Very relevant, its pix pixel sensor has a very nice character - almost as nice as the original 5D - in a very capable body. Use mine primarily with manual focus Nikon glass. Very enjoyable.
If they had an award for the most enthusiastic sarcasm at the Oscars, we all know who would be walking up on stage grinning, waving, to collect it. The applause from audience would be wild.
Love it!!! Subscribed. I'm a high school photo teacher, and in the early days of digital cameras with 2, 6, and 8mp cameras; I wish I had a video record of my telling sceptical students that, "One day, these cameras will have 12, 18, 20 even 40 some mp capabilities to even higher rediculous MP numbers. All that's enough to bog down our computers now, cant imagine the high (MB) computers that could handle these enormous files." And here we are now in the time of enormous MP cameras and laptops measured in Terribites. I use my D700 regularly. A stand alone Nikon that produces images with a signature quality look.
Wonderful. My old D700 was the camera I’d never sell. Until ALL my Nikon gear went to make way for Fuji. I just found one with a 400 shutter count! I couldn’t say no. I had to find a lens. 28-105 does the job for now. For all the reasons highlighted here I’m very happy.
Haven't used mine in...30 minutes. I shoot it in daylight or bounce flash so low light not important. But what I love is the colors, especially with a voigtlander 58 1.4 and the noise looks more like grain than noise so it pairs nicely with my F5, fm2n or fe. As for 12 mp, how much do you need for the web? Now for printing large, I grab my d850, Mamiya rb67 or 645. This camera is "filmic" with the film look so when I want to bang away, it is a nice companion for my film cameras.
I love my d700. Still my favourite camera for portraits using a flash. Best feature for me is the small files. Also, 12mp is more than enough in most situations. It’s the only camera I have made money with.
Very funny. You are great, Omar. Made my evening. I bought one last year with 5000 shutter activations. I call that new with a 50mm f1.4 lens and battery grip for about $600. Best deal ever. I am a Fuji shooter now but I love that tank of a camera. This and the D850 are probably the best DSLRs ever. I’ll get the D850 when everyone has gone mirrorless.
I have a D700. Apart from the weight it's still my best camera. If you're in the market for a used and inexpensive full frame, I'd say it may indeed be the camera of the year. But mine is not for sale.
Ah 2008. Appreciate the commitment all the way through with the rock band sounding music, comic sans font, and those early movie transition effects. Crazy to remember how many gadgets came with a CD and extra goodies. My younger family members don't even have computers that come with a CD drive anymore!
Still have mine and will never get rid of it. It’s simply a fantastic camera and true beast. Although I’m shifting to a much lighter mirrorless camera, I plan to whip out the D700 when I want those iconic film-like images. And it was cool having you take us back in time to 2008 😂
Possibly the finest DSLR that Nikon had ever made. I've shot with one but never owned one. Shows that you don't need huge amounts of pixels, just a truly wonderful sensor. You can also buy a body in decent condition that's cheaper than an X100S.
There's a certain irony to you joking about the D700 with futuristic capabilities like a "one-day" live view in the viewfinder while I'm sitting here literally considering selling off my D750 to instead GET a D700 for its colors, build and 12MP output. Seriously. With a D300S to back it up. You made a great video in 2021 about the D700 and I've been considering this camera for over a year even though its age is THIRTEEN years old! Those output files from a D700 are just lovely and I've fought the colors output from my D750, particularly greens and blues, since the day I got it. I just don't like its shades no matter what I do with them in Lightroom or Luminar. Great stuff Omar!
Still have mine, great camera once you get all the functions and menus sorted. I travelled extensively from Alaska to Tasmania shooting Winter sports and Summer sports, the odd wedding and some scene shots for Rock bands and Street Venue Market places. I still shoot Nikon but have joined the Fujifilm Family about 7 years ago. I'm not so keen to take the Fuji out in hostle environments especially Dust / Water or temps from -50 to +60 degrees celsius like my trusty D700.
I've been using my D700 for about 9 years for athletics and recently landscapes. A cracking good camera, rock solid, although I did get it very wet once which cost me a few £££, but otherwise superb. Love all the dials, does everything I need it for.
F3 Hp with MD-4, bought in 1984; d700 with Motor bought in 2018 and d750 bought in 2018 and not the least capture on. What a Photographic Fun, for me, it is!
Very funny! I had a D700 back around then. I loved it. The finger grip was deep enough that I could hang the camera off just my finger tips. I don't think I could do that with any of my current cameras. And the D700 was tough as nails.... except when it wasn't. Mine got a single grain of sand in it during a trip to Sydney for the NYE fireworks. Froze up the whole camera right before the early show started. (Fortunately, the J1 had just came out and I had one as back up.) I was finally able to get the grain of sand to move enough right before the main show. Other than that, it was a great camera for its time. Glad I don't have to carry all that weight anymore though.
I fell back in love with photography with Fuji mirrorless cameras, and I’ll always love my X-T1 and X100, but I love using an OVF too much and I replaced them with a D700 and M9.
I miss mine. It was indestructible. To hell and back with it. Most of my learning with it. Tough day sliding that and all my glass across the counter for Fujifilm. I forgot how big and heavy it was.
But, Omar... Does it have IBIS??? 2008 was a year to remember for me. Went through Army basic training, attended my first semester of college and rented my first apartment. Also, this was before DigitalRev was the DigitalRev we all know and remember fondly. Wow.
The sarcastic starw when you talked about never removing the exterbal physical dials and buttons for control. I laughed. Seriously thigh it's why i love old DSLRs. Everything can be externaly controlled. wish that would come back.
D700 is amazing, I picked mine up at the start of the pandemic as a walk in the rain with a 50mm F1.8, just for the image quality that is film like. Added some quality lens like a 85 F1.4, it’s amazing. Got a D850 as a back up 😆, that is fantastic, but the D700 is still amazing and is off to work with me now.
Same here! Have had a D700 for only a couple years - magnificent camera! I then decided I might add a D850. Bought the D850 and it sits around as a backup while I continue using the D700.
OMG! This video brought back so many memories. I started working as a video editor in 2008 and used the same stock track from this video for so many AVs. I remember borrowing the office Nikon (don't think it was the d700) to go shoot images for my Facebook DP with my friends. Good times. Thank you for this Omar
The images that sensor produces are spectacular even in 2021. But today it's all about high megapixels and high FPS. For people who just love photography, this camera is a steal.
And here I was looking at cherry blossom tree’s all morning and you go and have a stellar shoot with them! 😭 it’s like you’re rubbing it in my face Omar!
Very funny Omar. But for real, the D700 has a sensor that makes amazing 12 mp images. I have many cameras that I tend to buy and sell, but the D700 is one that I will keep forever (along with my xt-20!)
You've gotta recreate some old mirrorless reviews from the early 2010s! Back when everyone questioned and doubted that mirrorless would become the standard lol good times.
This was the last camera I had before I switched over to the Fuji XT1. Omar this video was a lot of fun, and very funny. It actually was a great camera, but after switching to Fuji I sold all my Nikon gear -2 Nikon lenses that I use with adapters on my Fujis.
Still have my D700. Remember: that was the hottest pro-camera - the Baby D3 in 2009! I remember David Hobby and Joe McNally posting blog entries about them 😂... Good times...
The reason I bought a second hand D700. Sadly though, it has "err" problem. Need to check with a technician. Just love the colors of this camera! Surely you will also, Omar!
Funny man. The D700 was my money maker for weddings and overall probably the best camera I've owned. It just worked. But I sold it and the holy trinity set of lenses last year since I don't do professional photography anymore. My XT3 and X-T20 suit me very well these days and are way lighter, the photos are not as magical as with the D700 but they are good enough.
That was fun. Coming from someone old enough to remember getting excited about print coming up on my green monitor through the phone lines...yes, I am a dinosaur....
Hey, I still have 2X Nikon D700+ Battery grip. Don't use it that much any longer, since I have my Fuji X bodies, however. :( It is on display to constatly look at everyday. Great camera.
Definitely has that digital film look. Dynamic range leaves a bit to be desired by today's standards but as long as the light conditions aren't too harsh images look great.
The dynamic range we have today is overkill. We are now at a point that photos just look like CGI because they are so perfect. Limited dynamic range is a pro for me. Photos look more real. I sold my GFX50R to go back to my old DSLRs. Mirrorless is an awful experience and the cameras of today are far to clinical.
I agree, the D700 images have soul and character, where today people live on the spec sheet, easily pick up an older camera and see that the ISO isn't as high and FPS isn't as fast and they pass it by and they're missing so much.
The comic sans type is making my eyes bleed (devil is on the details, man)... what an era! And let me say that the camera is still really impressive, all those dials lost in the rising of minimalism. The photos look amazing, like my old Nikon D3300. Great video, Omar.
I always wanted one so bad. And now I finally got one come in mail for early Xmas for me this year :3 got it with the 28-105 D lens. I’ll get the 50mm 1.8d later next year :3
I worked as a second shooter for a wedding photographer a few years ago who was still using D700 cameras and producing great work!
I still use the D700 for paid work
Best digital camera ever. Still have mine. Never for sale.
That was pretty awesome, not to mention D700 is still a relevant camera 14 years later.
Very relevant, its pix pixel sensor has a very nice character - almost as nice as the original 5D - in a very capable body. Use mine primarily with manual focus Nikon glass. Very enjoyable.
Just bought one two weeks ago. I absolutely love it :) And the shutter sound is so much better then a video can ever show.
That shutter!
She surely is a loud slapper :)
If they had an award for the most enthusiastic sarcasm at the Oscars, we all know who would be walking up on stage grinning, waving, to collect it. The applause from audience would be wild.
One of the greatest dslrs of all time 👌🏻 you could beat any mirrorless camera to death with it and it would still shoot flawlessly.
Comic Sans at the end shows me you're really committed to this 🤣
I'm sure it violates at least one TH-cam policy and one article of the Geneva convention.
@@quikee9195 rofl
Love it!!! Subscribed. I'm a high school photo teacher, and in the early days of digital cameras with 2, 6, and 8mp cameras; I wish I had a video record of my telling sceptical students that, "One day, these cameras will have 12, 18, 20 even 40 some mp capabilities to even higher rediculous MP numbers. All that's enough to bog down our computers now, cant imagine the high (MB) computers that could handle these enormous files." And here we are now in the time of enormous MP cameras and laptops measured in Terribites. I use my D700 regularly. A stand alone Nikon that produces images with a signature quality look.
Wonderful. My old D700 was the camera I’d never sell. Until ALL my Nikon gear went to make way for Fuji. I just found one with a 400 shutter count! I couldn’t say no. I had to find a lens. 28-105 does the job for now. For all the reasons highlighted here I’m very happy.
iam a fuji user, but a few days ago, i just buy used nikon D700 with new 50mm AFD and i love it!
Haven't used mine in...30 minutes. I shoot it in daylight or bounce flash so low light not important. But what I love is the colors, especially with a voigtlander 58 1.4 and the noise looks more like grain than noise so it pairs nicely with my F5, fm2n or fe. As for 12 mp, how much do you need for the web? Now for printing large, I grab my d850, Mamiya rb67 or 645. This camera is "filmic" with the film look so when I want to bang away, it is a nice companion for my film cameras.
Oh my god... I remember seeing this video 13 years ago and it made me want to buy the Nikon D700.....
Lol.
Jokes aside, the images from it are beautiful
I love my d700. Still my favourite camera for portraits using a flash. Best feature for me is the small files. Also, 12mp is more than enough in most situations. It’s the only camera I have made money with.
Very funny. You are great, Omar. Made my evening. I bought one last year with 5000 shutter activations. I call that new with a 50mm f1.4 lens and battery grip for about $600. Best deal ever. I am a Fuji shooter now but I love that tank of a camera. This and the D850 are probably the best DSLRs ever. I’ll get the D850 when everyone has gone mirrorless.
I have a D700. Apart from the weight it's still my best camera. If you're in the market for a used and inexpensive full frame, I'd say it may indeed be the camera of the year. But mine is not for sale.
Ah 2008. Appreciate the commitment all the way through with the rock band sounding music, comic sans font, and those early movie transition effects. Crazy to remember how many gadgets came with a CD and extra goodies. My younger family members don't even have computers that come with a CD drive anymore!
I use D700 with Nikkor 85mm and I love that beautiful pictures it produce. 12mpx is enough for normal prints or Internet.
12mp are way more enough than that,you can print big
it also has a pop up flash (:
what a nice thing to have.
Btw, i'm still using my nikon d90. My first camera.
Excellent video sir ! Loved it. I’ve got a D700 and I will now show it some love.
Still have mine and will never get rid of it. It’s simply a fantastic camera and true beast. Although I’m shifting to a much lighter mirrorless camera, I plan to whip out the D700 when I want those iconic film-like images. And it was cool having you take us back in time to 2008 😂
One of the best cameras ever made, I loved it! Cool video!
Anytime I see a d700 I send a like no matter what.
I picked one up used 7-8 years ago, and it's still worth now what I paid for it then 🤯 Not that I'd ever part with it, I love that tank!
Engineers: How many buttons & deals should the D700 have?
Nikon. YES.
Incredible camera. Nikon really shaked the industry with the D300/D700 cameras.
The D700 puts out amazing images. I own three of them.
Possibly the finest DSLR that Nikon had ever made. I've shot with one but never owned one. Shows that you don't need huge amounts of pixels, just a truly wonderful sensor. You can also buy a body in decent condition that's cheaper than an X100S.
There's a certain irony to you joking about the D700 with futuristic capabilities like a "one-day" live view in the viewfinder while I'm sitting here literally considering selling off my D750 to instead GET a D700 for its colors, build and 12MP output. Seriously. With a D300S to back it up. You made a great video in 2021 about the D700 and I've been considering this camera for over a year even though its age is THIRTEEN years old! Those output files from a D700 are just lovely and I've fought the colors output from my D750, particularly greens and blues, since the day I got it. I just don't like its shades no matter what I do with them in Lightroom or Luminar. Great stuff Omar!
Love this video! My Canon 7D from 2009 waves and says Hi to his Nikon brother.
Time just stopped for me watching this video…9:26 AM forever! Just acquired one and can’t wait to use it. Great video. Keep them coming.
Still have mine, great camera once you get all the functions and menus sorted. I travelled extensively from Alaska to Tasmania shooting Winter sports and Summer sports, the odd wedding and some scene shots for Rock bands and Street Venue Market places. I still shoot Nikon but have joined the Fujifilm Family about 7 years ago. I'm not so keen to take the Fuji out in hostle environments especially Dust / Water or temps from -50 to +60 degrees celsius like my trusty D700.
I've been using my D700 for about 9 years for athletics and recently landscapes. A cracking good camera, rock solid, although I did get it very wet once which cost me a few £££, but otherwise superb. Love all the dials, does everything I need it for.
F3 Hp with MD-4, bought in 1984; d700 with Motor bought in 2018 and d750 bought in 2018 and not the least capture on. What a Photographic Fun, for me, it is!
That's my # 1 Dslr for street photography and some. Love it so much I bought another one with 90 clicks on it. Sensor made by Panasonic back then.
That opened drawer on the left! I kept starring at it!
Picked one up for the nostalgia in great shape 5100 clicks with nice rubber still. I find myself using it more than my z6ii
I have two of them!! Absolutely badass camera that produces stunning images!!
I have it and keep it for all my life ! You are so funny ! I love your videos so much (Fuji, Nikon, etc...). Thank you for all !
Very funny! I had a D700 back around then. I loved it. The finger grip was deep enough that I could hang the camera off just my finger tips. I don't think I could do that with any of my current cameras. And the D700 was tough as nails.... except when it wasn't. Mine got a single grain of sand in it during a trip to Sydney for the NYE fireworks. Froze up the whole camera right before the early show started. (Fortunately, the J1 had just came out and I had one as back up.) I was finally able to get the grain of sand to move enough right before the main show. Other than that, it was a great camera for its time. Glad I don't have to carry all that weight anymore though.
4:20 "I should start a youtube channel recording sounds"
*whispers
"hello" 🤣🤣🤣
1 month ago I exchanged Fujifilm xt20 for a well-preserved Nikon d700. I don't regret at all.
i bought it this year 2021 and love it ..its just made to take pictures .
The D700 is incredible. It's made for taking photographs and will just keep doing it and doing it.
2:12 I fell on the floor laughing
I fell back in love with photography with Fuji mirrorless cameras, and I’ll always love my X-T1 and X100, but I love using an OVF too much and I replaced them with a D700 and M9.
I can understand that.
Awesome video as always. I purchased a D700 a year ago. I love the images it produces, Baby!! 😂
Omar, thank you for your humor 😂
I'm more amazed that in 2008 you were able to film this review in 1080P 60fps 😁😋☺️
I miss mine. It was indestructible. To hell and back with it. Most of my learning with it. Tough day sliding that and all my glass across the counter for Fujifilm. I forgot how big and heavy it was.
You didn't mention the image quality - there's something about the way that sensor renders colours that is so unique
A good camera is always a good camera, but this shows a good photographer can take good shots with any camera. Love your humour.
Ah those memorable clip from Cameralabs and DigitalRev really brings me back to the time I hunt for my first DSLR
Enjoyed this video so much, Omar. I got a NikonD700 along with my Fujifilm cameras. It’s a great old DSLR plus it’s built like tank !!! 👍👍👍
I am still using Nikon D700 and D300. They are pretty good!
Literally one of the greatest cameras ever made and Noone knows
Awesome! Only thing missing is 480p quality and 4:3 aspect ratio
Still getting wonderful images from a project I did in 2007 with my old Canon 5D. Hated the ergonomics but loved the results.
But, Omar... Does it have IBIS???
2008 was a year to remember for me. Went through Army basic training, attended my first semester of college and rented my first apartment. Also, this was before DigitalRev was the DigitalRev we all know and remember fondly. Wow.
can we just appreciate how Omar recorded 6min of video in less than 1 min? What a mad lad !
Had one myself, with 24-70 and 14-24... bought mine around 2010. Great camera!
The sarcastic starw when you talked about never removing the exterbal physical dials and buttons for control. I laughed. Seriously thigh it's why i love old DSLRs. Everything can be externaly controlled. wish that would come back.
I almost spit my coffee out when you said it shoots 5fps😂 that face was hilarious.
I'll lend you my D800 for next month's video. Awesome camera!
The D700 is still a great portrait machine 👍🏻
I was just laughing at your facial expressions and delivery hahah great video!
D700 is amazing, I picked mine up at the start of the pandemic as a walk in the rain with a 50mm F1.8, just for the image quality that is film like.
Added some quality lens like a 85 F1.4, it’s amazing. Got a D850 as a back up 😆, that is fantastic, but the D700 is still amazing and is off to work with me now.
Same here! Have had a D700 for only a couple years - magnificent camera! I then decided I might add a D850. Bought the D850 and it sits around as a backup while I continue using the D700.
Can you give me a picture style or editing method for get film look like, thanks!
OMG! This video brought back so many memories. I started working as a video editor in 2008 and used the same stock track from this video for so many AVs. I remember borrowing the office Nikon (don't think it was the d700) to go shoot images for my Facebook DP with my friends. Good times. Thank you for this Omar
The images that sensor produces are spectacular even in 2021. But today it's all about high megapixels and high FPS. For people who just love photography, this camera is a steal.
In terms of FPS, it's worth mentioning that it can hit 8 fps with a battery grip
Legend
Huge thumbs up! This is a great video! I love the d700 and really enjoyed this "time capsule" review.
Great video Omar, I hope people get the message. Stay safe.
And here I was looking at cherry blossom tree’s all morning and you go and have a stellar shoot with them! 😭 it’s like you’re rubbing it in my face Omar!
Made my day - brilliant video. I may pick one up one day.
Omar that was great 😂👌The images still look great 14 years later! LOL
Very funny Omar. But for real, the D700 has a sensor that makes amazing 12 mp images. I have many cameras that I tend to buy and sell, but the D700 is one that I will keep forever (along with my xt-20!)
@BRIAN WHAR Thanks Brian. I just learned about Super Resolution. Looking forward to using it.
I'm selling my recently bought Fujifilm camera and going back to Nikon full frame DSLR, the one and only D700. What's wrong with that?
Nothing at all
You've gotta recreate some old mirrorless reviews from the early 2010s! Back when everyone questioned and doubted that mirrorless would become the standard lol good times.
Nice pics from Branch Brook Park! I know that place instantly.
This was the last camera I had before I switched over to the Fuji XT1. Omar this video was a lot of fun, and very funny. It actually was a great camera, but after switching to Fuji I sold all my Nikon gear -2 Nikon lenses that I use with adapters on my Fujis.
I still have my D90 and loved it till now 😁
Still have my D700. Remember: that was the hottest pro-camera - the Baby D3 in 2009! I remember David Hobby and Joe McNally posting blog entries about them 😂... Good times...
Omar i am from the future... and i wanna let you know this camera still rocks in the future and will be called the legend Nikon dslr.
Haha. It does (I mean WILL) rock.
The video was film way back 2008, then how come TH-cam has a 1080p 60p option to watch this video?
With the grip that has the large battery it'll even shoot 8fps. Also the rubber cover for your grip contacts is missing.
Omar, if you ever get sick of photography you can have a career in comedy for sure.
The reason I bought a second hand D700. Sadly though, it has "err" problem. Need to check with a technician. Just love the colors of this camera! Surely you will also, Omar!
Funny man. The D700 was my money maker for weddings and overall probably the best camera I've owned. It just worked. But I sold it and the holy trinity set of lenses last year since I don't do professional photography anymore. My XT3 and X-T20 suit me very well these days and are way lighter, the photos are not as magical as with the D700 but they are good enough.
That was my last camera before switching to Fuji. So many good memories.. and weight. Also, beautiful spring photos ..in December :)))
That was fun. Coming from someone old enough to remember getting excited about print coming up on my green monitor through the phone lines...yes, I am a dinosaur....
Brother, this was a great intro! Thanks for making my day start with a smile on my face!
Hey, I still have 2X Nikon D700+ Battery grip. Don't use it that much any longer, since I have my Fuji X bodies, however. :(
It is on display to constatly look at everyday. Great camera.
Omar, I just bought from a friend a D700. Uf, I need to learn how to use it. What prime lens do you recommend for it? I like past the 50mm....
Definitely has that digital film look. Dynamic range leaves a bit to be desired by today's standards but as long as the light conditions aren't too harsh images look great.
The dynamic range we have today is overkill. We are now at a point that photos just look like CGI because they are so perfect. Limited dynamic range is a pro for me. Photos look more real. I sold my GFX50R to go back to my old DSLRs. Mirrorless is an awful experience and the cameras of today are far to clinical.
I agree, the D700 images have soul and character, where today people live on the spec sheet, easily pick up an older camera and see that the ISO isn't as high and FPS isn't as fast and they pass it by and they're missing so much.
I am still using this camera with 24-70 2.8 lens. Planing to change to R6 this year.
Don't sell your D700 - you WILL regret it.
The comic sans type is making my eyes bleed (devil is on the details, man)... what an era! And let me say that the camera is still really impressive, all those dials lost in the rising of minimalism. The photos look amazing, like my old Nikon D3300. Great video, Omar.
I always wanted one so bad. And now I finally got one come in mail for early Xmas for me this year :3 got it with the 28-105 D lens. I’ll get the 50mm 1.8d later next year :3
Spring pictures during 12/20/08 ? :D
definitely not, no yeezy yet
Nice! I just remembered my old good (bad actually) Nikon D200... How much nerves I spent on it ))
Love this vid, think if you could go back in time with the knowledge you have, but couldnt tell anyone. I think I would be smirking all the time.