Who has more than 1 camera body?

So how I heard about this site was from the rep at B&H.  I was talking to him about getting a second camera body to my D700.  I want to get more into shooting weddings, so making a few new investments.  I'm trying to decide what I want for a second body.  I guess there is a fine line between 'want' and 'need'.  Technically I 'want' a Nikon D4, but think that would be over kill and more than I want to spend on a camera body right now.  The D800 was my next choice, but now there is the D810, so trying to see what are the differences.  

For those with more than 1 camera body, what was your criteria when shopping for that second body?  

-Cage

I have a 1Dx and a 1DsIII... but if I were you I'd go for a D800e or D810. D4 is nice too, but I don't see anything you'd need there for weddings that isn't already in the D800e/D810.

D800 is great in low light BTW. You just need to reduce the size of the images down to a reasonable level and it can probably get close to a D4.

Articles I wrote back when I was shooting Nikon:
www.aidavproductions.com/articles/D800sports.html
www.aidavproductions.com/articles/D3svsD800.html

Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

W Cage wrote: Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

He claims to have done it for the improved video....
I own a D700, bought a D800 last year because I wanted a new camera, and love it. Don't worry about file size, storage is cheap and the large files are easy to handle. I'd opt for a D810 though, if I were in your place......

I have two cameras, but more out of stupidity than anything. I bought a canon 7D because it was kickass, and a worthy upgrade to my rebel xti. I got rid of the rebel, then a year or so later I made the bold decision that I wanted a full frame, so I bought a 6D and I'm still too attached to my 7D to get rid of it, even though I can't afford good glass xP

effron wrote:

W Cage wrote: Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

He claims to have done it for the improved video....
I own a D700, bought a D800 last year because I wanted a new camera, and love it. Don't worry about file size, storage is cheap and the large files are easy to handle. I'd opt for a D810 though, if I were in your place......

How are you liking that D800?  What areas of photography do it for you?

effron wrote:

W Cage wrote: Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

He claims to have done it for the improved video....
I own a D700, bought a D800 last year because I wanted a new camera, and love it. Don't worry about file size, storage is cheap and the large files are easy to handle. I'd opt for a D810 though, if I were in your place......

Green tint.

Nah, seriously because video. Mainly because of colour differences between brands.

Leilanee wrote: I have two cameras, but more out of stupidity than anything. I bought a canon 7D because it was kickass, and a worthy upgrade to my rebel xti. I got rid of the rebel, then a year or so later I made the bold decision that I wanted a full frame, so I bought a 6D and I'm still too attached to my 7D to get rid of it, even though I can't afford good glass xP

Too busy breeding pokemon more like it.

W Cage wrote:

effron wrote:

W Cage wrote: Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

He claims to have done it for the improved video....
I own a D700, bought a D800 last year because I wanted a new camera, and love it. Don't worry about file size, storage is cheap and the large files are easy to handle. I'd opt for a D810 though, if I were in your place......

How are you liking that D800?  What areas of photography do it for you?

I like it quite a lot. Mind you there is a learning curve. For me it was hand holding, as the D800 is not as forgiving at slower shutter speeds as say the D700. That's ok though, dial up ISO or use a tripod. I'm mostly into wildlife, macro and landscape these days and am only an "enthusiast". You can ignore the tint issue crack as there aren't any for other than noobs.....

I would opt for the 810 as well, if I was in the market. And Ernesto makes a good point that the 800 series are not forgiving at slow shutter speeds. That is due to the increase in detail from the higher MP count. But that is why they created tripods.

Yeh what the D800 does is magnify the mistakes you make. So you suddenly can see all that motion blur

D4s.  Do it right.

I have my starter camera, the d3200 and then I upgraded all the way, to d800 because I was really feeling the limitations of the camera, and I thought I mise aswell go full frame. If I was going to choose a new second body, I'd pick a crop sensor, probably the d7000 series. Good top of the line crops.

W Cage wrote: Thank you for the tips.  Why did you move from Nikon to Canon? 

Because he realized Canon was way better

Not sure how helpful I will be to your "which Nikon to buy" since I shoot Canon, but I bought a 40D many years ago and finally this year got a 5DIII to go full-frame. Yet I never got rid of my 40D for two reasons. 1) I have the 10-22mm lens for real estate which doesn't fit on the full-frame 5DIII and I can't afford the amazing 16-35mm f2.8L quite yet. And 2) The crop body I put the 70-200mm on for longer reach for sports photography and keep the 5DIII for the wider shots. Oh, and 3) It's nice during events to not have to swap lenses!