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Wayupthere · September 21, 2011

Hello fellow shooters. Been lurking for a while now but with the big announcement or lack there of :scratch
I am getting impatient.
Mirrorless..really..:huh
Now on another tab I have the http://www.iamcomings.com/ yellow countdown page running..how pathetic is that :rolleyes
I have all the specs for both D700 and D3s..and looked them all over with a microscope. Thats not the issue, they are both great for sure. At this stage I don't deserve either much less the newest and greatest..that's not here yet.
But what I don't want to do is buy a camera (or anything) and then a week later find it discontinued. :bluduh
I just want what I want right now..you know just like every customer :rolleyes
Thanks for the vent.
Gary

Matthew Saville · September 21, 2011

Discontinued or not, I wouldn't worry about the D700 becoming un-serviceable any time soon, let alone "obsolete". Buy whatever you think is best suited for what you want to do / learn, and don't look back. Of course it's not that easy to decide; for example I'd certainly rather have a D700 and a few great leneses, than a D3s and just one good / decent lens...

=Matt=

Wayupthere · September 21, 2011

Matt,
Thanks for the reply.

for example I'd certainly rather have a D700 and a few great leneses, than a D3s and just one good / decent lens...

That was the last thought that went through my mind late last night as my finger was hovering above the "add to cart?" button for a D3s

Not worried that it will be obsolete..but a little worried that they are is such short supply and have been for a while now.
Being in the machining business I can tell you the natural disasters in Japan are way worse that they let on. Machine tools are in very short supply.
And so we wait...:bluduh
Gary

Wayupthere · September 21, 2011

A company that I have bought through many times got -1- D700 in today.
So I put together a decent little order to see if there might be any discounts. A 70-200mm f/2.8G ED, 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, and a slew of "stuff" to go with.
No budge..not even a penny.

I hate buying stuff everybody else wants

Gary

Matthew Saville · September 21, 2011

Wayupthere wrote: »

A company that I have bought through many times got -1- D700 in today.
So I put together a decent little order to see if there might be any discounts. A 70-200mm f/2.8G ED, 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, and a slew of "stuff" to go with.
No budge..not even a penny.
I hate buying stuff everybody else wants
Gary

Yeah, that's the problem these days... Simply FINDING the stuff you want! Personally I got lucky, I found a used D700 for just $1900 through a friend. Hopefully, I'll pay even less for my 2nd D700 as soon as I can afford one. I guess when all else fails, Ebay?

=Matt=

Wayupthere · September 21, 2011

Matt,
With just a little detective work I have shaved off almost $500 by going elsewhere for both of the lenses. If the original company still has it in the morning its mine

I didn't expect to get a discount on the body. Ebay...wow that place scares me. A little like a strip club..I like to look, but no touching

I love a deal, but there is something about getting equipment from a dead reliable company..warm and fuzzy. :sweet
I wanted to wait to see what the latest and greatest was going to be..but I am ready to get back to good photography

Thanks,
Gary

Matthew Saville · September 22, 2011

Wayupthere wrote: »

Matt,
With just a little detective work I have shaved off almost $500 by going elsewhere for both of the lenses. If the original company still has it in the morning its mine
I didn't expect to get a discount on the body. Ebay...wow that place scares me. A little like a strip club..I like to look, but no touching
I love a deal, but there is something about getting equipment from a dead reliable company..warm and fuzzy. :sweet
I wanted to wait to see what the latest and greatest was going to be..but I am ready to get back to good photography
Thanks,
Gary

Yeah, I don't expect we'll see a D700 replacement before next summer / fall, at the earliest. :-(

=Matt=

Icebear · September 23, 2011

Matthew Saville wrote: »

Yeah, I don't expect we'll see a D700 replacement before next summer / fall, at the earliest. :-(

=Matt=

Thank you, Nikon, for saving me from myself

. At least for a while . . .

Wayupthere · September 23, 2011

Thank you, Nikon, for saving me from myself . At least for a while . . .

Yes that is true because I dang sure don't have any self control.

I went back that same night (crutchfield) looking at lenses and and noticed at the top of the page "there are 4 advisers waiting for your call"

I realized that one D700 wasn't going to last the night. So I jumped and locked it up.

But they couldn't take any payment except CC and I had just ordered about 5k lbs of aluminum that afternoon...no room left on that smoking hunk of plastic.

So next day I got a hold of JR.com (I have dealt with both of these many times in the past) They would do a wire transfer for the lenses I wanted..and even came down to below the cheapest prices I had found

So long story short, I am back in the game..and broke at the same time

Let the finger pointing and laughter begin. :haha
Gary

zoomer · September 23, 2011

I take 5 pictures with my d700 for every one I take with my d3. Love the d700.
Yes a d700 with the d3s sensor would be better but only for a very small percentage of my shots.

D700 FTW. Good call!

Wayupthere · September 23, 2011

Zoomer,
Thanks for the feed back! I am stoked to back and serious about shooting again.
Last time I had 3 F3's ..and I bought film from a refrigerator..:haha

So in between part runs today I checked B&H for a copy of Lighroom 3. While I was looking around there I checked to see if they had gotten any D700's in as they had none up to that point. Not only did they have one but you got $100 off of Lighroom 3..:pissed
I guess I showed them..

Gary

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