My
D300 broke and got some constant mirror problems during last shoot so I
had to send it for check & repair. Somewhat annoying to get black
viewfinder about 20 times during the important shoot when you should be
focusing to other things than fixing camera. And repair ain't cheap either, estimate was around 300€. During the repair they open the whole camera and some of the grip rubbers need to be torn away which means extra expenses to replace those parts :/
This feels about the worst time to buy new Nikon DSRL semi-pro body, as
everybody are waiting the D3s/D700 successors to be announced. As I need to
have the working camera soon, I couldn't wait for next week or next
month. So decided to get the D700 as all D300 my accessories (like
batteries and CF memory cards) will work with it. I was thinking to get D7000, but it would have required to buy pile
of SD cards, battery grip etc.
This
is first time I am not overly excited about the new camera. Absolutely nothing
wrong with the camera but I feel it as more of tool than toy. I just
put the custom menu settings as they were in D300, tested that all my
most frequently used lenses are focusing ok with this body and stored
the camera to bag to wait next shoots.
First
impressions after taking 1000+ frames with camera. Bigger viewfinder is very nice and one of the reasons I
chose FX-body. Vignetting when shooting wide open with primes is clearly
more visible but easily fixed with LR/PS. High ISO IQ is improved
compared to D300 (ISO 3200 and sometimes even 6400 are usable) but I might be one of the rare persons who still thinks
that even D70 delivers usable results with ISO 800.
Shooting 14bit RAW files made the D300 considerably slower than with 12bit files so I kept using 12bit files. With D700, you can shoot 14bit RAWs without noticeable shutter lag. Changing to FX made me to rethink what lenses I need to carry around in camera bag. With D300, 85mm prime was long enough for tight headshots, but it feels a bit short for that when attached to D700.
Update: now after about three months of using D700, there are finally new rumors that D4 and/or D800 are coming next year. Maybe :)
Shooting 14bit RAW files made the D300 considerably slower than with 12bit files so I kept using 12bit files. With D700, you can shoot 14bit RAWs without noticeable shutter lag. Changing to FX made me to rethink what lenses I need to carry around in camera bag. With D300, 85mm prime was long enough for tight headshots, but it feels a bit short for that when attached to D700.
Update: now after about three months of using D700, there are finally new rumors that D4 and/or D800 are coming next year. Maybe :)
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