The French magazine Chasseur d’Image (in English) reports that Nikon will start giving Capture NX for free with every Nikon D700 purchase (my guess is that this combo will be valid only in France):
“In contrast, the D700 will soon be rewarded with a very attractive bundle, including Capture NX, which thereby becomes free time promotion.
Nikon has used in recent years to launch new round of July 15, we are sure we will see a D700 right now, but Capture NX! What prevent the purchaser of the current, already extremely powerful, do not feel cheated!”
Nikon Germany is including a MB-D10 with a new D700:
Nikon Italy offers a free SB-900 speedlight with a new D700:
The translations are horrible, but the bottom line is that we should expect some good deals on the Nikon D700 in the next few months before its replacement.
In the past few weeks I received several reports that Nikon D700 is not in stock in certain stores and some retailers cannot place new orders (those could be isolated cases, please don’t panic :).
