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After selling my D7000 and wanted to try full frame without spending oodles of cash, I opted for the D700 and had a thought in the back of my mind IQ would not be up to the 16MP standard of the D7000.
How wrong was I, its much better, yes its a 12.1MP sensor but I cant seem to get a bad image off this camera and its a fantastic camera in the hand, a bit weighty with grip and Sigma 150-600c but, boy am I happy with this setup.

Who has one and why have you still got the old D700
 
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One of Nikon's classic cameras that was very popular in its day with those who needed reliability and quality.
I like mine for its image colour and quality, the build quality and battery life ... when a Nikon camera battery could outlive the days shooting!
 
Do these act as a DX camera when set to DX and using the longer lenses like my Sigma 150-600, would it make the focal length longer than 600
 
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Do these act as a DX camera when set to DX and using the longer lenses like my Sigma 150-600, would it make the focal length longer than 600
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Theoretically yes but you would be reducing the available pixels of course and that could well affect your final image, (6mp).
 
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I thought about pixel density as soon as I posted that, so it would theoretically go from 12mp to around 10mp
 
As much as that, on this note I have just turned auto DX crop off
 
whats a decent, not too expensive walk about lens for these bodies, the Sigma is too large for everyday use, it hasn't left the camera yet as I do mostly aircraft, but for walking around I fancy something 18-70ish
 
I bought mine in April 2012 (just before it was discontinued) and it's been the best Nikon I ever bought.

I love the way it renders colours and contrasts which I find are particularly suitable for portraits and street photography. For me it just handles skin tones better (better with orange/yellow) and doesn't give washed out contrasts like D750 does.

My D700 has never once went into ERR mode, never locked up or had any issue whatsoever and I trust it 100%. My D750 is the complete opposite, locks up, doesn't nail focus as often as D750, card reading/writing issues and it'll be getting sold once Nikon fit a new shutter on it. Even my D4S is not as reliable as my D700 and suffers from the odd glitch now and again, but I prefer to use it as my main body as it's way lighter than gripped D700.

The only downside of the D700 for me is weight and the rear LCD display can be hard to see (due to its age). D700 is definitely classic Nikon.
 
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Dangermouse1964 said:
After selling my D7000 and wanted to try full frame without spending oodles of cash, I opted for the D700 and had a thought in the back of my mind IQ would not be up to the 16MP standard of the D7000.
How wrong was I, its much better, yes its a 12.1MP sensor but I cant seem to get a bad image off this camera and its a fantastic camera in the hand, a bit weighty with grip and Sigma 150-600c but, boy am I happy with this setup.

Who has one and why have you still got the old D700
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D700 is full-frame, with more than twice the sensor area of the D7000 - that's the difference. Every aspect of image quality is improved - sharpness, contrast, dynamic range, noise. Physical image size makes more difference than the total number of pixels, provided you have 'enough' for the intended purpose (basically, the size of output/print) - and 12mp is enough for most people, most of the time.

In DX format, the pixel count drops to 5.4mp - the difference is the crop factor squared, ie 12.1/2.25=5.38. That's pushing it, and won't show the lens at its full potential.
 
I bought mine in January 2009 and have used it ever since. I'm somewhat reluctantly selling it this week to a mate as I've got a D810 and just bought a used D4, so I can't justify three FX bodies. It's probably the first camera I've sold that I'll miss - completely reliable, great images, and not too demanding in terms of file size or processing power on my PC. I've printed near A2 size prints off it and they look great, the only thing I haven't been able to do is make the serious crops I can on the D810.

Great camera, I'll miss it :(
 
I'm starting to seriously thinking about selling my canon 50d (and associated equipment) and getting a d700. Not for a while yet as I'll need to save enough to buy the body and then the money from the sale of my canon related gear to buy a lens or two. So hopefully sometime in the new year.
This is not just so i can say I've got a ff camera, but more to do with noise handling using higher ISO, focus points and focus tracking.
 
Another happy 700 user :D
 
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