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- Capture images to CF I/II cards; compliant high-speed UDMA CF cards that will enable recording speeds up to 35 megabytes/second
- Base ISO range from 200-6400 can be expanded to range from ISO 100 (Lo-1) to 25,600 (Hi-2); 0.12-second start-up speed
- 12.1-megapixel FX-format (23.9 x 36mm) CMOS sensor; body only
- Fast, accurate 51-point AF system; 3D Focus Tracking and two Live View shooting modes
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Nikon D700 & D300S discontinued TechRadar UK
Two DSLRs in Nikon's range have been officially listed on the Nikon Japan website as discontinued, potentially indicating that replacement models could be on the cards.
Although rumours have been hotting up lately that a Nikon D800 could soon be appearing, it's pretty interesting to see the D300S also up for the chop, this could perhaps be the first serious indication that a D400 is also imminent.
Many hoped that the D800 would appear at the end of last year, but we are still waiting. However, Nikon has introduced another DSLR, the D4 in the intervening time.
It's now thought, that the camera, which is rumoured to feature a 36 million pixel sensor, will make its appearance at the CP+ photography show taking place in Japan at the beginning of February.
SpecsOther rumoured specs include a 4fps shooting mode and Full HD video shooting at 1080p.
The D400 meanwhile is a little trickier to second guess, but early indications suggest that it will feature a quick burst rate and an AF system which has been adapted from the D4.
There has also been suggestion that a beginner camera, a Nikon D3200 , could be making an appearance soon, but even fewer details are available.
We tried to get hold of someone from Nikon UK to talk about the discontinued products, but nobody was available. We'll update the story as soon as hear anything official.
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- 36-105mm effective focal length for APS-C sensor cameras
- Designed for use with Nikon digital SLR cameras including the D40, D60, D80, D90, and D300
- AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens
- Versatile zoom range for landscapes, people photography, and everyday shooting
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Nikon D7000 16.2MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only)
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- Dynamic ISO range from 100 to 6400
- Body only; lenses sold separately
- High Speed 6 frames per second continuous shooting up to 100 shots
- Breathtaking Full 1080p HD Movies with Full Time Autofocus
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Nikon D700 review
Full review at: www.cameralabs.com : A ten minute video tour around the Nikon D700, the second full-frame DSLR from Nikon, by Gordon Laing, Editor ...
Why would I need a D700 nikon camera when my D70 and D80 do just fine?
Nikon states the D700 is the best.
I shoot manuel and use a light meter so how can the D700 top me?
Hi ETA,
You don't need a D700, you WANT a D700 and you are in the same community of guys who are always wanting the latest and greatest.
You have good equipment so why not use what you already put $2000.00 in and have not gotten all of the mileage out of yet?
I have been in your shoes, and all that has come of it is more cameras than I know what to do with. All of them GOOD... just sitting around because the newer model bumped it out of my camera bag. But I realize how foolish I have been... And have decided to just STOP.
Instead of me running out and swooping up the newest toy... I have decided to use the money for better purposes..... and that is on a couple of pro level lenses. Cameras tend to come and go... as we are talking about now.... but lenses tend to stay and also retain their value. Camera prices drop like lead where as your lenses can even appreciate in value. Anyway.... That is how it is with the market.
If you become addicted to ''the new stuff'', you will never get your money's worth out of your cameras..... as new stuff is replacing the D700 as we speak.
Thanks for reading.
* you can use wide angle lenses as intended, incl. the Sigma 8mm fish eye.
* good image quality at insane ISO settings for low light situations.
* faster AF and 5 FPS (8 FPS with the battery pack) for sports.
* slightly larger prints (double the resolution of the D70)
* more buttons for faster access to settings.
* larger, brighter viewfinder (which I'd personally pay extra for with my D200 if I had the option)
* et cetera, and so forth...
But if you don't need any of that, the D700 is indeed a waste of money.
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Hi Paul. Why would you put a DX lens on a full-frame sensor? But since you bring it up, Canon's FF bodies don't even accept EF-S lenses so I guess it's 1-0 Nikon ;-)
Seriously the D700 is a magnificent camera based largely on the new sensor which has superb low light capability and is the next step in digital camera technology, but if your happy with the results you're getting now why change? - if it ain't broke - don't fix it.
I know several professional photographers who are still using their Canon 10D 6Mp cameras, now 5 years old and several generations from the newest models, but they still sell their pictures.
Chris
An H1 Humvee is a more advanced vehicle than my Isuzu Trooper but I dont need a humvee and am happy with my trooper so your camera issue is really not too different.
If you are happy with what you've got then why change?
Nikon won't tell you that when you put a DX lens on to the D700 or D3 you cut the resolution to just over 5MP.
And canon ave just launched a cheaper camera that will give you 15MP no matter what EF lens you put on it.
Who's winning?
What site would be helpful to me in comparing the Nikon D90 with the Nikon D700?
I thought I had decided I was certain I wanted to save up to purchase the Nikon D700, but the Nikon D90 comes in a much lower priced package deal right now at Costco. I would like to know if there is a site I could visit where I could run down the differences between these two cameras to see if I'd ever even use, or understand how to use, the extras on the D700. Thank you.
Silly question. I don't know what "noise" refers to in terms of photography. Can someone explain why that matters?
:) I suppose that means I have no use for a high end camera since I don't know much about the operation - but I am considering taking a few classes once I purchase.
Lisa, the D700 is a fantastic camera, but one with a very steep learning curve for a beginner.
There are major differences, but IMHO you'll be better served by the excellent D90. The big advantage for a camera novice is the Mode dial, that the higher model Nikons (D200, D300, D700, D3, & D3x) don't have. On the higher models, you have a selector dial for S (shutter priority), A (aperture priority), P (programmed mode), & M (manual settings). With experience and training, one can work wonders within these ranges.
However, on the "prosumer" level camera such as the D40, D60, D80, and the wonderful D90, you have more presets to help. The D90 had Modes for action, portrait, landscape, closeups, no flash, & nighttime portrait. These settings will allow you to capture the pictures you want as soon as you turn on the camera, and are still flexible enough to grow with you.
Just compare the controls and dials here.
D90:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond90/page7.asp
D700:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond700/page6.asp
Personally, I shoot with a D200 and would be very comfortable with the controls of a D700. But, looking at the price/performance scale, the D90 is likely to be my next Nikon.
Read this review:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d90.htm
By the way, the price difference between a $2300 D700 (body only price) and a $900 D90 (body only price) would allow you to assemble a $1,400 camera bag filled with lenses and accessories for the same price!
Hope this helps.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=nikon_d90,nikon_d700&show=all
While they are both excellent cameras, the D700 has a lot of the features of the $5,000 Nikon D3, so in many ways, it is the better choice, however the two major difference are the D700 has a full frame sensor with very, very low noise at ISO's as high as 6400 ISO. The other is that the D90 can produce high quality video.
Your choice .... and of course the D90 costs $2,000 less than the D700.
If you look on the picture it delivers, there is no need to spend 1500 extra bucks for a D700. The D90 half sized sensor camera offers in some way much more for money value and on the end, you get the same good shot out of it.
If you intend to spend 3000$ for a FF body, get a Sony A900. The thing has all one awaits from a camera and is not a computer hanging around your neck. It's build like a tank and Minolta excellentb glass can be bought on E-Bay used for peanuts. You can buy a 70-400/4 Beercan Zoom for 150$ and that one can compete with a 70-300 VR without any shame since it outperforms any Nikon lens right away. Also, the body has build in stabilizer, a featur Nikon sells separate in some lenses.
D700 FX framed camera has a better build weather sealed body, better AF system and a better noise response dur to the larger single pixel size. You have same pixel amount, thus same sized shot. On the D90 you benefit of a much higher per pixel resolution which in certain conditions is an advantage. A smaller pixel is less sensitive to highlight burning but is more sensitive to low iso noise.
Here the D700 is the master of darkness due to low noise ratings at all iso settings. Without flattening software active inside the camera the D700 starts noising at 1600 iso only while the D90 has it's limits at iso600. Beyond those ISO rates, the noise flattening software does the job and a D700 does this in quiet a good way and mostly invisible until 6500 ISO what is quiet amazing. On the other side, the average resolution is the one of a D40 with a double sized picture compared to it.
D700 is, like D3, targeting allround users that want to be able to shoot ok in all conditions and mainly in action and sports.
A D90 is able to do the same as well.
Now, it's your money, the result in picture size ans quality si the same. Both cameras have many useless gadgets like live view and even video on the D90. Nikon's cameras start becoming walk-around computers rather then cameras and all the junk in technology is something you pay for and do not need or quiet seldom.
If I had the choice here I would consider the D90. An apsc sensor has quiet a few advantages compared to a full frame and the few advantages a full frame has, mainly some little more color dynamic and just a bit better in depth detail sharpness is not worth spending that much more money.
Note that I use Nikon D200, Fuji S5Pro, Nikon D40 and Sony A900 and my beloved tool is still the D40. A prove that you don't need a high end gear to shoot like a pro. Go cheep, go D90, go simple and good, go D40, go high end for best picture dynamic, go Fuji S5, go high end at correct price, go A900.
What more to say about the subject.
Just a question about noise. A pixel is something like a window in a room. It is an opening where light comes in. The larger the window, the more light, the smaller the less light. A pixel is a small lens, a square tube with a lens on end and on the other ens a photosensitive receptor that translates light in electronic signals. Like in all lenses, the more you close the hole, the sharper it gets until the hole gets too small and then you get under exposure or un-sharpness on a film.
If you open a lens wide, towards 1.4, you get much more light in. This is an advantage in the darkness but a disadvantage in high sunshine since too much light translates with white areas burned without any other information then white or 256 in digital. (1 to 256 where one is black and 256 is white)
So, the trick is to find a mid range that does good on all sides, in dark and in bright and the smaller a pixel, thus the more you have, the lower your problems with high light details, the bigger it is and the less pixels you have, the more problems you get with burning the high light. On the other side, the smaller the lower the sensivity, thus the lower your iso rate handling. With a bigger pixel more light gets in thus the higher your iso rates can go.
What happens when in dark there is no information coming through because not enough light coming in. The sensor read this as a 0 information and instead of black only thus putting 1 there he leaves it open and puts red, green and blue sport there. This multicolor dust on a shot is called noise. Now, cameras contain flattening software the replace this missing information with same information as the pixel beside has seen. This has limits and if noise gets too big in amount, flattening occurs what means that the soft just smears it to hide it. If you magnify such a shot you see lamb patterned scrolled spots in three colors just like water colored smear, what look awful anyway. This is why, when considering a camera, know what you want to do. king of studio, king of sports, king of action, king of the night and so on.
All cameras serve to different purposes and all use same Bayer patterned sensor design. To see what a camera is worth, shut off noise reduction and see the limits of the sensor without noise. On a D200 that is 600 ISO, ON a D90/D300 it is a round 500 ISO, on a D40 it is 700 ISO, on a D700 it is 1250 ISO and a Sony A900 it's around 650 ISO. The fuji S5 handles 1250 ISO clean.
BUt, the only exception to the rule is Fuji's S5 Pro. The sensor has octogonal 6.14 mpix very small pixels and 6.14 mpix quiet large ones. This will inside the soft be interpolated to a 12.4 mpix shot where highlights and low lights have a rendering and a color dynamic range no other cameras can offer. This design is unique and one of Fuji's patents, a reason why other do not do the same, even if they would like to.
Those informations are rough but hope it will help you to understand what's about.
What are the main differences in the Nikon D300 and a D700? Is the D700 worth the extra 1,000 bucks?
I am mainly going to use the camera for portraits & detailed shots of the clothes and jewelry I design.
i also plan on taking a lot of pictures while traveling and possibly using the camera for school.
Let me start by saying I love my D300 but the D700 is a better camera. what are the differences
1) the D700 has a FX-format CMOS Sensor, 23.9 X 36mm; the D300DX-format CMOS Sensor, 23.6 X 15.8mm. Larger sensor = more light per pixel= better geometric accuracy, better color saturation, better dynamic range and lower noise
2)The D700 200 to 6400 (ISO equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV, LO-0.3, LO-0.7 LO-1.0, HI-0.3, HI-0.7, HI-1 and HI-2; The D300 200 to 320 (ISO equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV, LO-0.3, LO-0.7 LO-1.0, HI-0.3, HI-0.7, HI-1
3) the D700 has an auto Active D setting the D300 does not
4) The D700 has a couple of more custom settings
5) the D700 has side by side comparison in the retouch menu the D300 does not
I am sure there are more differences the D700 uses the same image processing engine that the D3 does for one.
Is it worth it? Only you can decide that.
In general, the larger the sensor, the better image quality you can expect, given the same skills as a photographer.
If you buy the D300, you can spend the money you save by not buying the D700 and use it and the money you were planning on spending on another lens, on perhaps one of the best portrait and fashion lens made .. the 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens ($1700)
For more info and comparisons, go to Ken Rockwell's web site:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm
Good luck and good shooting.
If Nikon is your focus, get a d40x, d60 or d90, you don't need anything more than that. The D300 and D700 is kind of like buying fast sports cars, when you have no intention of ever leaving the parking lot.
What performance loss can I expect when using my Nikon 18-200 DX lens on a full frame Nikon D700?
The D700 is full frame. Most of my lens are Nikon DX for the smaller CMOS. Will I be cutting the 12mp down to 6mp.
Photoace has done his homework on the D700 to point out that the camera will sense when a DX lens is connected and adjust itself appropriately. You will not get dark ring vignetting in your photos.
The D700 will not use the entire output of it's 12 MP sensor with a DX lens, however.
If you really need 12 MP output, consider the D90 or D300 instead.
Disclosure: I am the owner of http://www.lenslenders.com/ in Canada.
I have used the 18-200 mm VR lens on my D3 and it produces excellent images.
Gator, there is no vignetting ... That is a feature of using DX lenses on 35 mm SLR's. The D3 and D700 crop the sensor to provide a APS-C format.
The D300 pixel density is 2.5x than the D700 Since the sensor is physically smaller, which is better and why?
If the sensor of the D300 would have been Full Frame it would be 30.1 Mgp, does higher physical density of pixels better for the image and editing or not?
that depends. in terms of pixel density, there comes a point when it becomes detrimental to the quality of the images that the camera can take. it's true that the image generally becomes sharper with higher megapixels. eventually though, as you cram more and more pixels into the sensor, you'll end up having images that are noisier.
case in point: the canon 50d. at 15.1 MP, it has a pixel density of 4.5 per cm2. at higher iso's, the noise reduction has to kick in so much that you end up losing a lot of detail, thus defeating the purpose of buying a 15.1 mp camera in the first place.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonEOS50D/
hope this helps!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_density
Since the D300 sensor is smaller, each individual pixel is smaller; with a 36x24mm sensor each individual pixel of the D700 is considerably larger than its D300 counterpart. The D700 sensor is 2.3 times larger than the D300 sensor.
Try this analogy: Draw a 1" x 1" square to represent the pixel in the D300. Now draw a 2.3" x 2.3" square to represent the pixel in the D700. In which square can you write the most? In which square can you write the largest? A larger pixel can contain more information. This is why a 6mp D40 will blow away a 12mp digicam in terms of image quality.
Why is the $2999 Nikon D700 only 12 megapixels and the $2699 Canon 5D Mark II is 21 megapixels?
Sounds like a Canon slam dunk, blow out to me. What am I missing?
I understand that Megapixels is not everything, but you gotta admit that is a fairly hefty difference.
Canon have been able to utilise the latest technology in this camera and get the price down. The 5D Mark II is a stunning camera for the money - if your budget extends that far BUY IT!
I disagree that the upkeep cost of Canon cameras is high. I am a pro photographer and have used Canons in very harsh conditions and never experienced a problem. Look at al the grey lenses at sporting events - they are all Canon lenses. The pros wouldn't use them if they were expensive to run.
Will I have to have special software to view Nikon D700 or D300 pics on my computer?
Will I be able to just hook the camera to my computer and upload/edit/print the photos or will I have to have special software.
Note: I know I need a USB cable. (Not a complete dunce, lol!)
Not for me, for someone else, lol. I'm a dunce when it comes to this stuff!
If you shoot in Jpeg the answer is no. You don't need any special software. If however you shoot in RAW you will need the software that comes with the camera or Photoshop to process the RAW files and convert them to TIFF, Jpeg or any other format. Those are both great cameras but if you don't know what software you need I feel that you will probably be wasting your money. Those camera are not for the beginner. You would be better off buying a lesser model and investing the extra money in good lenses. The lens will make much more of a difference in image quality than the camera body will.
With a Nikon D700 digital camera and a fixed 300mm lens, why is my f/stop reading error?
[or ee?] It won't even let me change the shutter speed or settings OR take the actual picture. Help please!
By default will get this error if the aperture ring is set to anything but the minimum. If you wish to use the ring in manual or aperture priority mode, you must first enable the Aperture Ring function in the D700's Custom Settings Menu > f9 (Custom Command Dials) > Aperture Setting.
What is the depreciation rate on a FF dSLR? How many months B4 D700 is available on the aftermarket for $1500?
Yes. $1500 USD.
are the Nikon D700 and D3 as good as Canon?
I am a long suffering Nikon user whos is getting by with the appalling D200 camera. I am thinking of chucking Nikon in and buying the Canon 1ds Mk111. The changeover with lenses will cost me a fortune.I have herad some good things about the D3 though. Is it worth giving Nikon another chance?
The D3 actually exceeds the hype, the first camera to do so for a while.
The D700 is effectively a D3 minus the continuous frame rate (5fps vs. 9), the 4x5 crop option, only one CF slot and with a significantly reduced battery life (about 1/3 of the D3). If you can live with that it costs $2000 less.