I had a D300 and I would like to move to FX but I nikon discontinued the D700, What can I do? the D4 is too expensive for me, the D800 is a studio camera and a lot Mpx for me.
What camera could replace the D700?
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Posted 9 months ago #
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At this point there is no option. Nikon has decided not to create a real D700 replacement, instead they split the line. It sucks, but that is the way things are.
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What do you recommend me?
Posted 9 months ago # -
A used low shutter count D700, or a D600 if you can live with the control layout.
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soriano said:
..... the D800 is a studio camera .....IMO, this is a tremendous misconception about the D800 and I would imagine it's caused a few photographers to overlook it. I guess it started with Nikon suggesting it be used with a tripod to get the best IQ but that's not 100% true. Come to think of it, if I had a D3S or D4 and a D800 I'd prefer to leave the bigger cameras at home (I don't have a studio) and use the D800 as my walk-around camera.
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Nikon did say that the D800 isnt the true successor to the D700 did'nt they?
Posted 9 months ago # -
Check out the D600.
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Yes check out the new D600 and some great deals out there on the D700. I want my favourite camera back the D700 for the crazy low prices that are out there now. I'd use it as a second body. At a price nearing half of the D600 and a proven winner how could you go wrong? Another thing to consider soriano is with the purchase of a D800 comes a needed upgrade for your computer. I was running a crappy graphics card and just 4GB of ram which was more than enough for the D700 I traded in last April (with $2150) for the D800e, but not nearly enough for the 94mb raw files of the D800e. This can be very costly costly and should be taken into consideration when making a camera body choice in todays market.
Posted 9 months ago # -
refurb d700 if you can find it. d800 and d600 are great for the tech geeks but in the field you want a real camera...a big heavy piece of metal with a good sized buffer. if you are like me going to the d600 from a d300 will feel like trading in your cadillac for a chevy....very toylike.
Posted 8 months ago # -
the d700 can handle 17 max raw frames, the d800 can handle 16 max raw frames. i don't think thats that big of a difference.
Posted 8 months ago # -
I would wait for the D900
Seriously. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the D800 that an up to date computer cannot sort
i have a D700 and a 800 and only use the 700 as a spare
to me a "studio camera" is mono rail using 5x4 sheet filmPosted 8 months ago #
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