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Apologies if this has already been covered, I couldn't find anything in a search.

OK, I'm finally moving from film to DSLR, so trying to decide on a choice. I'm currently using an FE and F4, exclusively for black and white. I only use the F4 with manual lenses. So, I want to be able to use my current lenses (28, 50, 35-105 and 80-200) rather than buy anything new (at the moment). I'm swithering between a D7000 or a secondhand D700. The D700 particularly appeals in terms of the viewfinder and general robustness (it will be getting used outdoors a lot including in the tropics).

So, any suggestions on alternatives (D300S?) would be welcome, and comments on the pros and cons of sticking with my current lenses would be very welcome.

Thanks

Frank
 
If you can afford a D700 (even second hand), go for the D700.

The D7000 is brilliant, but go full-frame if you can - that way you'll get the most out of your existing lenses without having to adjust to the crop factor.
 
Frank, don't hold back - buy a D700. I own or have owned all of these and the D700 is miles better than either.
 
Are your lenses chipped for metering? If not then you'll need a 300 or 700 for non CPU lens data input and metering.

Rick
 
Coming from film, if you want "like for like" then the d700 is the way to go. No silly small viewfinders, no crop factor and a body built as well as your film bodies. The d700 can take any Nikon lens, so you won't need to upgrade anything, maybe just input the CPU data once for your lenses.
 
Used D3 or even a late model D2?

Use in the Tropics screams weather sealing to me which the D700 can't compete on.
 
Thanks, that all seems to confirm the direction I was leaning towards.

Is the weather sealing not that good on the D700? It was again one of the reasons I was think of it over the D7000.
 
frankblackcat said:
Thanks, that all seems to confirm the direction I was leaning towards.

Is the weather sealing not that good on the D700? It was again one of the reasons I was think of it over the D7000.
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I don't know that I'd say "not that good" but I think I'm right in saying that in order of least sealed to most sealed it'd go D7000, D700, D3, D2.
 
fixedimage said:
I don't know that I'd say "not that good" but I think I'm right in saying that in order of least sealed to most sealed it'd go D7000, D700, D3, D2.
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I'm not sure about the D3/D2 but it looks pretty good to me, saying that I have used the D7000 extensively in the tropics without any issue, coincidentally the more rural the better as it is the constant change from air con to humidity which causes the issues and rural villages don't tend to have air con.
 
frankblackcat said:
....................Is the weather sealing not that good on the D700? It was again one of the reasons I was think of it over the D7000.
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you should have been on TP when a certain Army tog was based in Afgan and sending back images from the front line

his Nikons [D3 maybe.?] were 'sealed' and hoods held in place with gaffer tape...:lol::lol:
 
Yardbent said:
you should have been on TP when a certain Army tog was based in Afgan and sending back images from the front line

his Nikons [D3 maybe.?] were 'sealed' and hoods held in place with gaffer tape...:lol::lol:
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I think Rob used a couple of D300s' (could be wrong though).

The sensible answer to the original question is that if you can afford one, get a D700.
 
Nawty said:
I think Rob used a couple of D300s' (could be wrong though).

The sensible answer to the original question is that if you can afford one, get a D700.
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D3's.
 
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