    The reason why I want the 24-70, is because of some of the indoor sports that I shoot as well

    which indoor sports??

    I would think basketball and volleyball the 70-200 would be best suited... any way that is mostly what I see at the college level here.
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  • FearNothing321FearNothing321 Registered Users Posts: 123 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    Art Scott wrote: »
    which indoor sports??

    I would think basketball and volleyball the 70-200 would be best suited... any way that is mostly what I see at the college level here.

    I use the 70-200 and my 50 1.8 for basketball, but I thought the 24-70 would be better for volleyball when using a DX camera
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  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2012
    Used D700's are under $2,000 already, I paid $1900 for mine. :-)
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