I have a wedding im shooting in march. It is going to be inside, at night. So low light ability is a must. I have been holding out for the replacement on the 700 wondering if it would be worth the money. The question I have now is, do i rent the 700 twice for a total of $360.00 once to get use to the menues and layout once for the wedding. Or do I just go and buy the 700. My photography is a second job right now so I dont have a endless supply of money. I shoot mainly location portraits but am doing the wedding for a friend. I dont want to have buyers remorse for a replacement that comes out at say $3000 when I pay $2200 for the 700. Ok thats it. help nikon rumor forum.
D700 buy or wait
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Most people are guessing that we wont be seeing the D700 replacement till July or August 2011, so it would be too late for the wedding.
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what gear do you have now? would a brighter lens be a better choice?
D700 is a great camera. Its not going to get any worse after its replacement is released. and the new gear is likely going to be back ordered as well..I would say rent it for the wedding and spend a few hours getting familiar with it before hand.
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you won't regret having a d700, you will wonder why you waited.
but what glass do you have. you probably need the 70-200 2.8 (vrII is much better) for a wedding. and some 1.4's.
and flashguns
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I went through a similar dilemma earlier this year. I got fed up with waiting and bought a D700. I have not regretted it. The D700 is a profession camera and will produce professional results. But remember you have to buy the lenses to going to with it
The D700 is quite a complicated Camera with lot of buttons, dials and menus, unless you are one of those annoying people who can remember what all the buttons and dials do after just one read of the manual, buy it well in advance of the wedding and get used to it , if you do photography part time, this will take longer than if you use the camera every day
If you are using something like a D90, you will very pleased with increase in quality, as HF says “It’s not going to get any worse after its replacement is released”. The only thing a D700 lacks is video and if you want video buy a D3s or a D7000I would go for f4 24-120 and a 35mm or 50mm f1.4
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you don't want to have to rely on f4 at an idoor wedding, well i wouldn't.
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That is a hard one. I'm guessing you have a DX now and by the way it looks like it, the D400 should be out in the first quarter. Compared to the D7000 that came out, it could be very impressive to see what they come up with.
On the other hand, you can always buy a D700 and sell it when the new one comes out. Your loss probably will only be $500 or so and just a smidgen more than to rent one.
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Hi aetas,
Hire the D700 for the shoot and see what Nikon brings out in 2011. All Nikon menu systems are basically the same apart from the addition of more options the higher in the range you go...I wouldn't worry about that aspect of it at all.
You may be in for a long wait though, I know some are expecting a D700 replacement in the summer but I don't see it happening until late 2011 at the earliest...then you've got the stock issues ?Posted 2 years ago # -
What was the price of the D700 when it was released? In pounds. I'm really hoping the D800 will be £2000 because that's the max I can really pay for a camera.
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It was £2000 when released in the UK LessThanThreeLeo...can't see any D800 being cheaper than £2500.
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I was waiting and waiting for a D700 replacement while owning a D90. Boy am I glad I just bought it and have enjoyed it for months.
All it did for me actually is cause me to want the replacement even more now, so I can have two amazing cameras at my disposal (although very nice, once you move to a d700, the D90 loses a TON of appeal).Posted 2 years ago # -
The D700 looks very tempting to me at £1700 that's below my budget so I could buy a flash as well or something. But I really want a camera that shoots video but I want a fullframe camera, so I don't want the D7000
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Hi,
What are the lenses that you own now? Will you have to jump into a lot of lens investment?
That would be one of the big questions. The other is simply how much are you going to use the camera in the very near future? If you have plenty of jobs lined up for the first 1/4, it might make some sense. Otherwise, you might want to wait and see - and this is from a gear hound.
My best,
Mike
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aetas said:
The question I have now is, do i rent the 700 twice for a total of $360.00 once to get use to the menues and layout once for the wedding. Or do I just go and buy the 700.You could buy a D700 now and sell it in the summer for less the same 300-400 dollars you would spend on the rental. Then you'd have the camera full time until the summer. And who knows, maybe you'll make enough money between now and then with your photos that you'll be able to keep the D700 and buy the replacement. :]
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I think more of these types of posts will be written especially with the D700 replacement on the horizon next year. I also believe there won't be a replacement or refresh until the summer next year or late spring at the earliest. I love my D700 and you wouldn't regret getting one for Christmas. I got one last year right on December 25th for Christmas even though I thought a newer model might be released and that was las year! Its a great performer and even if a newer model came out the old D700 will still be kept by owners or even continue to sell I believe. It happened with the famous old Canon 5D, which still sells (although used usually) even with the new 5D Mark II out.
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People who wait for camera replacements get old, miss opportunities to take pictures, and are ultimately disappointed when they can't tell the difference between pictures taken with their old camera and the new one :) *coughs* D7000 *clears throat*
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why not getting used d700, You should get one for app 1200-1300 quids, and still be able to sell it in summer loosing max 200 quids. also remember that You will see better results when You upgrade Your lenses, for me N24-70 is a must during the weddings, also wide zoom is very handy (especially during the party) and long tele during the ceremony.
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Tcole has a point. I watched a wedding Photog last weekend shoot a D2x and I can not tell the difference between it and any D3x photos. Just remember how everyone was pineing for the D2x with the same arguments and questions? With some proper lighting, flash and a little Photoshop I can take my Canon G11 look like I shot someone with a D300 any day. Depending on what you have now, the D700 may not gain you all that much.
M. Gunter has even a better point in lenses. You may gain more from some better glass.
Ebay listings are selling the camera for around $1900 used so in the case of a new one coming out you can sell it probably for $1700+.
Hard to tell not knowing what you shoot now.
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"Hard to tell not knowing what you shoot now. " he uses a D80, I'm psychic...and I read it on one of his other posts lol.
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I have been shooting the d80 for years. I have never had a complaint from any clent about image quality. On the other hand I never had anyone print bigger then 16x20. I always shoot low iso and mainly I try to light the portraits myself unless its very good natural light. I wanted to move up to full frame (pretty much since the film days) so the lenses I have are such: 85mm 1.8 - 50mm 1.8 - 105mm 2.8 - 17-35 2.8 After reading your replies(thanks for all the good advice) I believe I am going to get the d700 and be happy. If something new comes out and I feel I really need it i can sell the d700 and move up. But you all have a good point the d700 is not going to get worse just because something new comes out. I might have a little NAS. I have enough shoots the first quarter of 2011 to help with the cost. Thanks again for all the advice. This has been extreamly helpfull.
Oh and I forgot to add that I will be renting the 70-200vr 2.8 I might go with the 80-200 if I do buy the d700 though. I am sure that I will need the added reach. I dont see missing another lens.
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I have the feeling that the D3s replacement will come before a D700 replacement. This way, the ones waiting for the D700+ may jump to the more expensive D3s+. For those tired of waiting but without the cash, they would sell them D7000, then the D700+ comes, and D3s+ owners may get it as a second body while the ones waiting and the D7000 upgraders could jump-in.
D7000 was important for the mass market.I agree with the others, get a D700 now or jump up to the D3s. The lenses cost is the same and for those that would be happy with a D700+, there would be no real need to upgrade from a D3s. The D800 may well be within the price range of a D3s anyway.
By the time you get the D700+, the recommended 24-70 and 70-200, SB-700, clear filters, extra battery and other goodies, you will be in the vicinity of 10K$ so an extra K is not going to be a breaker.
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I had a D700 for a while and used it for a wedding recently. It performed without fault. If you really want/need one, buy it. Going secondhand isn't a problem, if you're worried about cost - as long as you check the condition and number of shutter actuations.
I used my D700 with 14-24mm, 17-35mm, 50mm 1.4 and 80-200mm. Most of my lenses are either old (I used them with an F5) or purchased secondhand. The one I found most useful were the 17-35mm for group shots, 80-200mm (on a tripod) for detail, and 50mm for night shots.
I found the grain getting intrusive around 3000 ISO, but I was happily shooting up to 6400. I didn't use much flash as it didn't look natural. One thing I would recommend is Lightroom 3, which quickly adjusted the colour balance and removed the noise on shots above 3000ISO.
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