Comments on: Nikon D700 Review

By: John Nock

John Nock — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:31:41 +0000

I liked Eric’s review a lot. I’ve been a Canon user for 40 ish years and am looking to upgrade my EOS 10D to full frame. I nearly turned to the ‘dark side’ whilst waiting for the 5D mk2 to be announced and it was the D700 which caught my eye. The value for money aspect is hard to beat at the moment. My main interest is wildlife, birds in particular, and the autofocus/metering abilities of the Nikon seem to hit the spot. The only thing stopping me is the glass issue. Moving to Nikon will cost me a lot more in lenses than the camera.

So what am I going to do? Wait for the EOS 1D MK4 is the answer. But for those without that problem I have to say the Nikon D700 takes some beating.

By: Reinhardt

Reinhardt — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:36:16 +0000

For me it has been a hard decision moving from Canon to Nikon after 15 years. My Canon has served me well, but looking at the D700 it looked like the best all round camera for me.

I was blown away by the D700 in every way, when receiving it in December.

Great camera and the best decision I ever made.

By: Doc Hudson

Doc Hudson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:38:52 +0000

Eric,

Thanks Eric, a high quality and fair review. I was in the ‘not tied to any particular brand category’ (although I owned a 40D with a couple of lenses – useless on FF).

It’s clear that both the 5DMk II & D700 are astonishing pieces of kit and I think it’s great that consumers have three great cameras to choose from (including the Sony).

Depending on what you want from your photography, one of these will suit better. I’m going to stop reading comparisons and spend more time using my D700.

By: Prakash

Prakash — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:57:25 +0000

I have shot with the D200, own a D70 … recently, have “upgraded” to the D700… WOW and what an awesome camera… the low light capability is astonishing, the rapid fps is wonderfull for wildlife photography….

PHB

By: LP

LP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:27:43 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with your comments: “Thanks for chilling out on the megapixels and giving us something reasonable (in megapixels and price) with which to work. I hope the trend toward improving overall image quality and performance continues to the detriment of the infamous “megapixel race”.”

So true…

As noted by others, at other times and places on PhotoBay I had hoped for a similar approach with D3x…however, I’ll happily live with the ‘700.

By: Peter Lombardi

Peter Lombardi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:27 +0000

I love mine! It’s been fantastic, I just keep shooting it for fun and it feels better and better.

Slapped a MB-D10 battery grip on it with an BL-3 batt. adapter and use my old EN-EL4 batteries out of my D2x. No reason to spend thousands more on the D3 for me. Pull the grip off and then you have a great travel camera as well.

Even ISO 25,600 looks fine if you convert it to black and white, looks almost like a couple stops pushed 400 speed.

Keep it up Nikon!
-peter

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By: Michael Warf

Michael Warf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:51:30 +0000

Drool…this would be my next body – if I was ready to reject my current lenses and make the plunge to full frame. Wonderful!

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:37:08 +0000

Generous, fantastic – I’m still dreaming of a D700. I hope, it will happen soon…
How often do you use a tripod in this D700 foto-session?

By: HuiBuh

HuiBuh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:23 +0000

This is probably the most genius dSLR built to date. Anyone who’s screaming for a D700x, didn’t understand at all why this camera was released.
This baby will stay around for many many years.

Why? Two reasons.
The D700 is the one and only low light fighter. And 12MiP is (almost always more than) enough for almost all low light situations(press, events,…).
As the price will become less steeper over the years, it will the “D300″-users entry to FX format.

Actually I wouldn’t be surprised to see a D40″n” with 6MiP and very good noise behavior very soon, for consumers or as a second body for prosumers.