Okay, so I know my pictures aren't exactly the greatest, and I do use a crop frame D7000 camera.  That said some of my images do get a lot of compliments and I'm trying to generate a way to pump a bit of money back into this new found obsession with photography.  Personally I'm looking to upgrade to the Nikon D4, and to those of you who're fond of Canon, nothing wrong with that, but I've come to the dark side and as I've invested more money in a Nikon system than I ever did with my old 35mm Film Canon back in the day, I'll be sticking with Nikon for the foreseeable future.

Why the D4 and not the D3X or the D800?  The D4 has the same number of megapixels as the D7000 which I use at present, and that is way more than enough. So the 24.5 and 36.3 megapixel count of the D3X and D800 respectively are completely superfluous, and really slow down the processing speed of the camera, which if you'll look at some of the shots I've taken, speed is something that I'm going to really need.  The image I've uploaded of the Korean Folk Dance is a good example, and was probably one of the most taxing environments I've ever put my D7000 through.  The strong suits of the D4 are low light performance, and speed (there are a host of others, but those are the ones I'm looking at in this paragraph).  In the aforementioned environment, the D7000 performed admirably, however I can't help but feel (for obvious reasons) that the D4 would have performed a lot better.

As I continue to improve my photography skills and knowledge I learn more and more that low light performance has apparently been a trait of Nikon for some time now, and that among the fans there's a bit of a joke that Nikon can take a perfectly clear image of the inside of it's own lens cap.  Given my love of theatrical performances, this is incredibly valuable, when the lights go down and your aperture goes large, you need to be able to count on the camera's low light performance.  Or when doing astrophotography, you need to be able to do the same.

Another advantage of the D4 is speed, coming to a whopping 11 frames per second.  Now then, the speed of the memory card will play into how fast you fill your buffer, but still this kind of performance is nothing to be sneezed at, and will make getting that one in a million shot a lot easier when photographing moving objects, like a helicopter (once again refer to my gallery).

Additional advantages are the endurance of the D4, coming in at a respectable 2,600 shots per charge, the D4 more than surpasses the D800 which comes in at only 900 shots per charge.  Now then I typically get a chance to recharge my batteries before I hit that number, but the endurance is reassuring.

Also, a feature that the D7000 has is video, but it's really more of something that's thrown in as an after thought in case you want to play around with it.  Now then, the D800 and D4 vastly improve upon this, with what's not a complete revamp so much as an actual development of the video features.  That's not to say that I'm interested in a D4 for it's video capabilities, as I really couldn't care less, none the less it does have the ability.

The information and ideas behind this come from Nikon's comparison tool on their website, as well as the following video [link] by "Blunty 3000"

Hopefully this draws some attention and some much needed input from the photography community out there that from time to time chance to stop by my page and see what crap I've posted this time.  All thoughts and input are welcome (lest ye be dumb).