Nikon D700

Dodgykeeper

Thinking very strongly about buying the d700, would like to get some feed back from any users on here, in particular anyone who made the jump from the d300!

CabanSail

I have only just made the jump up to the D300!!

jackdaw

out of interest what is the D300, and D700 roughly equivalent to with Canon cameras ?

D300 = 40D ??

d700 = 50D ?? (FF version) ...

Dodgykeeper

Jackdaw I have no idea what the comparisons are between the Nikon and Canon,

The three top Nikon Cameras would be the D3 the D700 and then D300.

D3 and D700 are full frame.

jackdaw

Dodgykeeper wrote: »

Jackdaw I have no idea what the comparisons are between the Nikon and Canon,

The three top Nikon Cameras would be the D3 the D700 and then D300.

D3 and D700 are full frame.

I thought the top Nikon was the D1X ? or D2X ?

gandalf

Dodgykeeper wrote: »

Jackdaw I have no idea what the comparisons are between the Nikon and Canon,

The three top Nikon Cameras would be the D3 the D700 and then D300.

D3 and D700 are full frame.

That would make the D700 a 5D in Canon terms I would suspect.

jackdaw

gandalf wrote: »

That would make the D700 a 5D in Canon terms I would suspect.

OK .. so 50D/40D would be around the D300 mark ?

Thirdfox

D300/D90 = 50D
D700 = 5D MkII
D3 = 1D MkIII
(roughly)

edit: wait is the newest 1D the MkIII version? In which case the D3 is comparable to that but better, lower than 1Ds MkIII though

whyulittle

So they don't even have anything that compares to the 1DsMIII.

Thirdfox

whyulittle wrote: »

So they don't even have anything that compares to the 1DsMIII.

Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable about the higher end Canon cameras so I didn't know they had their MkIII version out already. the 1D MkIII isn't full frame is it? The D3 is a 11fps full frame 12.3 mp camera - better than the 1Ds on some points and falls down on others - different tools for different jobs.

The big two camera manufacturers tend to piggyback each other in terms of features/pricing so no direct competition takes place:

Going down the list the ordering tends to be:

N D60
C 450D
N D90
C 50D (debatable at this point which is better - D90 or 50D)
N D300
C 5D
N D700
C 1D Mk III
N D3
C 1Ds MkIII (debate here over which camera occupies top spot - depending on the needs of the photographer - speed and low ISO performance = D3, absolute resolution = 1Ds MkIII)
N ? (D3x?)

and of course there are the others e.g. Sony's A900 which on paper beats the 1Ds MkIII I think.

The new Olympus micro 4/3rds compact (and I mean compact!) camera looks really intriguing too:
http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0809/Olympus/mft3.jpg
image copied from dpreview.com

edit: sorry that image was way too large - I've just left it as a link.

PixelTrawler

I think the 1D M3 has a strange crop factor 1.3x

Calina

And back on topic.

Someone I know has a D700. All I know about it is that he likes it very much.

Borderfox

I have seen some nice shots from the D700, only thing I would say is the price of the pro quality full frame lenses from Nikon are very expensive whereas the DX stuff is more affordable, Canon full frame lenses would be on the more affordable range (most of them)

punchdrunk

i've just come from my D1x up to the D300,different camera than the D700 but you'll probably find this is the same for both,feels very front heavy without a battery grip using bigger lenses
any bad photo from the D300 has been my fault,not the cameras!