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Nikon D700 Digital SLR Camera Body Only | 
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| Brand: Nikon
Category: CE
Buy New: £1,536.59
New (13) Used (2) from £735.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5138
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 3
Maximum Resolution: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.5 x 5.2
MPN: VBA220AB
Model: VBA220AB
UPC: 018208915477
EAN: 0018208915477
ASIN: B001BYMC5K
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Type: Type - Expert level reflex | | • | Pixels: Sensor - 23.9 x 36 mm CMOS sensor (Nikon FX format) - 12.87 megapixels, including 12.1 effective megapixels / Resolution (in pixels) - 4256 x 2832 | | • | Optical: Viewfinder - SLR-type with fixed eye-level pentaprism / LCD display - 3-inch TFT ACL screen Approx. 920,000 pixels (VGA), optimised for 170-degree wide-viewing angle 100% image coverage, low-temperature polysilicium with brightness adjustment / Macro Distance - Depends on the lens used / Normal Distance - Depends on the lens used / Optical Zoom - Depends on the lens used / Digital Zoom - None | | • | Storage: Image formats - RAW, TIFF, JPEG, RAW JPEG / Memory Card Type - CompactFlash I (compatible with UDMA) / Included Memory Card - No / Internal Memory - No | | • | Video: Video mode - No / Video Sequence - No / TV Output - NTSC or PAL video output / Webcam - No |
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Product Description
Nikon has launched a digital SLR camera that's bound to make waves in the photography world ? the D700. The latest addition to Nikon's range boasts a full-frame CMOS sensor (24 x 36 cm, equivalent to 135 mm in traditional cameras) for high definition images, even in low lighting conditions. In fact, its sensitivity goes from 200 to 6400 ISO in standard mode and from 100 to an amazing 25,600 ISO in custom mode. Because digital noise won''t interfere with your shots, you''re guaranteed superb pictures in the most difficult lighting conditions ? such as when you're taking night time landscape shots or you want to capture the action at a concert. The D700's exposure metering system means you can say goodbye to over- and under-exposured photos, too. Of course, you can monitor all your shots on its large 7.6-cm screen, or enjoy them on a big screen by hooking the camera up to an HD television via an HDMI socket. The D700 is compatible with most Nikon lenses, including AI and DX, so you can enjoy a wide viewing angle, and its sealed buttons and body in magnesium alloy make it particularly resistant to humidity and shocks. The D700's high performance autofocus and various shooting modes, including a Liveview function, make this user-friendly camera a must-have for even the most demanding users.
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D700 September 23, 2008
B. D. Gerrard (UK)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I started digital with the D100 which at the time I thought was pretty good, the D200 then came out and I purchased that. The improvement over the D100 was pretty marked. When the D300 arrived I decided that the improvements over the D200 didn't warrant an upgrade. I decided to save my pennies and go the whole hog and buy a D3. Imagine my surprise when they announced the D700! I ordered one right away and it turned up early in August. What can I say about this piece of kit. It does all the blurb tells you it will do, the full frame being a great bonus. I went digital from an F70 so all of my lenses were full frame compatible thank goodness. Everything about the D700 is great although the live view will take a bit of getting used to. Like the D100 and D200 I find in my old age that the notch on the on off switch is too small, wearing gloves in cold weather makes it awkward to feel. I recommend anyone thinking of going for an upgrade from the D200, forget the D300 and go straight for the D700 the extra cost is worth every penny. Try not to buy kit lenses although as a stop gap they will do a pretty good job. The camera only being as good as its lens, fast Sigma lenses go well with the D700. Buy and enjoy you will not be disappointed.
wow - crazy in low light, and then some September 27, 2008
Erik De Koster (belgium)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have had a D200 since 2 years, which has been an absolutely splendid decision. About the only weakness of the D200 was its inability to go high in the ISOs without introducing a lot of noice, which already starts creeping in at ISO 400, is definitely there at ISO 800, and is intolerable at ISO 1600. The D3 which came last year fixed this problem but was very expensive at that time. I have owned a D700 since a month now and I have been absolutely blown away by its performance. The D700 inherits some major systems from the D3, especially the sensor and the autofocus. It is absolutely amazing to be able to go straight to ISO 6400 without any loss of quality: no noice, no loss of sharpness (at variance with the D300 which is less noisy than the D200 but does so at the expense of more softening and loss of detail of the image, like the Canons do).
But there are some other significant goodies. Auto-ISO means that when light gets low, ISO automatically will be increased untill the level you accept. My ISO is set at 200, but may go up to 6400 if necessary. Only when light becomes even lower does the shutterspeed decrease. Another major system is auto-dLighting, which will reduce the dynamic range of the picture by automatically enhancing the darkest parts of a scene which otherwise would be completely blackened out. Full frame is a mixed blessing: wide angle becomes wide again, restoring the intended use of my glorious 28-70F2.8. The new 14-24 F2.8 is an astonishing new lens (the absolutely best in its category, some canonians buy it with an adaptor ring to be able to use it, accepting the fully manual operation of this lens on a canon) which takes wide to new extremes, unattainable with a DX camera like the D200. The larger FF sensor with 12MP as compared to the D300's 12MP on a DX sensor means a lesser pixeldensity, which is the secret for the extremely high ISO sensitivity of this camera. It also implies less DOF (depth of field) with the same focal and diafragm settings, which is good for isolating a subject from its surroundings, but which also means one has to be more careful about focusing. Some inexperienced photographers may be surprised when upgrading from a bridge or especially a compact camera: one needs a better photographic technique with a full-frame camera, so there certainly is a learning curve. On the other hand, my teles are shorter on a FF than on a DX sensor: 200 mm is once again a 200 mm and no longer equivalent 300 mm as on a DX camera, so one loses at the long end. Long tele with perfect light (safari etc...) is probably the only situation in which I would still use my D200, some people also use it for macrophotography because of the gain in DOF.
I could use DX lenses on my D700, but that would be a waste since only the central part of the sensor (about 5MP) would be used. To take full advantage of the FF sensor, one therefore needs FF lenses which tend to be more voluminous than equivalent DX lenses. The D700, like the D200, can however fully use any F-mount lens Nikon ever made, including its mindblowing manual focus masterpieces, or second-hand AF-(D) lenses which can be bought at extremely nice prices these days.
I don't use live view, but it's OK if you like it.
This is a professional camera: it is heavy, weather-sealed and sturdy. The D3 which costs almost double has a double CF-card slot (the D700 a single CF-card slot), a 300.000 rated shutter (instead of the D700's 150.000), a 100% viewer (instead of the +/- 95% viewer of the D700), and better batteries. For me these differences weren't worth the huge price difference. Note that the D700 resembles the D3 much more closely than the D200 resembled the D2x for instance.
I didn't think one second about the D300; I guess only auto-Dlighting would have been an advantage compared to the D200, but that certainly wouldn't be sufficient to upgrade.
Here therefore is a very happy D700 owner.
Amazing camera at low light August 12, 2008
Pierre Vandewalle (Dubai, UAE)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
For quite a while I had been tempted to upgrade my D70 with a D300 ... but haven't done because I still have a few full frame lenses bought in pre-digital age. Those lenses are really good and it's quite a shame not to use them anymore.
Now the D700 has come out, I found the ideal solution to my problem. Ok, it's much heavier at 1,729 gram with the 24-70 mm on it, but it feels so solid, has a good grip and the quality of the pictures is great. Taking pictures at low light e.g. is amazing as it shoots at upto ISO6400 with low grain.
I have used it for the first time in Hong Kong last week shooting in various situations (interior in temples, Victoria Harbour at night without tripod, markets in day time,...) and the results are really pleasing. It isn't hard at all getting to grip with the camera if you have previous Nikon DSLR experience.
This is a few steps up from the previous amateur DSLR... but I guess it might not be considered as an amateur camera anymore.
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