Onll two problems some complain about - same sensor as the D3 but viewfinder is not 100 percent like the D3, the VF on the D700 is 95 percent. And it has only one card slot. Neither ever bothered me though.
Will, you hit some really great points here. The megapixel stuff is great to hear and the trends want to say more megapixels but having 60mp images you have so many more issues present themselves like storage and the quality of noise as you said. With pictured 3 times the size of the ones I currently have, i would need to invest also in better storage and a better computer at that lol. Always appreciate your views Will and I will have to keep my eye out to try a D700 one day.
@@lescobrandon3047 I forget everything every time i get this quality. Almost all of the shots here with the 28-105 f/3,5-4,5 a 100 euros lens. All of the night shots in high iso handheld (Not any tripod has been used) www.flickr.com/photos/58919412@N00/
Holy moly. Just made a video on this recently how cameras are now lifeless. You were yelling this a year ago!! We need companies to re-release old sensors with character!! Cheers. Subbed.
I don't think it's about sensors alone. Companies are including a heavy dose of built in processing in order to produce a "clean" look that many people want these days.
@@kariejorgensen7874 I mean that some people want a grain-free, noise-free, color-accurate and sharp image at all sensitivities above native. So, logically, for anything above that, the manufacturer needs to apply software solutions (which they all do), and as they increase the number of photo-sites, which may generate noise, there is a higher chance that a stronger algorithm needs to be applied to the data. I also think that photography is in a phase akin to Mannerism at least in regard to color so, I suppose, tool providers cater to that in some regard (color "science" is one area; I presume there are others).
The caveat to the above is that some people assume that what you're getting in RAW editing software is what the camera is putting out and that just isn't at all true. I've done some tedious pixel peeping between several RAW conversion programs and I think part of the "plastic" look people are getting is due to de-mosaicing done by the software (and possibly some default pre-sets).
Wondered if pixel binning could be done in a Z7, for example, but after some superficial digging: CCD is great for pixel binning - it allows pixel binning before sensor readout CMOS does not allow that, so it's not too different than doing it on your computer. CCD must have had some big disadvantages, otherwise it could be interesting to be had in latest cameras.
When I made a serious investment into this wonderful hobby, I will never forget a piece of advice this wonderful older lady, a photo tech, at London Drugs photography department told me... I was obviously asking a lot of questions about cameras I probably knew little about and she simply said, buy the camera that you love holding because she said that you would pick it up! Well, I started with a Nikon D40 which was a lovely starter camera but felt horrid in my hands and then a friend let me shoot his D700. It was love at first hold. I bought the camera off him and stupid as it sounds, that D700 feels like it was custom made for just me. I will never sell it...
Love it! My first DSLR was the D40, I upgraded to the D7000 and that camera was attached to me all of the time, I swear. I learnt so much and did so many different things but I felt after 5 years that I should upgrade to a FF, so I bought theD750. I so was not prepared for how heavy it was. Haha! I really like my camera, however I feel as if I was more attached to my D7000 than any other camera. Now I’d like to purchase a “second” camera to have and the D700 is on my list, for sure! I have seen images from it and am impressed.
It’s official, you’re considered an ‘Ole School Digital Photographer’ if you shoot with the D700! I absolutely enjoy shooting with it, it feels so good in my hands, and it’s just as pure as you can have when it comes to still photography; no video, no native wireless access, or advanced tech features. One other thing I like about the 12 megapixels is the fast workflow it provides, from getting images to local storage, then up to the cloud, in a pinch. I shoot RAW 100%, but the file size is still manageable, especially for having offsite backup. The D700 is a legend and legends don’t die!
That's only "old school" to a Millennial fruit. I've done photography for more than 40 years, and you are ONLY old school, if you use real film, (and preferably medium format). Unless you have your own dark room, you're still an amateur, no matter what.
Van Gogh, DaVinci, Ansel Adams-none of them were famous for creating art that was “sharp”. I stopped upgrading after the D700 and I still shoot film also. Artists aren’t overly concerned with sharpness.
It's a fair point I'm not sure why you're talkin about artists and not photographers the better example would be cartier-bresson, Lee Friedlander or William Klein for example. A artists or painters decisions for sharpness are way different than a photographer's.
I am a commercial print photographer and still use ALL "D" lenses. Sharp and very lovely over all rendering. I also still use a D750 (changed because Nikon gave me a D750 for no cost when my D700 broke beyond repair) but still use a D300 also. Will likely buy a D700 some day soon. My website is 90% D700 and D300. 10% D750. Commercial clients never ask me "what camera are you using" They see my work and hire me on the merit of my work. PERIOD. :) Great Channel!
I was undecided into buying this camera or the Nikon D800 but after this video I decided to buy the Nikon D700 for $379 in mint condition with only 24,000 clicks on it.
Great Vide: I disagree with your claim, " ... the old lenses are NOT as tack sharp as the new ones " , the old Nikkor 105 F2.5 AIS lens is not only as sharp, it also produces deeper, richer and more natural colours, and the 135 mm AIS lens is also as good.
What’s not to like? Need a hammer or club? You can use it as jpeg… 500 bucks for a three thousand dollar pro camera? Just buy quality glass and forget the new cameras for the cost of a second mortgage!
This is a very interesting video, thank you. You go against the flow, you don’t care about consumism and stand by what you believe. I like that. It’s true that the different Nikon cameras render colors differently. Some years ago I had the D3x, the first thing I noticed about it, and I loved, was it’s color rendition. Now I shoot on the D850, it’s a great camera and have no complaints. It really makes sense what you say about the 12mp and how the fewer pixels are bigger and grab more light each one of them. On each of your videos you talk with such passion, that motivates me into doing some personal projects, not only the paid ones, that could help with depression. Thank you again.
Thank you for the kind words Julian. I know sometimes it’s hard to be inspired, we all go through it. but I promise that if you would really slow down and become aware there are a million interesting images everywhere.
You're absolutely right about 12MP being the sweet spot. When shooter asked Nikon for more MP back in 2010, Nikon's CEO said in an interview that he didn't understand why shooters demanded more MP because he believed 12MP was the best solution. He went on to say that Nikon could take two different paths going forward, either keeping pushing ISO envelope further with 12MP sensors or beefing up more MP count but with inferior image color rendition and noise patterns. Apparently, Nikon caved to market demand and took the second route. I bought my first D700 in 2008 and over the years had three bodies. Sold my last D700 in 2012. A couple weeks ago, I just picked up a lightly used D700 with only 14,000 clicks on the shutter for $300. By the way,, the D700, along with the D3, was Nikon's low-light beast before the D3s was released. I had shot tons of weddings and events with my three D700 bodies, two for my own use, one for my assistant. I used to cover around 80 weddings a year. Normally I could push its ISO all the way to 12,800 and simply converted the images to B&W in post. For color, it allowed me to go all the way to ISO 6400. I believe all other Nikon DSLRs went downhill after the D700, worse color, worse build quality, and worse handling.
What I do with my D7100 is: put it in 13 MP mode. The pictures are a lot better than in 24 MP mode and the files are only half the size of 24 MP. I'm considering a D700 as an extra... 12 MP is the sweet spot.
I didn't hesitate a second to get rid of both my D750 and D800e and replace them with two more D700 that i was lucky enough to find in "new out of the box" condition!
@@mrinsaf It depends on what you are looking for. If you want a legendary camera built like a tank with full of character and great unbeatable colors, then D700. If you want a consumer's body with bells and whistles and 24mpx go for the d750. My d750 was versatile but it had the worst color than any other camera i owned. Btw..i have a great condition D700 for selling.If you decide D700 and you are interested in, contact me through the group facebook.com/groups/330500120976297/
I used my D700 professionally right up until the launch of the Z7! Recently started re-editing old photos during downtime and I'm amazed at how distinct the RAW files are. You're totally spot on about using older lenses - I find that even shooting wide open with modern lenses (non Z-mount) on the Z7 that I'm stopping down just to pull more detail, where with the D700 I was happy to shoot at the widest aperture. That camera is never leaving my kit even if it's just sitting in a dry cabinet as a backup.
I love my D700. There is no way I'll ever get rid of it. I've had it since 2010, and it's still perfect. I only bought the D850 last year, but it doesn't compare to my D700.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE my D700! Had the sensor replaced about 2 years ago and it's a brand new beast again! Brick? You ain't shitting brother! Love it! Everything you said about the colors, the way it renders images and especially flare and noise.... makes me drool to this day!
Spent the last 4 weeks in lockdown. Every time I go out with the dog, I take my D700 with me. BLOWN AWAY with the quality each time I take a photograph. Had to watch this vlog yet again. Lost count of the number of times I've listened to your comments about this camera.
Great review. I'm considering getting a d700 in 2023 because I want to experience full frame but I don't have a lot of extra money. Currently using a d7000 and I have a few fx lenses. Should I pull the trigger for $250?
I am an anxious fan of this Nikon D700 camera. I cannot wait to get the funds together in order to get my hands on this marvel. No doubt in my mind that this is a fantastic camera. My belief is that it shares the same shutter as the tank like Nikon D3 made out of Kevlar and carbon fiber. Thanks for the insightful video.
Here I am a year later still debating my D750 and switching to a D700. In 2021. Yes, yes I am. Bought a micro four thirds thinking it'd be the key to switching, but it's not interesting. Uninspiring I suppose. I love using my D750, but not its color output. I don't shoot in the dark and considering now a collection of D series Nikon lenses and a D700 with D300S backup. Crazy? Maybe. But I too don't see the point of 60 megapixels and 400 shots per second. It just isn't that important and for portraiture the D700 looks to do an amazing job. So I'm going to perhaps keep the 50mm 1.8g, 85mm 1.8g, and trade the 24-120mm f4, D750 and other gear (Sony, Panasonic, Canon) all for a 24mm 2.8 Nikkor, 35mm f2 Nikkor, 28-105mm AF-D Nikkor, 70-210mm f4 Nikkor (OLD!), and 180mm 2.8 Nikkor. Plus the D700 and D300S. Quite a nice kit not so long ago so I think I'll tackle all I can with them and enjoy the nastalgia. Great video. I've watched it a few times now and you're not the only one still praising the D700. I wanted smaller, but smaller was too small and cumbersome for fat fingers. Now I want capable, reasonably priced, with great images that don't have to be sharp enough to resolve cleanly at 400%. I want great, not perfect. That's it.
With the exception of the D4s and maybe D850, it is the last camera where Nikon didn't hold back any features to "protect" another series of cameras. It was the best hands down and honestly cameras like the D800, D810, and D750 are nowhere on its level. I still love mine although the shutter is starting to go.
I'm making a return to photography after many years and I bought a D700 in excellent condition from KEH along with the super sharp 80-200 f2.8 ED zoom. I briefly owned the lens before and I know how sharp it is. The camera and lens arrive Thursday and I cannot wait! I like old school stuff and this suits me.
Excuse me but what does flaring have to do with the body? You're making arguments about lenses, not the D700. The same goes for what you said about sharpness.
Good stuff man, thanks for the vid! It is a simple math. A Photosite linear pitch = 7-8 mcm in the FF-sensor of 12MP. Pixels are square, so the light-sensitive area is about 60 mcm^2 per photo site in the D700. That area produces up to 60*1000 e- = 60.000 electrons before saturation. Assuming QE (quantum efficiency) = 70%, we get around 45.000 electrons released from (holes created in) the silicon.That amount requires 16-bit AD-converter to fully encode the signal from a photo-site, 1-2 bits encode the read-out noise, which leaves 14-15 bits for encoding pure tonal gradations per channel. That is 42-45 bit colorspace. That is where the color quality comes from! By comparison, the 4 mcm^2 photo-site in the likes of SonyA7R4, NikonD850 etc...pumps out 16.000 e- before saturation, which requires 14-bit AD-converter to fully deal with, which leaves us with 12-13 bit/channel as necessary to encode a pure tonal signal in every channel. That yields 36-39 bit colorspace in a final image, which is 8-64 times less accurate (less discrete, less nuanced) than the one created in the D700.
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π No problem Nik, go ahead with it as you like. But realize that my calculations are based on the two-three conjectural things: (1). Nikon indeed utilizes a16-bit AD-converter in the D700 (hard to be sure of that!),.(2). the photosensitive area in the D700 CMOS is a standard one (from a textbook on the CCD/CMOS tech) that really produces up to 1000e- per 1mcm^2. (3) Sony's newest tech is no better on a per-pixel basis than a decade old CMOS chip in the D700, which is probably not entirely true...
I love my D700. Back in the day I had 5 of them for my wedding work. I still have 2 of them and still shoot with them. The Z6 was the first Nikon body that made me feel like I could leave the D700. This is a much longer story but I’ll leave it at this. Thanks for the amazing content.
I have to agree with what you said about the Z6. I love the images that come out from that camera and I still to this day don't get all the negativity that surrounded upon its release. The one minor hiccup that could be said was that it didn't have a second card slot, but that's already remedied by the Z6 II. I honestly think the 20-24 MP range is the ideal spot for full frame, which is not to take away anything from the D700, but a nice D700 followup camera would be one that uses the sensor on the Z6/6II with improved image processing CPU. Beyond that you really don't need anything else.
I have been camera shopping and gotta say, I love your perspective! So much of what you say here is the reason i still usually carry my d7000 around, and the reason i am considering the 780 instead of a z camera. Thanks for being so damn real.
guess im not the only one jacking up noise reduction so soften skin, the ladies i shoot hate super sharp photos actually, they will soften it up themselves before posting to social media LOL
totally agree with you. the camera has a soul to it. The ease of post processing raw files is noticeably easier than other camera raw files. Looking forward to your take on a photo project. Excellent video as always! Try an old D300 it has the same type of feel too. A pleasure to shoot.
I'm a GFX user and now cameras are just so close to perfect in terms of quality and optical performance, that the charm has gone. I am constantly trying to reduce sharpness in my images on the GFX and I find it really frustrating. I moved to the GFX from my D800, but I am now getting my D800 back into action because I miss it. I miss the speed, simplicity and OVF. I took some great shots with that D800 that I didn't appreciate until I recently looked back on my older works. It remember how happy that camera made me feel. I have an adaptor for F mount to GFX and I adapted my Zeiss Distagon lenses, but that charm still doesn't come through as I got with the D800. I am very tempted to buy the D700 because I want to know what all the fuss is about.
There's a Russian glamour photographer on flickr named Marat Safin who uses the D700 and 35/1.4 almost exclusively, and the colours and dynamic range are amazing. I'm tempted to pick up that combination because of this.
You don't need to tell me that what I'm about to say sounds nerdy and schmaltzy but... I'd heard so many good things about this camera that I decided to buy a 2nd hand one. I ordered it midweek and it was due on a Monday, but arrived 3 days early on Friday, the night of a portrait photo-shoot my camera club had planned. It was waiting for me when I got home from work (charger included) so I took it to the shoot and unboxed it there. Two batteries were also included and one was 2/3 charged, allowing me to shoot straight out of the box. And yes, I was chimping the photos and they looked OK but the rear screen on these is adequate but not brilliant. Anyway, I got home later that night and loaded the photos into Lightroom. Wow! My heart missed a beat. I was shooting RAW but SOOC they had a dream-like quality that I'd only seen in quality magazines and film posters, and after post-processing they were like nothing I'd ever seen me shoot before. I consider myself to be a competent photographer and an above average post-processor (which I do paid), but I'd never had files of this quality to work with. My other cameras rarely see daylight now (except for paid work where I use cameras with 2 card slots). Like a Jaguar E-Type or an Aston Martin DB5 things like these will never be made again, but if you have one you just know you've got something a bit special.
Loved watching this. I'd sell any of my cameras before this one. The quality of the images I get is totally different from any other camera I've owned. Someone was selling one recently for £300 and nobody wanted it. WHY?
Just went through all your D700 and now I NEED one! Hahaha Great content man! Sub from me. Have you considered making a video taking the same shot with the D700 and a Z and putting them side by side? Maybe both straight from the camera and edites to see how they render raw and how workable they are in post. Would make a sweeeet video. Keep up the great work man and thanks for your awesome channel!
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The D700 along with the 5DmkII were way ahead of their time and they kicked of entire industries. 5DmkII invented wedding cinematography, the D700 packed pro level functionality with great AF in an affordable package.
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs Just a sidenote, that Canon took 4 years to pack a good AF with the mark III and Nikon also needed many years to get up in the video race. The 5DmkII and D700 was special, because one was a perfect camera with revolutionary video tech and the D700 was a revolutionary camera with D3 tech. They were both game changers. These two cameras are perfect main cameras for weddings and photojournalism even in 2020. It's crazy to think about both of them are 12 year olds.
The old 12, 16 and 18 Megapixel Sensors from Nikon, Canon and Leica where pure magic. Everything after that was just up-selling and marketing. I love the D700, D3 and the First Canon 5d Classic. The Leica M9. Great Sensors.
Very true. I wish Nikon would go back and examine these cameras to but the best aspects of them into future cameras. I hate the massive megapixel wars and the drive towards endless sharpness. Go back to color and character!
12 mega pixels is all that is needed and no more. I have a Nikon D800 ( I gave my D300 to my daughter ) and I find the resolution too much. I am constantly using the crop mode. I also use a lot of film ( at great expense ) and a 16 mega pixel digital has about the same amount of data as a well scanned high quality 35mm film. All this 40 and 50 mega pixel sensors are just unnecessary and are making us lazy photographers. Lets shoot 200 frames of junk and hope one is good enough and then crop it to death. I always remind myself that Adams shot the famous Moonrise Over Hernandez with only a single plate. That says it all.
It would be interesting to hear from Nikon, Canon, etc product designers and engineers what shifted in the industry. For example, from a design stand point did they use to value subjective quality of the output to where now they are more interested in accuracy in the output which doesn't necessarily mean it renders a more pleasing image output.
Not old school. The D700 is fully capable for professional work today, 2023. Even more, given the price you can buy three of them, just in case. Don't be afraid of high shutter count, if it works without slowdowns then there aren't any problem.
I'm always happy to see reviews like this about the d700. I started photography like a year ago and I picked d700 over 3500 as my very first camera. Needless to say I didn't regret my choice... Btw I'm also a "filmic" fan:)
Roland Torda I’m currently in a similar situation where I need to choose between a D3500 or D700 but this video and your comment has helped me. I am definitely going for a D700 a good mate of mine is selling his.
How do you find out how many clicks a D700 has? I inherited my dad's camera when he passed away. He was a professional photographer. It would be fun to know :)
Hey Crista, sorry for the late reply! What you want to do is put a card in the camera, take a picture then upload that picture file to camera shutter count.com
the pixel pitch is the same as a medium format so I call it a baby medium format image will pop 3d like and the dynamic range is off the chart ....the grain is reminiscent of film camera..... the only camera that can outmatch it is a proper medium format like the pentax 645z or the gfx system .... I use the Nikkor 135mm f3.5 and 50mm f1.8 both Ai with for most of my work
The D700 is the best camera ever made! I've been through a D200, D90, D300, D300s, D600, D800, and my trusty D700. All the others are gone, the D700 is still here, some 11 years later! Amazing, best ever DSLR, just perfect!
Let me add my rant on "successors" of D700 here. I've known MP in marketing is bs since I've got my used D700 and compared it's results with D5100 I had at the time, in low light conditions, 12mp D700 absolutely blown away a much higher 16mp on D5100, a camera from 2011. I've always explained it by simply having more rf interference between photosites on smaller aps-c sensor vs larger 35mil sensor on D700. Now, in 2020 I'm still cracking my head over the question should I get the darn D850 because by many reviews and pics I've seen my 12yo 12mp D700 is still a very solid and die hard performer and I love it a lot. It's not that I don't have money to buy hasselblad or D850, it's more of "do i really need this 3x more megapixels stuff?" I've recently encountered an issue where I'm using mf lens for fast moving subjects photography and I simply needed more than 5fps cont shooting, so I can solve that by buying a battery grip for D700 instead, which will give me up to 8fps. True D850 can give me more(actually a whole 7 instead of 5 fps, WOW!). It'll go up to 10 AFAIR but cmon. It's not worth to be called a competition. Then, weight. I think it's almost about the same maybe around 100g less in D850, SFW? While at it, I was looking at Z6 but then again, it's incompatible with older nikkor lenses like my 50 f/1.2 which I absolutely love. Yea it does have aberrations but who cares if it's used to create soft portraits and soft looking pics, not to find that needle in that haystack over there. What bs of a marketing this "backwards compatible z mount" is. I can't go Z because I've other older lenses too. It may be innovative and wide and stuff but why nikon treats their customers like this? If only they've fixed it and made it REALLY backwards compatible with all lenses including MF then yeah, I'd jump on(but of course I won't discard D700 until it breaks down, which I don't expect to happen within the next 10-15 years at least). In the end it's not about quantity, it's about quality, it's about what you fill those pixels with, not about how many millions of them you have. Yeah, and lenses too btw, which is the thing responsible for actually forming the stuff you fill your pixels with. D700 works absolutely amazing for me, and I can't find enough pros in D850 to convince me to buy it. It just doesn't cut it. Sometimes I actually think maybe I should try digital MF or something but again, why, if I actually still shoot 645 film and have a freezer of it lying around. If I properly scan those they're almost as hi-res as MF digital cameras, depending on lens and film resolution. I love the amount of detail in MF film. D700's most significant drawback is lack of good remote controls(release has to be done via wired connector on the body, compared to D5100 from 2011 which works fine with IR, and flash commander is optical only which needs a separate IR filter cover in order not to fire into face of your subject), lack of good flash controls in menu in general, allowing only group A and B control, with a LOT of clicking. Those are my biggest concerns with it personally. Otherwise, it's still kicks ass.
My d700 for FX and my D7500 for sports and my Z50 are all I need to cover all bases. Had my D700 out yesterday in Lancaster pa love the colors from the D700
I really love your channel. Respect your work. The information you are sharing for Z mount cameras is a huge benefit for all. I learn thing from your channel though myself a hardcore Nikon user from day first. Just like to share my humble input with you which is, you have mentioned and associated FLARE thing with the camera body which is not true. Lens flare itself is totally a lens thing. Now how camera renders that flare is totally depends on the camera sensor and SNR firmware. I believe you meant to say flare rendition in this video which is not explained in detail due to your excitement for the D700. Trust me I am equally obsessed with D700. I own 3 x D700 at the moment among which I found one body for only 1300 shutter clicks .... imagine only 1300 clicks for over 12 years. So yes I am equally in love with D700 which is still my go to camera .... Keep inspiring us with your amazing videos.
Man, I have 2 D700 and 2 D3's, and I enjoyed shooting with them both. I stepped up to play with the D3X and I do enjoy the extra resolution but really posting to IG and FB I only need 12MP's. And, I agree, 12MP is the sweet spot for everything unless you are shooting landscapes. 12MP gets the job done and the clients are happy with the images. Well said dude, and I agree!
How the great Peter Lindbergh wrote in a photo chat 2015: "... However, his insight that "digital photography is too sharp, and has therefore lost softness and emotion" is excellent. Certain that is why my next steps in equipment will be backwards- selling my D7200 for a D700, and selling my Nikon 105/2.8 for the 135/2.0 DC."
I have the same feeling when I use my Nikon D60. My first camera that I got in 2008. It has a CCD sensor and renders colors very vibrant and saturated. Not ideal but sometimes it just works. The camera has its own look. Today, when I photograph the same stuff around the house as I did back in 2008, I do so with my D60. The lack of dynamic range forces you to think more about the available light aswell.
Picked up a mint used Nikon DF a while back and fell in love with my old nikkor manual focus primes all over again. And yea, I have the d750 and Z6 but there’s something about the 16 megapixel files out of the D4 sensor in the DF that are special in a different way.
Agree I still use a D4 and D4s as my two main camera's and that's because I love the files they produce and the build quality is just amazing. The D4s is a little better in AF, but it's also slightly sharper too, because Nikon did alter the sensor. Not that the D4 can't produce really sharp images, especially with the newer FL lenses I have, like my 70-200mm and 400mm f2.8 VR FL lenses. However the D4, Df and D4s all produce very similar looking files and I think they possess one of the best sensors ever made. 16mp is the sweet spot for me personally, because I'm a photojournalist, but I too used have a D700 and I know what everyone is talking about. That output was unique and special, it had such great colors and tones, but I think the D4, D4s and Df also produce amazing images too! I prefer the D4s and wish I owned two of them, probably will soon, but thats just because it's a little newer and little better in every way. I wouldn't mind having a D700, but I also wouldn't go out and buy one and I don't miss the D3/D3s either. They all were amazing camera's and they always will be, but I feel the D4/D4s will never be replaced and I hate to think about the day I can no longer find one in good condition with less than 100k shutter actuations. I don't ever want to upgrade my D4s, I would be happy with shooting this sensor and camera until the day I die lol.
Nalin You may be able to find a used DF for just under a thousand bucks. The autofocus is nothing compared to the Z6 or even the d750. But if you’re looking to use it with those old manual focusing lenses, then it’s a lot of fun. Although remember the Z6 has focus peaking which takes things up to another level.
@@Blue_Newt_01 Thanks! I'll see if I can find one, although the possibility is slim here in India. I use AF-S and AF-D lenses mostly on my D5200 and on D3300 occasionally. So I'm all for manual lenses :)
D700 and DF is just made for artists, no video, no b.s, there is a button for everything....if you want to make a masterpiece these 2 are the one to pick
2020, I'm 29 years old and I'm here looking back at film and old cameras. The old cameras just had an old romantic quality to their output images that just feel natural, newer cameras produce output that are just too "cold", too "sharp", too "unnatural. Too bad I'm no longer in Nikon camp (Canon now) if I still am I'd definitely pickup a D700.
Back when I got my D700 my dream camera was the D3 but it was just to expensive at the time. As time went by I got into mirrorless and as was blinded by the ibis and juicy tech and sold off my D700. Once it was gone I immediately missed it, it was that “something” that this guy was talking about, so long story short I bought a Nikon D3 about a month ago dirt cheap and since then that’s all I shoot with. It just feels right.
Bless you......Thank you for this. How refreshing to hear from a photographer who understands that the latest tech in some cases is killing the image. I have been taking pics since 1968. I still love the images from film, both colour and B &W. My fav films are Kodachrome 25, Fuji Velvia 50 and 100........... and Ilford FP4 for B&W. I have a Nikon D700 also and I love it for the same reasons that you do........... and 12MPX is the sweet spot. I also have a Nikon D90 and D7000. I love both for the same reasons. Larger photocells and something about the images.............. like the D700. Thank you again for sharing.
My first digital was a D70s, then the D200. Bought the D700 in 2009. That was my last body purchase. My goto rig is usually the f2.8 70-200 VR on the D200 and the f4 24-120 VR on the D700.That yields an effective overlapping range of 24-300mm in an easy managable kit. No way will I fork over the green for anything more in today's runaway infation.
I use my D700 for paid work as well as using it for street photography along with my Fujifilm bodies. I’ll never sell my D700, it’s a legend that continues to impress in 2020 and beyond.
Couldn’t agree more! Of course when they were just released I couldn’t afford one bit I never stopped salivating over them and as soon as prices dropped I purchased one. There is something really, really special about the D700. Cool video!
Yeah, the D700 is a modern classic. But I completely disagree on your argument of Flare. It’s lens dependant. Stick those older ‘uncoated’ lenses on the mirrorless, the same characteristic will be there. Also, you can set your modern Nikon camera to a smaller RAW size too, if you don’t want those large file sizes.
Hey all! I’m a hobbyist photographer and have worked my way through a few cameras. 2011 - got a D3100 as entry 2012 - quickly traded up to a D90 (loved this camera) A year later I traded up to a D7000 and have been rocking it ever since. I’ve been wanting to jump into full frame for a while now and think it’s the time. I’ve narrowed my decision to the D700 and the D610, do you have any opinions on which should I choose? I shoot mainly portrait, some landscape and general street photography. I’ll be keeping my D7000 as I love that camera. Great channel btw! Subscribed ☝️
Get the D700, you will not regret it. The D610 has less functionality, less image quality, and it WILL break the first time you drop it or bang it against something as it is made of plastic throughout. I myself went from D7000 to D700.
Hey man! New suscriber here. There is something about this camera that keeps pulling me back (deciding which camera to buy). I just want to ask if I can use the D700 for a paid work (say a wedding, or events) in 2020 and the years to come. Your feedback would really help me in my decision so I'll give my thanks in advance.
Just ordered this been shooting nearly 3 years now started with camera under £100 currently using nikons d7100 and I think I'm going to keep both as I started to shoot weddings in 2018 and I think 2 camera are the way for that no lens swapping. Also got a 50 1.4 for this can't wait to try it out. Great video seen some of your other videos and really like gowngpu go into depth and challenge our thinking.
When I started studying design and photography, the D700 was our main camera in the education studio. When I finally had the money to afford a full frame camera back then, Nikon introduced the D600. What was supposed to be a replacement (not a successor) was a complete mess, not only beacuse of the infamous dust and oil problem. Nikon changed everything that pleased me on the D700: The wonderful raw files, the intuitive button layout, the tank-like built quality and the *perfect* size of the grip. Especially the grip is something that I think still isn’t matched by any other camera by today. It just felt like a tactile and emotional extension. I ended up buying the Canon 6D over the D700 because I needed better high ISO for my work. To me, the 6D was something like the spiritual successor of the D700 (though I know this might be controversal) due to its reasonable number of pixels, flawless software, decent build quality, pleasing colors and a film-like noise. And it still just works like the first day. But the D700 remains the unmatched original.
5D mark III was the spiritual successor of D700, both were robust cameras that were good at everything, both were mega successes, D700's actual successor was D850
@@topg2820 I agree, the 6D lacks the build quality of a D700 or 5D3. Thanks for the correction. But I think that the D700 has no real successor within the Nikon line-up as the new cameras follow a very different philosophy. Just my personal opinion.
I wonder if this camera had the same sensor as my old D90 that came out in 2008...as the things you describe like colors produced have made the same impression on me. That I don’t see in more modern cameras such as my d780?
Watched this on Sunday night, fantastic video. Thought wow, I could do with this in my life. I recently got a Nikon F3 HP with cool glass. Wednesday night here, and I now own a 11,000 shutter count D700, that was for sale cheap locally. Can not wait to use it. Thank you for the heads up. I have been mainly using Ricoh GR, FujiFilm x100f and Leica Q, needed something bulletproof and weather proof, for going out shooting in all weathers with no worries. 12 MP plenty for me. Fun times, it feels like a tank.
Thank you so much for doing this video. The D700 was my very first brand new DSLR and was actually looking at a Z6 to get back into photography. My D700 only has about 8000 shots on it and came to youtube just to get familiar with settings again. The camera has been sitting in my bag since 2014 since the loss of my dad and lost all interest in photography and your video has actually got me refocusing on learning the D700 again. Do you have any settings you recommend for say landscape or portrait. By the way that curl wave sample was just amazing, ok I am rambling but again thank you for the pep talk on the D700, i needed this.
I have one question... It will be my first dslr and I am really intresting in these so rare really magical filming colours!!! As a camera and in your opinion is it good also if you want to shoot Landscapes, Sunsets, Nature (like living in the woods), Kid parties (kids in motion) and bbq parties ? And in your opinion is it better than D600/610?
Hell mate you just nailed it.My fav camera of all time.Give me a box full of D700 camera bodies and a handful of old D prime lenses and i would be happy forever.
Just picked up a D700 body at a thrift store today for $11. I'd been looking for a reason to get back into getting all wrapped up in photography projects, and this may just be the thing to do it! Thanks for this video. I'm so excited to get batteries for this thing and take it for a walk
I love the way these old cameras render images. I do not have any of the full frame camera but I do have apsc d50 6mp and d300 12mp. The colors coming straight out of both of these old cameras are beautiful and need virtually no editing. Like you said they don’t have that digital look that modern lenses and high resolution sensors give. The old glass is the other half of the equation that I think is equally as important. Great video 👍
You are right, when I think back my D50 took smashing photos for 6MP. My D300 was very good provided you kept the ISO low and the D700's a brick built stunner.
Woow, you have not made a very good defense with solid arguments to rescue 12 mpx on a wonderful DSLR, but I was pleasantly surprised the way you've done it. That today a photographer asks for at least one version with less mpx and less sharpness is very inspiring. And surely nothing interesting for those who always try to sell the latest and do not repeat those exceptional machines that were born and do not age and they may even regret having built them. The camera does not make the photographer, it is true. And sometimes we forget that the most expensive or powerful camera is not necessary to take good photography. It was also very human to me that you have rescued soft skin, as it is photography, not a dermatological study. You also mentioned the use of Photoshop, for something very specific and I would love for you to deepen it later on this tendency to digitize everything and transform colors, lights and shadows by the mere fact of, I no longer say correct, but intervene the image to put a post-processing stamp when the most important thing should be the shot. Thank you very much for the content. I am a new subscriber. I hope it was understood, I am not good with English. Greetings from Buenos Aires.
The sharpness has to do with the lens and the photographer's skills. Nikon D700 +24-70 f.2,8 G -Sharpness -Colors -Clarity -Artistic expression -Skin tones. Everything's perfect from a Legendary camera and a great lens. *Join us here if you want: facebook.com/groups/330500120976297/
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π Some time passed and I did not know how I had been invited to the group, thank you very much Nick! I knew it was you but I couldn't remember how.
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π By the way, let them know that if they see something weird with the editing program in the photos you upload, that no one even asks why they will be kicked and blocked from the group. I thought you were a consistent person, but I was wrong.
BTW... Canon cameras for me have the dealbreaker of how they render noise (from 5D to EOS R) their sensors and SNRs do a nasty job with lot's of Chroma noise and creates triangular artifacts (crystal like). All Nikons apparently render noise much more grain like (the D700 maybe looks more like grain because of the size - looks like 35mm size grain)
As a professional videographer/photographer I use my canon gear and I absolutely love it, but I just bought a d700 again for myself. It really inspires me to take pictures in a way nothing else has. I've owned and used multiple nikon, canon, sony, panasonic, fuji, and blackmagic cameras over the past 15 years. But there is something special about the d700. I've only used film once in my life and I hated the experience, but loved the images I got from it. The d700 truly gives you the best of both worlds.... great video man! ...just subbed too
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In this video I discuss my thoughts on the Nikon D700 and what makes it so special to me. Hope this helps - Will
Onll two problems some complain about - same sensor as the D3 but viewfinder is not 100 percent like the D3, the VF on the D700 is 95 percent. And it has only one card slot. Neither ever bothered me though.
Very true. Never really bothered me either but you definitely have to pay attention to it when shooting
Will, you hit some really great points here. The megapixel stuff is great to hear and the trends want to say more megapixels but having 60mp images you have so many more issues present themselves like storage and the quality of noise as you said. With pictured 3 times the size of the ones I currently have, i would need to invest also in better storage and a better computer at that lol. Always appreciate your views Will and I will have to keep my eye out to try a D700 one day.
Shane Everett Henry if I see some good deals on one I’ll point it out in the chat brother!
@@lescobrandon3047 I forget everything every time i get this quality.
Almost all of the shots here with the 28-105 f/3,5-4,5 a 100 euros lens.
All of the night shots in high iso handheld (Not any tripod has been used)
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Holy moly. Just made a video on this recently how cameras are now lifeless. You were yelling this a year ago!! We need companies to re-release old sensors with character!! Cheers. Subbed.
I don't think it's about sensors alone. Companies are including a heavy dose of built in processing in order to produce a "clean" look that many people want these days.
@@klarion just curious...what is meant by a 'clean' look?
@@kariejorgensen7874 I mean that some people want a grain-free, noise-free, color-accurate and sharp image at all sensitivities above native. So, logically, for anything above that, the manufacturer needs to apply software solutions (which they all do), and as they increase the number of photo-sites, which may generate noise, there is a higher chance that a stronger algorithm needs to be applied to the data.
I also think that photography is in a phase akin to Mannerism at least in regard to color so, I suppose, tool providers cater to that in some regard (color "science" is one area; I presume there are others).
The caveat to the above is that some people assume that what you're getting in RAW editing software is what the camera is putting out and that just isn't at all true.
I've done some tedious pixel peeping between several RAW conversion programs and I think part of the "plastic" look people are getting is due to de-mosaicing done by the software (and possibly some default pre-sets).
Omar!
Imagine a 12 MP camera, with today's tech, and how good the high ISO performance would be.
It would be the absolute dream. I’d buy 4 right off the bat
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs Same here.
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs to have like, 48Mp combined? :D
Wondered if pixel binning could be done in a Z7, for example, but after some superficial digging:
CCD is great for pixel binning - it allows pixel binning before sensor readout
CMOS does not allow that, so it's not too different than doing it on your computer.
CCD must have had some big disadvantages, otherwise it could be interesting to be had in latest cameras.
As7iii is 12mp
When I made a serious investment into this wonderful hobby, I will never forget a piece of advice this wonderful older lady, a photo tech, at London Drugs photography department told me... I was obviously asking a lot of questions about cameras I probably knew little about and she simply said, buy the camera that you love holding because she said that you would pick it up! Well, I started with a Nikon D40 which was a lovely starter camera but felt horrid in my hands and then a friend let me shoot his D700. It was love at first hold. I bought the camera off him and stupid as it sounds, that D700 feels like it was custom made for just me. I will never sell it...
Love it! My first DSLR was the D40, I upgraded to the D7000 and that camera was attached to me all of the time, I swear. I learnt so much and did so many different things but I felt after 5 years that I should upgrade to a FF, so I bought theD750. I so was not prepared for how heavy it was. Haha! I really like my camera, however I feel as if I was more attached to my D7000 than any other camera. Now I’d like to purchase a “second” camera to have and the D700 is on my list, for sure! I have seen images from it and am impressed.
It’s official, you’re considered an ‘Ole School Digital Photographer’ if you shoot with the D700! I absolutely enjoy shooting with it, it feels so good in my hands, and it’s just as pure as you can have when it comes to still photography; no video, no native wireless access, or advanced tech features. One other thing I like about the 12 megapixels is the fast workflow it provides, from getting images to local storage, then up to the cloud, in a pinch. I shoot RAW 100%, but the file size is still manageable, especially for having offsite backup. The D700 is a legend and legends don’t die!
All facts my friend!!
Old school? I'm a zoomer and I love the D700!
Abhinay Raikar smart man!
I hear ya...
That's only "old school" to a Millennial fruit.
I've done photography for more than 40 years, and you are ONLY old school, if you use real film, (and preferably medium format). Unless you have your own dark room, you're still an amateur, no matter what.
Van Gogh, DaVinci, Ansel Adams-none of them were famous for creating art that was “sharp”. I stopped upgrading after the D700 and I still shoot film also.
Artists aren’t overly concerned with sharpness.
It's a fair point I'm not sure why you're talkin about artists and not photographers the better example would be cartier-bresson, Lee Friedlander or William Klein for example. A artists or painters decisions for sharpness are way different than a photographer's.
@@unbroken1010 I disagree. Some of the best photographic art in existence isn’t that sharp.
@@unbroken1010 Look at Cartier Bressons work. Quite a bit of it is very soft, but it doesn't detract in any way.
I am a commercial print photographer and still use ALL "D" lenses. Sharp and very lovely over all rendering. I also still use a D750 (changed because Nikon gave me a D750 for no cost when my D700 broke beyond repair) but still use a D300 also. Will likely buy a D700 some day soon. My website is 90% D700 and D300. 10% D750. Commercial clients never ask me "what camera are you using" They see my work and hire me on the merit of my work. PERIOD. :) Great Channel!
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I own two D700’s and they have served me well for over 10 years. They do the job.
I was undecided into buying this camera or the Nikon D800 but after this video I decided to buy the Nikon D700 for $379 in mint condition with only 24,000 clicks on it.
Great Vide: I disagree with your claim, " ... the old lenses are NOT as tack sharp as the new ones " , the old Nikkor 105 F2.5 AIS lens is
not only as sharp, it also produces deeper, richer and more natural colours, and the 135 mm AIS lens is also as good.
Just got a d700 for $10. It was in a box of photo stuff at the state surplus. Charged the battery and she is ready to roll.
Wow! I thought I'd done well paying 120 notes for mine :)
What’s not to like? Need a hammer or club? You can use it as jpeg… 500 bucks for a three thousand dollar pro camera? Just buy quality glass and forget the new cameras for the cost of a second mortgage!
I have one with only 1900 actuations with everything it came with.
i agree with you.I have d3 and d700 and I will die with them 😂💪🏾
This is a very interesting video, thank you. You go against the flow, you don’t care about consumism and stand by what you believe. I like that. It’s true that the different Nikon cameras render colors differently. Some years ago I had the D3x, the first thing I noticed about it, and I loved, was it’s color rendition. Now I shoot on the D850, it’s a great camera and have no complaints. It really makes sense what you say about the 12mp and how the fewer pixels are bigger and grab more light each one of them. On each of your videos you talk with such passion, that motivates me into doing some personal projects, not only the paid ones, that could help with depression. Thank you again.
Thank you for the kind words Julian. I know sometimes it’s hard to be inspired, we all go through it. but I promise that if you would really slow down and become aware there are a million interesting images everywhere.
You're absolutely right about 12MP being the sweet spot. When shooter asked Nikon for more MP back in 2010, Nikon's CEO said in an interview that he didn't understand why shooters demanded more MP because he believed 12MP was the best solution. He went on to say that Nikon could take two different paths going forward, either keeping pushing ISO envelope further with 12MP sensors or beefing up more MP count but with inferior image color rendition and noise patterns. Apparently, Nikon caved to market demand and took the second route. I bought my first D700 in 2008 and over the years had three bodies. Sold my last D700 in 2012. A couple weeks ago, I just picked up a lightly used D700 with only 14,000 clicks on the shutter for $300. By the way,, the D700, along with the D3, was Nikon's low-light beast before the D3s was released. I had shot tons of weddings and events with my three D700 bodies, two for my own use, one for my assistant. I used to cover around 80 weddings a year. Normally I could push its ISO all the way to 12,800 and simply converted the images to B&W in post. For color, it allowed me to go all the way to ISO 6400. I believe all other Nikon DSLRs went downhill after the D700, worse color, worse build quality, and worse handling.
What I do with my D7100 is: put it in 13 MP mode. The pictures are a lot better than in 24 MP mode and the files are only half the size of 24 MP. I'm considering a D700 as an extra... 12 MP is the sweet spot.
Lenses are lenses, bodies are bodies. Lens flare has nothing to do with a camera body
Every time I think about selling my D700, I see a video like this!! Thanks for reminding me of the gift I have in my bag!!
Don’t get rid of it. It will serve you well my friend
I didn't hesitate a second to get rid of both my D750 and D800e and replace them with two more D700 that i was lucky enough to find in "new out of the box" condition!
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π hi im currently deciding my first ff, should i go for high sc d750(50konly) or low sc d700
@@mrinsaf It depends on what you are looking for.
If you want a legendary camera built like a tank with full of character and great unbeatable colors, then D700.
If you want a consumer's body with bells and whistles and 24mpx go for the d750.
My d750 was versatile but it had the worst color than any other camera i owned.
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I used my D700 professionally right up until the launch of the Z7! Recently started re-editing old photos during downtime and I'm amazed at how distinct the RAW files are. You're totally spot on about using older lenses - I find that even shooting wide open with modern lenses (non Z-mount) on the Z7 that I'm stopping down just to pull more detail, where with the D700 I was happy to shoot at the widest aperture. That camera is never leaving my kit even if it's just sitting in a dry cabinet as a backup.
I love my D700. There is no way I'll ever get rid of it. I've had it since 2010, and it's still perfect. I only bought the D850 last year, but it doesn't compare to my D700.
Lol. Someone must have dropped a D700 on your head.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE my D700! Had the sensor replaced about 2 years ago and it's a brand new beast again! Brick? You ain't shitting brother! Love it! Everything you said about the colors, the way it renders images and especially flare and noise.... makes me drool to this day!
Spent the last 4 weeks in lockdown. Every time I go out with the dog, I take my D700 with me. BLOWN AWAY with the quality each time I take a photograph. Had to watch this vlog yet again. Lost count of the number of times I've listened to your comments about this camera.
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Great review. I'm considering getting a d700 in 2023 because I want to experience full frame but I don't have a lot of extra money. Currently using a d7000 and I have a few fx lenses. Should I pull the trigger for $250?
I am an anxious fan of this Nikon D700 camera. I cannot wait to get the funds together in order to get my hands on this marvel. No doubt in my mind that this is a fantastic camera. My belief is that it shares the same shutter as the tank like Nikon D3 made out of Kevlar and carbon fiber. Thanks for the insightful video.
thanks for the video seems indeed the perfect choice for quality picture camera , so attractive camera also in 2023!!!!
Here I am a year later still debating my D750 and switching to a D700. In 2021. Yes, yes I am. Bought a micro four thirds thinking it'd be the key to switching, but it's not interesting. Uninspiring I suppose. I love using my D750, but not its color output. I don't shoot in the dark and considering now a collection of D series Nikon lenses and a D700 with D300S backup. Crazy? Maybe. But I too don't see the point of 60 megapixels and 400 shots per second. It just isn't that important and for portraiture the D700 looks to do an amazing job. So I'm going to perhaps keep the 50mm 1.8g, 85mm 1.8g, and trade the 24-120mm f4, D750 and other gear (Sony, Panasonic, Canon) all for a 24mm 2.8 Nikkor, 35mm f2 Nikkor, 28-105mm AF-D Nikkor, 70-210mm f4 Nikkor (OLD!), and 180mm 2.8 Nikkor. Plus the D700 and D300S. Quite a nice kit not so long ago so I think I'll tackle all I can with them and enjoy the nastalgia. Great video. I've watched it a few times now and you're not the only one still praising the D700. I wanted smaller, but smaller was too small and cumbersome for fat fingers. Now I want capable, reasonably priced, with great images that don't have to be sharp enough to resolve cleanly at 400%. I want great, not perfect. That's it.
If you’re this billboard hit you’ll be using a hasselblad/mamiya/phase one more likely.
I am looking at a d700 as we speak to purchase. Love it
Man...I love my d700. It's the standard every camera should aim to be
With the exception of the D4s and maybe D850, it is the last camera where Nikon didn't hold back any features to "protect" another series of cameras. It was the best hands down and honestly cameras like the D800, D810, and D750 are nowhere on its level. I still love mine although the shutter is starting to go.
If you could update the D700s AF software and leave everything else the same, I would want for no other camera.
I'm making a return to photography after many years and I bought a D700 in excellent condition from KEH along with the super sharp 80-200 f2.8 ED zoom. I briefly owned the lens before and I know how sharp it is. The camera and lens arrive Thursday and I cannot wait! I like old school stuff and this suits me.
I’ve just bought my second D700 body; 2800 actuations, mint £500. Just so that in twenty years when my current one wears out, I have a replacement :-)
I have been taking photos for over 30 years and owned many camera's of different brands, the D700 is the only camera that I regret selling.... period.
Agreed. Had I never bought an RZ67, The D700 would be my all time favorite camera.
I purchased the Nikon DF and sold my D700 and I’ve been regretting it every sense amazing camera.
buy it again now that they are cheap
Shouldn't have sold it.
Geez, there's a flood of D700 in the used market for $400, you should be able to get one with your eyes closed
Excuse me but what does flaring have to do with the body? You're making arguments about lenses, not the D700. The same goes for what you said about sharpness.
Ahah I finally decided to spend my money wisely on 2 almost new D700 cameras, for 200-300$ each
Good stuff man, thanks for the vid!
It is a simple math. A Photosite linear pitch = 7-8 mcm in the FF-sensor of 12MP. Pixels are square, so the light-sensitive area is about 60 mcm^2 per photo site in the D700. That area produces up to 60*1000 e- = 60.000 electrons before saturation. Assuming QE (quantum efficiency) = 70%, we get around 45.000 electrons released from (holes created in) the silicon.That amount requires 16-bit AD-converter to fully encode the signal from a photo-site, 1-2 bits encode the read-out noise, which leaves 14-15 bits for encoding pure tonal gradations per channel. That is 42-45 bit colorspace. That is where the color quality comes from!
By comparison, the 4 mcm^2 photo-site in the likes of SonyA7R4, NikonD850 etc...pumps out 16.000 e- before saturation, which requires 14-bit AD-converter to fully deal with, which leaves us with 12-13 bit/channel as necessary to encode a pure tonal signal in every channel. That yields 36-39 bit colorspace in a final image, which is 8-64 times less accurate (less discrete, less nuanced) than the one created in the D700.
Badass comment! Love hearing the science behind this stuff
Wow!!! Thanks for the great analysis and information..
I will post it in the fb group "Nikon D700/The Legend"
I am allowed to do that?
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π No problem Nik, go ahead with it as you like. But realize that my calculations are based on the two-three conjectural things: (1). Nikon indeed utilizes a16-bit AD-converter in the D700 (hard to be sure of that!),.(2). the photosensitive area in the D700 CMOS is a standard one (from a textbook on the CCD/CMOS tech) that really produces up to 1000e- per 1mcm^2. (3) Sony's newest tech is no better on a per-pixel basis than a decade old CMOS chip in the D700, which is probably not entirely true...
@@trustyourself6991 Ok.I see! Thank you very much for letting me know..
What about the Pentax K1 Mark ii? Is it worth in 2021? Has nice colors and all the DSLR classic features
i bought d700 in 2019 including 80-200 2.8 lens for $450 including maintanance is a big deal
I love my D700. Back in the day I had 5 of them for my wedding work. I still have 2 of them and still shoot with them. The Z6 was the first Nikon body that made me feel like I could leave the D700. This is a much longer story but I’ll leave it at this. Thanks for the amazing content.
Thanks so much for the support my friend 🤝
I have to agree with what you said about the Z6. I love the images that come out from that camera and I still to this day don't get all the negativity that surrounded upon its release. The one minor hiccup that could be said was that it didn't have a second card slot, but that's already remedied by the Z6 II. I honestly think the 20-24 MP range is the ideal spot for full frame, which is not to take away anything from the D700, but a nice D700 followup camera would be one that uses the sensor on the Z6/6II with improved image processing CPU. Beyond that you really don't need anything else.
Nice! I just bought one unit used from a friend. Wow! What lens do you recommend?
I have been camera shopping and gotta say, I love your perspective! So much of what you say here is the reason i still usually carry my d7000 around, and the reason i am considering the 780 instead of a z camera. Thanks for being so damn real.
guess im not the only one jacking up noise reduction so soften skin, the ladies i shoot hate super sharp photos actually, they will soften it up themselves before posting to social media LOL
totally agree with you. the camera has a soul to it. The ease of post processing raw files is noticeably easier than other camera raw files. Looking forward to your take on a photo project. Excellent video as always! Try an old D300 it has the same type of feel too. A pleasure to shoot.
I'm a GFX user and now cameras are just so close to perfect in terms of quality and optical performance, that the charm has gone. I am constantly trying to reduce sharpness in my images on the GFX and I find it really frustrating. I moved to the GFX from my D800, but I am now getting my D800 back into action because I miss it. I miss the speed, simplicity and OVF. I took some great shots with that D800 that I didn't appreciate until I recently looked back on my older works. It remember how happy that camera made me feel. I have an adaptor for F mount to GFX and I adapted my Zeiss Distagon lenses, but that charm still doesn't come through as I got with the D800. I am very tempted to buy the D700 because I want to know what all the fuss is about.
Still prefer my trusty old d700 than new cameras
There's a Russian glamour photographer on flickr named Marat Safin who uses the D700 and 35/1.4 almost exclusively, and the colours and dynamic range are amazing. I'm tempted to pick up that combination because of this.
PSA - do NOT throw D700 against wall.
You don't need to tell me that what I'm about to say sounds nerdy and schmaltzy but... I'd heard so many good things about this camera that I decided to buy a 2nd hand one. I ordered it midweek and it was due on a Monday, but arrived 3 days early on Friday, the night of a portrait photo-shoot my camera club had planned. It was waiting for me when I got home from work (charger included) so I took it to the shoot and unboxed it there. Two batteries were also included and one was 2/3 charged, allowing me to shoot straight out of the box. And yes, I was chimping the photos and they looked OK but the rear screen on these is adequate but not brilliant. Anyway, I got home later that night and loaded the photos into Lightroom. Wow! My heart missed a beat. I was shooting RAW but SOOC they had a dream-like quality that I'd only seen in quality magazines and film posters, and after post-processing they were like nothing I'd ever seen me shoot before. I consider myself to be a competent photographer and an above average post-processor (which I do paid), but I'd never had files of this quality to work with. My other cameras rarely see daylight now (except for paid work where I use cameras with 2 card slots). Like a Jaguar E-Type or an Aston Martin DB5 things like these will never be made again, but if you have one you just know you've got something a bit special.
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Loved watching this. I'd sell any of my cameras before this one. The quality of the images I get is totally different from any other camera I've owned. Someone was selling one recently for £300 and nobody wanted it. WHY?
That’s a steal!!
Just went through all your D700 and now I NEED one! Hahaha Great content man! Sub from me. Have you considered making a video taking the same shot with the D700 and a Z and putting them side by side? Maybe both straight from the camera and edites to see how they render raw and how workable they are in post. Would make a sweeeet video. Keep up the great work man and thanks for your awesome channel!
The D700 along with the 5DmkII were way ahead of their time and they kicked of entire industries. 5DmkII invented wedding cinematography, the D700 packed pro level functionality with great AF in an affordable package.
Very true!!
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs Just a sidenote, that Canon took 4 years to pack a good AF with the mark III and Nikon also needed many years to get up in the video race. The 5DmkII and D700 was special, because one was a perfect camera with revolutionary video tech and the D700 was a revolutionary camera with D3 tech. They were both game changers. These two cameras are perfect main cameras for weddings and photojournalism even in 2020. It's crazy to think about both of them are 12 year olds.
The 5D Mark II was my first full frame camera just last year. Love that camera and now can’t wait to get the D700 as well!
The old 12, 16 and 18 Megapixel Sensors from Nikon, Canon and Leica where pure magic. Everything after that was just up-selling and marketing. I love the D700, D3 and the First Canon 5d Classic. The Leica M9. Great Sensors.
Very true. I wish Nikon would go back and examine these cameras to but the best aspects of them into future cameras. I hate the massive megapixel wars and the drive towards endless sharpness. Go back to color and character!
You should try the 6mp D40. It’s like a mini D700. Got mine for $35.
The D200 is still my favorite camera for color rendition. It had a look that none of the new cameras have.
12 mega pixels is all that is needed and no more. I have a Nikon D800 ( I gave my D300 to my daughter ) and I find the resolution too much. I am constantly using the crop mode. I also use a lot of film ( at great expense ) and a 16 mega pixel digital has about the same amount of data as a well scanned high quality 35mm film. All this 40 and 50 mega pixel sensors are just unnecessary and are making us lazy photographers. Lets shoot 200 frames of junk and hope one is good enough and then crop it to death. I always remind myself that Adams shot the famous Moonrise Over Hernandez with only a single plate. That says it all.
It would be interesting to hear from Nikon, Canon, etc product designers and engineers what shifted in the industry. For example, from a design stand point did they use to value subjective quality of the output to where now they are more interested in accuracy in the output which doesn't necessarily mean it renders a more pleasing image output.
Not old school. The D700 is fully capable for professional work today, 2023. Even more, given the price you can buy three of them, just in case. Don't be afraid of high shutter count, if it works without slowdowns then there aren't any problem.
I'm always happy to see reviews like this about the d700. I started photography like a year ago and I picked d700 over 3500 as my very first camera. Needless to say I didn't regret my choice... Btw I'm also a "filmic" fan:)
Roland Torda I’m currently in a similar situation where I need to choose between a D3500 or D700 but this video and your comment has helped me. I am definitely going for a D700 a good mate of mine is selling his.
Really smart move - most don't think it though like you have.
The D700 is my favorite camera!
How do you find out how many clicks a D700 has? I inherited my dad's camera when he passed away. He was a professional photographer. It would be fun to know :)
Hey Crista, sorry for the late reply! What you want to do is put a card in the camera, take a picture then upload that picture file to camera shutter count.com
the pixel pitch is the same as a medium format so I call it a baby medium format image will pop 3d like and the dynamic range is off the chart ....the grain is reminiscent of film camera..... the only camera that can outmatch it is a proper medium format like the pentax 645z or the gfx system .... I use the Nikkor 135mm f3.5 and 50mm f1.8 both Ai with for most of my work
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The D4 also.
I would certainly add D500, D850 and D4
Don't leave out the D3S.
Silly statement.
The D700 is the best camera ever made! I've been through a D200, D90, D300, D300s, D600, D800, and my trusty D700. All the others are gone, the D700 is still here, some 11 years later! Amazing, best ever DSLR, just perfect!
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Let me add my rant on "successors" of D700 here.
I've known MP in marketing is bs since I've got my used D700 and compared it's results with D5100 I had at the time, in low light conditions, 12mp D700 absolutely blown away a much higher 16mp on D5100, a camera from 2011. I've always explained it by simply having more rf interference between photosites on smaller aps-c sensor vs larger 35mil sensor on D700.
Now, in 2020 I'm still cracking my head over the question should I get the darn D850 because by many reviews and pics I've seen my 12yo 12mp D700 is still a very solid and die hard performer and I love it a lot. It's not that I don't have money to buy hasselblad or D850, it's more of "do i really need this 3x more megapixels stuff?"
I've recently encountered an issue where I'm using mf lens for fast moving subjects photography and I simply needed more than 5fps cont shooting, so I can solve that by buying a battery grip for D700 instead, which will give me up to 8fps. True D850 can give me more(actually a whole 7 instead of 5 fps, WOW!). It'll go up to 10 AFAIR but cmon. It's not worth to be called a competition.
Then, weight. I think it's almost about the same maybe around 100g less in D850, SFW?
While at it, I was looking at Z6 but then again, it's incompatible with older nikkor lenses like my 50 f/1.2 which I absolutely love. Yea it does have aberrations but who cares if it's used to create soft portraits and soft looking pics, not to find that needle in that haystack over there. What bs of a marketing this "backwards compatible z mount" is. I can't go Z because I've other older lenses too. It may be innovative and wide and stuff but why nikon treats their customers like this? If only they've fixed it and made it REALLY backwards compatible with all lenses including MF then yeah, I'd jump on(but of course I won't discard D700 until it breaks down, which I don't expect to happen within the next 10-15 years at least).
In the end it's not about quantity, it's about quality, it's about what you fill those pixels with, not about how many millions of them you have. Yeah, and lenses too btw, which is the thing responsible for actually forming the stuff you fill your pixels with.
D700 works absolutely amazing for me, and I can't find enough pros in D850 to convince me to buy it. It just doesn't cut it.
Sometimes I actually think maybe I should try digital MF or something but again, why, if I actually still shoot 645 film and have a freezer of it lying around. If I properly scan those they're almost as hi-res as MF digital cameras, depending on lens and film resolution. I love the amount of detail in MF film.
D700's most significant drawback is lack of good remote controls(release has to be done via wired connector on the body, compared to D5100 from 2011 which works fine with IR, and flash commander is optical only which needs a separate IR filter cover in order not to fire into face of your subject), lack of good flash controls in menu in general, allowing only group A and B control, with a LOT of clicking. Those are my biggest concerns with it personally. Otherwise, it's still kicks ass.
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My d700 for FX and my D7500 for sports and my Z50 are all I need to cover all bases. Had my D700 out yesterday in Lancaster pa love the colors from the D700
One of the best cameras i had before and agree with you about the D700. Thank you.
I really love your channel. Respect your work. The information you are sharing for Z mount cameras is a huge benefit for all. I learn thing from your channel though myself a hardcore Nikon user from day first.
Just like to share my humble input with you which is, you have mentioned and associated FLARE thing with the camera body which is not true. Lens flare itself is totally a lens thing. Now how camera renders that flare is totally depends on the camera sensor and SNR firmware. I believe you meant to say flare rendition in this video which is not explained in detail due to your excitement for the D700. Trust me I am equally obsessed with D700. I own 3 x D700 at the moment among which I found one body for only 1300 shutter clicks .... imagine only 1300 clicks for over 12 years. So yes I am equally in love with D700 which is still my go to camera ....
Keep inspiring us with your amazing videos.
Man, I have 2 D700 and 2 D3's, and I enjoyed shooting with them both. I stepped up to play with the D3X and I do enjoy the extra resolution but really posting to IG and FB I only need 12MP's. And, I agree, 12MP is the sweet spot for everything unless you are shooting landscapes. 12MP gets the job done and the clients are happy with the images.
Well said dude, and I agree!
Thanks for watching Sean!
"they give a certain something" LOL I'm sold! 😁
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I have a D700 and I understand how he feels.
How the great Peter Lindbergh wrote in a photo chat 2015:
"... However, his insight that "digital photography is too sharp, and has therefore lost softness and emotion" is excellent. Certain that is why my next steps in equipment will be backwards- selling my D7200 for a D700, and selling my Nikon 105/2.8 for the 135/2.0 DC."
I love my D700’s I have bases on both!! Both bought new in 2008!😍
3D focus tracking is the +
Mine bought in 2008 or 2009 to back up my D3 shooting weddings.
Fuck yeah it is
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs so passionate, I love it
I just bought a second one!
I have the same feeling when I use my Nikon D60. My first camera that I got in 2008. It has a CCD sensor and renders colors very vibrant and saturated. Not ideal but sometimes it just works. The camera has its own look. Today, when I photograph the same stuff around the house as I did back in 2008, I do so with my D60. The lack of dynamic range forces you to think more about the available light aswell.
Picked up a mint used Nikon DF a while back and fell in love with my old nikkor manual focus primes all over again. And yea, I have the d750 and Z6 but there’s something about the 16 megapixel files out of the D4 sensor in the DF that are special in a different way.
Agree I still use a D4 and D4s as my two main camera's and that's because I love the files they produce and the build quality is just amazing. The D4s is a little better in AF, but it's also slightly sharper too, because Nikon did alter the sensor. Not that the D4 can't produce really sharp images, especially with the newer FL lenses I have, like my 70-200mm and 400mm f2.8 VR FL lenses. However the D4, Df and D4s all produce very similar looking files and I think they possess one of the best sensors ever made. 16mp is the sweet spot for me personally, because I'm a photojournalist, but I too used have a D700 and I know what everyone is talking about. That output was unique and special, it had such great colors and tones, but I think the D4, D4s and Df also produce amazing images too! I prefer the D4s and wish I owned two of them, probably will soon, but thats just because it's a little newer and little better in every way. I wouldn't mind having a D700, but I also wouldn't go out and buy one and I don't miss the D3/D3s either. They all were amazing camera's and they always will be, but I feel the D4/D4s will never be replaced and I hate to think about the day I can no longer find one in good condition with less than 100k shutter actuations. I don't ever want to upgrade my D4s, I would be happy with shooting this sensor and camera until the day I die lol.
Would it be wise to pick up a new DF in 2020? I'm thinking to get a z6 atm
Nalin You may be able to find a used DF for just under a thousand bucks. The autofocus is nothing compared to the Z6 or even the d750. But if you’re looking to use it with those old manual focusing lenses, then it’s a lot of fun. Although remember the Z6 has focus peaking which takes things up to another level.
@@Blue_Newt_01 Thanks! I'll see if I can find one, although the possibility is slim here in India.
I use AF-S and AF-D lenses mostly on my D5200 and on D3300 occasionally. So I'm all for manual lenses :)
D700 and DF is just made for artists, no video, no b.s, there is a button for everything....if you want to make a masterpiece these 2 are the one to pick
2020, I'm 29 years old and I'm here looking back at film and old cameras. The old cameras just had an old romantic quality to their output images that just feel natural, newer cameras produce output that are just too "cold", too "sharp", too "unnatural. Too bad I'm no longer in Nikon camp (Canon now) if I still am I'd definitely pickup a D700.
Back when I got my D700 my dream camera was the D3 but it was just to expensive at the time. As time went by I got into mirrorless and as was blinded by the ibis and juicy tech and sold off my D700. Once it was gone I immediately missed it, it was that “something” that this guy was talking about, so long story short I bought a Nikon D3 about a month ago dirt cheap and since then that’s all I shoot with. It just feels right.
Bless you......Thank you for this.
How refreshing to hear from a photographer who understands that the latest tech in some cases is killing the image. I have been taking pics since 1968. I still love the images from film, both colour and B &W. My fav films are Kodachrome 25, Fuji Velvia 50 and 100........... and Ilford FP4 for B&W.
I have a Nikon D700 also and I love it for the same reasons that you do........... and 12MPX is the sweet spot. I also have a Nikon D90 and D7000. I love both for the same reasons. Larger photocells and something about the images.............. like the D700. Thank you again for sharing.
My first digital was a D70s, then the D200. Bought the D700 in 2009. That was my last body purchase. My goto rig is usually the f2.8 70-200 VR on the D200 and the f4 24-120 VR on the D700.That yields an effective overlapping range of 24-300mm in an easy managable kit. No way will I fork over the green for anything more in today's runaway infation.
I considered getting one to compare to my D810 but I think the D700 has become a bit too old now. I’m happy enough with the D810.
Can you tell about the age of those images?
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I use my D700 for paid work as well as using it for street photography along with my Fujifilm bodies.
I’ll never sell my D700, it’s a legend that continues to impress in 2020 and beyond.
Very much agree
Would you still take the D700 over the D750 or even the D780?
You are comparing a Legendary camera to two plasticky cameras that no one will remember in 10 years from now.
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Couldn’t agree more! Of course when they were just released I couldn’t afford one bit I never stopped salivating over them and as soon as prices dropped I purchased one. There is something really, really special about the D700. Cool video!
Every word is true
Thanks for another interesting point of view! One question about D700 and colour science: do you shoot raw with this camera or do you tweak jpeg?
Feel same way about my d300s. Greetings
Yeah, the D700 is a modern classic.
But I completely disagree on your argument of Flare. It’s lens dependant. Stick those older ‘uncoated’ lenses on the mirrorless, the same characteristic will be there.
Also, you can set your modern Nikon camera to a smaller RAW size too, if you don’t want those large file sizes.
Hey all! I’m a hobbyist photographer and have worked my way through a few cameras.
2011 - got a D3100 as entry
2012 - quickly traded up to a D90 (loved this camera)
A year later I traded up to a D7000 and have been rocking it ever since.
I’ve been wanting to jump into full frame for a while now and think it’s the time. I’ve narrowed my decision to the D700 and the D610, do you have any opinions on which should I choose? I shoot mainly portrait, some landscape and general street photography. I’ll be keeping my D7000 as I love that camera.
Great channel btw! Subscribed ☝️
Get the D700, you will not regret it. The D610 has less functionality, less image quality, and it WILL break the first time you drop it or bang it against something as it is made of plastic throughout.
I myself went from D7000 to D700.
Hey man! New suscriber here. There is something about this camera that keeps pulling me back (deciding which camera to buy). I just want to ask if I can use the D700 for a paid work (say a wedding, or events) in 2020 and the years to come.
Your feedback would really help me in my decision so I'll give my thanks in advance.
In the fb froup "Nikon D700/The Legend" you will find a big amount of pro photographers who still work with this great camera!
and i still feel the same The D700 still gives me the 3 dimensional character and depth of genuine transparencies.
Just ordered this been shooting nearly 3 years now started with camera under £100 currently using nikons d7100 and I think I'm going to keep both as I started to shoot weddings in 2018 and I think 2 camera are the way for that no lens swapping. Also got a 50 1.4 for this can't wait to try it out. Great video seen some of your other videos and really like gowngpu go into depth and challenge our thinking.
When I started studying design and photography, the D700 was our main camera in the education studio. When I finally had the money to afford a full frame camera back then, Nikon introduced the D600. What was supposed to be a replacement (not a successor) was a complete mess, not only beacuse of the infamous dust and oil problem. Nikon changed everything that pleased me on the D700: The wonderful raw files, the intuitive button layout, the tank-like built quality and the *perfect* size of the grip. Especially the grip is something that I think still isn’t matched by any other camera by today. It just felt like a tactile and emotional extension.
I ended up buying the Canon 6D over the D700 because I needed better high ISO for my work. To me, the 6D was something like the spiritual successor of the D700 (though I know this might be controversal) due to its reasonable number of pixels, flawless software, decent build quality, pleasing colors and a film-like noise. And it still just works like the first day. But the D700 remains the unmatched original.
5D mark III was the spiritual successor of D700, both were robust cameras that were good at everything, both were mega successes, D700's actual successor was D850
@@topg2820 I agree, the 6D lacks the build quality of a D700 or 5D3. Thanks for the correction. But I think that the D700 has no real successor within the Nikon line-up as the new cameras follow a very different philosophy. Just my personal opinion.
I wonder if this camera had the same sensor as my old D90 that came out in 2008...as the things you describe like colors produced have made the same impression on me. That I don’t see in more modern cameras such as my d780?
Watched this on Sunday night, fantastic video. Thought wow, I could do with this in my life. I recently got a Nikon F3 HP with cool glass.
Wednesday night here, and I now own a 11,000 shutter count D700, that was for sale cheap locally. Can not wait to use it.
Thank you for the heads up.
I have been mainly using Ricoh GR, FujiFilm x100f and Leica Q, needed something bulletproof and weather proof, for going out shooting in all weathers with no worries. 12 MP plenty for me.
Fun times, it feels like a tank.
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Thank you so much for doing this video. The D700 was my very first brand new DSLR and was actually looking at a Z6 to get back into photography. My D700 only has about 8000 shots on it and came to youtube just to get familiar with settings again. The camera has been sitting in my bag since 2014 since the loss of my dad and lost all interest in photography and your video has actually got me refocusing on learning the D700 again. Do you have any settings you recommend for say landscape or portrait. By the way that curl wave sample was just amazing, ok I am rambling but again thank you for the pep talk on the D700, i needed this.
I have one question... It will be my first dslr and I am really intresting in these so rare really magical filming colours!!! As a camera and in your opinion is it good also if you want to shoot Landscapes, Sunsets, Nature (like living in the woods), Kid parties (kids in motion) and bbq parties ? And in your opinion is it better than D600/610?
Hell mate you just nailed it.My fav camera of all time.Give me a box full of D700 camera bodies and a handful of old D prime lenses and i would be happy forever.
Still use my D700. I am waiting for a professional mirrorless from Nikon. Don't know why they're so far behind
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Just picked up a D700 body at a thrift store today for $11. I'd been looking for a reason to get back into getting all wrapped up in photography projects, and this may just be the thing to do it! Thanks for this video. I'm so excited to get batteries for this thing and take it for a walk
Wow! Amazing deal. Congrats!
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Man, I’m so agree with you ! I had my D700 stolen 2 years ago and i miss it every day since…
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Damn brother that SUCKS
I love the way these old cameras render images. I do not have any of the full frame camera but I do have apsc d50 6mp and d300 12mp. The colors coming straight out of both of these old cameras are beautiful and need virtually no editing. Like you said they don’t have that digital look that modern lenses and high resolution sensors give. The old glass is the other half of the equation that I think is equally as important. Great video 👍
You are right, when I think back my D50 took smashing photos for 6MP. My D300 was very good provided you kept the ISO low and the D700's a brick built stunner.
Woow, you have not made a very good defense with solid arguments to rescue 12 mpx on a wonderful DSLR, but I was pleasantly surprised the way you've done it. That today a photographer asks for at least one version with less mpx and less sharpness is very inspiring. And surely nothing interesting for those who always try to sell the latest and do not repeat those exceptional machines that were born and do not age and they may even regret having built them. The camera does not make the photographer, it is true.
And sometimes we forget that the most expensive or powerful camera is not necessary to take good photography. It was also very human to me that you have rescued soft skin, as it is photography, not a dermatological study. You also mentioned the use of Photoshop, for something very specific and I would love for you to deepen it later on this tendency to digitize everything and transform colors, lights and shadows by the mere fact of, I no longer say correct, but intervene the image to put a post-processing stamp when the most important thing should be the shot. Thank you very much for the content. I am a new subscriber. I hope it was understood, I am not good with English. Greetings from Buenos Aires.
The sharpness has to do with the lens and the photographer's skills.
Nikon D700 +24-70 f.2,8 G
-Sharpness
-Colors
-Clarity
-Artistic expression
-Skin tones.
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@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π Some time passed and I did not know how I had been invited to the group, thank you very much Nick! I knew it was you but I couldn't remember how.
@@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π By the way, let them know that if they see something weird with the editing program in the photos you upload, that no one even asks why they will be kicked and blocked from the group. I thought you were a consistent person, but I was wrong.
BTW... Canon cameras for me have the dealbreaker of how they render noise (from 5D to EOS R) their sensors and SNRs do a nasty job with lot's of Chroma noise and creates triangular artifacts (crystal like). All Nikons apparently render noise much more grain like (the D700 maybe looks more like grain because of the size - looks like 35mm size grain)
As a professional videographer/photographer I use my canon gear and I absolutely love it, but I just bought a d700 again for myself. It really inspires me to take pictures in a way nothing else has. I've owned and used multiple nikon, canon, sony, panasonic, fuji, and blackmagic cameras over the past 15 years. But there is something special about the d700. I've only used film once in my life and I hated the experience, but loved the images I got from it. The d700 truly gives you the best of both worlds.... great video man! ...just subbed too