My experience with D700 over D300s
This is to help those who are on the fence about going FF or not...or going D700/D800 route or not.
I have a D300s and have used it for a while. Then I bought a used D700.
With my D300s, I was never happy at ISO 800 and above. On the D700...I keep it at ISO800 as default.
Let me tell you...my D300s has been sitting in my bag for the longest time...over 4 months now.
I am not sure what the hell it is about the D700, but I love the pictures coming out of them, especially at high ISO. Oh and the wider angle is awesome.
So there...from a person that used to argue that you can do the same with DX that you can with FF.
Btw, not sure how the new D300s replacement will do to ISO range...but I love the D700!
I have a D300s and have used it for a while. Then I bought a used D700.
With my D300s, I was never happy at ISO 800 and above. On the D700...I keep it at ISO800 as default.
Let me tell you...my D300s has been sitting in my bag for the longest time...over 4 months now.
I am not sure what the hell it is about the D700, but I love the pictures coming out of them, especially at high ISO. Oh and the wider angle is awesome.
So there...from a person that used to argue that you can do the same with DX that you can with FF.
Btw, not sure how the new D300s replacement will do to ISO range...but I love the D700!
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WildViper
From Nikon D70s > Nikon D300s & D700
Nikon 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8 1st gen, Nikkor 12-24/4, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 ED VR, SB600, SB900, SB-26 and Gitzo 2 Series Carbon Fiber with Kirk Ballhead
WildViper
From Nikon D70s > Nikon D300s & D700
Nikon 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8 1st gen, Nikkor 12-24/4, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 ED VR, SB600, SB900, SB-26 and Gitzo 2 Series Carbon Fiber with Kirk Ballhead
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The difference in IQ really shows up when I process the images. I can sharpen the FF images much more agressively than the DX images.
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WildViper
From Nikon D70s > Nikon D300s & D700
Nikon 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8 1st gen, Nikkor 12-24/4, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 ED VR, SB600, SB900, SB-26 and Gitzo 2 Series Carbon Fiber with Kirk Ballhead
However, indeed as a working professional shooting weddings and portraits, my D300 has been collecting dust...
=Matt=
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You hit it. It kills me . I have the same 51 points in the same place on my FX bodies as I have on my DX body. I constantly try to move my focus point outside of the available area on FX. That would be a HUGE upgrade if they spread those points all over the FX sensor.
WildViper
From Nikon D70s > Nikon D300s & D700
Nikon 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8 1st gen, Nikkor 12-24/4, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 ED VR, SB600, SB900, SB-26 and Gitzo 2 Series Carbon Fiber with Kirk Ballhead
Custom Settings f:f11, Choose "Release locked".
Page 329 of your User Manual, or here:
http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D700_noprinten.pdf
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Yup, that "dont' shoot without card" customization is one of the first things I program on EVERY camera I shoot with, Canon or Nikon...
And yes, there is a reason that FX cameras still have all the focus points clustered around the center of the viewfinder. If they could achieve accurate AF at the edges of the viewfinder, we'd have had that option long ago. The problem has to do with the angle that light hits the sensor and therefore the AF sensor too. That, and vignetting. The darker the corners, the worse the AF.
Nikon totally COULD put AF points all over an FX viewfinder, ...they just wouldn't be as accurate, for now. I hope however that they are frantically coming up with the next generation of autofocus system (like the V1 / J1 hybrid AF) that will defeat this problem...
=Matt=
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