Comments on: Nikon D700x makes its debut on TV with a price tag of $4,300

By: Chaz

Chaz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:44:25 +0000

With the D700 going out of circulation I am hoping that there is going to be a replacement in the same price range i.e. approx $2400. My pockets don’t go as deep as $4300 at least not in these times……

By: DC

DC — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:23:16 +0000

What!?! And I just sent that guy some paypal

By: fugue137

fugue137 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:01:48 +0000

I’m pretty sure I posted something here. Did it not go through? Or did it get moderated out of existence?

I posted that the economy will have to stop growing if we are to survive the next century or two. This is about as off-topic as most of the other posts here, and at least the observation has substance. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t offensive… was it? Except perhaps to economists… If it was in violation of some policy, I’d enjoy an explanation. Are semi-serious replies to comic posts forbidden?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:31:44 +0000

@Ken,

Programing. Isn’t that the stuff that separates the commercials on TV?

By: Dr SCSI

Dr SCSI — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:30:08 +0000

About 2 years ago, after working litterally 100′s of hours of overtime, I discovered I had enough money to finally step up to a DSLR camera. After having spent the previous 10 years lusting after the gorgeous Nikons, but only able to afford the Fuji Fine Pixs of the world, I was always disapointed in my night photos. In true ignorance, I purchased the top of the line prosumer Nikon D300 with the 18-200 kit lens to make better night photos, I thought. Now I had a real camera, but I didn’t have a clue how to use it, so I bought numerous books and magazines to learn how to capture light. Slowly I realized, I needed FAST glass for low light, as the f/3.5-5.6 kit lens just didn’t do the trick. So I bought a 50mm f/1.4, and a 14-24 f/2.8 in rapid succession, I was hooked. Now I knew about the crop factor and many would say the D300 and the 14-24 lens was a waste, but I knew I would have the new D3 camera soon and the FX glass was a good investment for a future camera body. Fast forward to 2009, I now have the D3 (bought refurbished for $3500), the 70-200 f2.8, the 200 f/4 macro, the TCII, the 135DC f/2. I love the high ISO of the D3; in my opinion, it has a 2.5 stop quality advantage over the D300. But due to its light weight, and the awesome 18-200 kit lens, the D300 is my work horse for daytime vacation shooting, where as my D3 is used primarily for low light, or for its lower DOF. I lust after the successor to the D3S with its one stop gain putting the max “USEABLE” ISO to 6400. I rarely shoot my D3 above 3200 ISO, as it is too grainy for my taste. I think Nikon has the correct formula on their cameras, quality vs quantity. Instead of a D700X, I would rather see a D700S with better ISO. I still wouldn’t buy it, as a one stop gain just doesn’t make financial sense. But if Nikon were to make a follow-on model (say D900S) with a two stop ISO gain, placing the “USABLE” ISO up to 12800, in a small form factor, I would sell my D3 and D300 to buy two of the D900S’s. In the long run, as camera manufacturers make ever higher ISO settings a reality, I fear the speed of lenses will decrease. We can observe this trend today in the DX lenses, and even the FX glass. I have seen in the forum, many people screaming for faster Nikon glass, but I don’t see Nikon pushing too many lenses below f/2.8. I hope that Nikon’s February announcement is for FASTER FX lenses, and not a D700X! I want to see a new 24 or 28 f/1.4, a new 85 f/1.4, and some affordable super zoom telephotos like the Sigma 300-800 f/5.6!!!! Come’on Nikon, give us the goods!!

By: santela

santela — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:54:56 +0000

I thought it was funny… those people gotta be pretty retarded to actually buy into that.

By: NikoDoby

NikoDoby — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:07:42 +0000

Whoa! Who said that? I heard the question but I don’t see anyone asking it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:48:38 +0000

Oh Suze Orman, so much wisdom. I think I’ll call her next week and ask if I can afford a new unicorn that’s rumored to be available soon.

By: Paul Verizor

Paul Verizor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:17:45 +0000

Im with you Matt.
I’ll let you get yours first so we are not in a bidding war with each other.

By: ozawa

ozawa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:24:46 +0000

that’s too expensive. But that’s also exactly what I guessed from the price of D3X. D700x is going to be a serious competitor of 5DMarkii only after its price goes down below $3000. But that’s not gonna happen any time soon. So 5DMkii continues to dominate the full frame DSLR industry,

By: Barbie Popwell

Barbie Popwell — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:52:04 +0000

I am a good photographer who doesn’t need a fancy website to feed my own family.
And I can tell you that I don’t believe all this D700x/D900 rumors. But nevertheless I hope that there will be soon a full frame successor with some nice and decent Video functions.

By: Weston

Weston — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:15:55 +0000

heh, nice

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:10:47 +0000

lol

By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:08:38 +0000

yeah totally, and since 90% of logical thinkers agree, the theoretical market value is considerably less…. in the three-thousands – my guess around 3500.-

By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:42:40 +0000

very good point, of course when some one waiting for the D700 replacement goes to the NR homepage and sees “D700x” as it flashes in his mind, it gets them hyped…. so anyways, if all goes well we’ll get a 24MP body with the capabilities of a D3s for a little over $1500.00….. tomorrow.
who else has such a dream?

By: Ren Kockwell

Ren Kockwell — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:24:00 +0000

FWIW, I’m a big boy and can censor myself or skip over trolls. And I think fake KR is hilarious and the posters who can’t spot him are equally hilarious. But it’s your site admin, and you’re doing a great job, so go nuts! I’m quite addicted.

As someone who got onto Springer and a lesser known TV show with fake names and fake stories on a dare, I can tell you their background checks are NOT terribly thorough. They do some advance screening, but very little if any fact checking. Interns and recent college grads do most of this front-end work. Why the hell would this show care about the make of camera? In their minds it’s “insert expensive camera name here.” They can’t get sued for it so it’s a low priority. At the end of the day, if your story is interesting or in their market sweet spot, they don’t care an inch about accuracy. They care about the story-telling. Springer for example encouraged embellishment.

Someone is simply having fun with this dopey show, which is virtually unwatchable, by the way. I’d rather watch Kristen Wiig do her SO impression on SNL.

By: T140Rider

T140Rider — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:37:14 +0000

Having worked extensively in both countries since 1992 I can testify that in Rural Areas, the locals are remarkably the same.
I was in Almaty when Borat was released. The local Kazakh’s I worled with found it very funny as no one from KZ wiuld dare send themselves up like that.
There is a great place out in the desert about 6 hrs from Almaty there there is 50+ Russian SS20 Missile Carriers just parked up by the side of the road. I was photographing them when some locals arrived on their Camels and asked me to take their pictures. A really surreal event especially after the large amount of Vodka I sdrank that night.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:59:48 +0000

Take a look at this review/article on the 5D MKII in use as a wildlife/landscape tool and you will see its Achilles Heel…higher ISO noise. This is where Nikon could make a real impact on the market by introducing a camera that had similar resolution (I would say anything in the 18-21 MP range) that has the superb high ISO performance of the current D3 sensor…and priced around $3,000. That would give Canon users something to think about and go a very long way towards keeping the current Nikon user base happy.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/5DIIreview.shtml

By: iamlucky13

iamlucky13 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:34:13 +0000

Yep. This one’s a piece of cake: Scale image > Scale X: 100%; Scale Y: 110%

Look, a new camera! How come the lens is oval-shaped?

By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:09:36 +0000

i’m with anony-mou: that is likely the funniest comment i’ve ever read on here!

and Dave, the peanut thing…. because cinemas don’t sell salted/roasted/whatever peanuts?

in other news, Federer wins again! rock on national sports hero! (yeah i’m swiss – can’t touch this)