It's lush! 
Came home to a D700 and 70-200mm VRII to play with and having figured out that the thread is reversed managed to attach the lens without any mucking about!
First impression is that it feels like a little lump of granite in the hand. It's solid and even a little weighty in comparison to the 5D but it has a solidity about it that is reassuring.
It's certainly going to be a little while before I get used to the controls! ISO and quality seem quite logical and it's great having the focus button on the back as well as the half press shutter. It's a little bit of a stretch with the left thumb onto this control but I should be fine with it given a little practice
WB seems to be logically grouped with the ISO and Quality buttons and it's taking a little time to remap the brain on that one, probably because the 5D and 1Ds are both different too so this is the third incarnation for me on the location of that function. Loving the custom white balance from an existing pic, that's going to be so useful especially in a church. Set it up and just shoot and they should all be spot on and little or no PP. Perfect.
Metering and AF controls all on those little toggle switches means no diving around in menus although the Canons are not bad for that at all, usually one button press and a wheel spin was all it took to change. The Nikon is easier to see on picking it up though, it's all obvious.
The screen is a delight and I need to dive into the books to find out how to activate the rear button 100% zoom that Simon showed me, that's useful.
The viewfinder is not quite 100% but it's not at all obvious and certainly won't prove to be a problem at all.
The only glitch thus far has been in trying to use the command dials. The rear one is fine and I'm even getting used to it being the shutter speed! Unfortunately on trying to use the front sub command dial I managed to switch the camera off.............twice
Just been playing around the house shooting lamps and bits of the TV because that's all the light there is right now but you can bet I'll be bouncing out of bed in the morning to get some practice in!
Once I get to grips with the basics I'll be starting to delve into some of the things like shooting banks. Now that's a really useful feature. If you think of a typical wedding I can set banks for indoors in a church, outdoor group shots and first dance so all I should need to do is a bit of fine tuning
Overall, so far, it's a winner and that 70-200mm is the dogs danglies!
Came home to a D700 and 70-200mm VRII to play with and having figured out that the thread is reversed managed to attach the lens without any mucking about!
First impression is that it feels like a little lump of granite in the hand. It's solid and even a little weighty in comparison to the 5D but it has a solidity about it that is reassuring.
It's certainly going to be a little while before I get used to the controls! ISO and quality seem quite logical and it's great having the focus button on the back as well as the half press shutter. It's a little bit of a stretch with the left thumb onto this control but I should be fine with it given a little practice
WB seems to be logically grouped with the ISO and Quality buttons and it's taking a little time to remap the brain on that one, probably because the 5D and 1Ds are both different too so this is the third incarnation for me on the location of that function. Loving the custom white balance from an existing pic, that's going to be so useful especially in a church. Set it up and just shoot and they should all be spot on and little or no PP. Perfect.
Metering and AF controls all on those little toggle switches means no diving around in menus although the Canons are not bad for that at all, usually one button press and a wheel spin was all it took to change. The Nikon is easier to see on picking it up though, it's all obvious.
The screen is a delight and I need to dive into the books to find out how to activate the rear button 100% zoom that Simon showed me, that's useful.
The viewfinder is not quite 100% but it's not at all obvious and certainly won't prove to be a problem at all.
The only glitch thus far has been in trying to use the command dials. The rear one is fine and I'm even getting used to it being the shutter speed! Unfortunately on trying to use the front sub command dial I managed to switch the camera off.............twice
Just been playing around the house shooting lamps and bits of the TV because that's all the light there is right now but you can bet I'll be bouncing out of bed in the morning to get some practice in!
Once I get to grips with the basics I'll be starting to delve into some of the things like shooting banks. Now that's a really useful feature. If you think of a typical wedding I can set banks for indoors in a church, outdoor group shots and first dance so all I should need to do is a bit of fine tuning
Overall, so far, it's a winner and that 70-200mm is the dogs danglies!
sounds like someone is having fun!!! Also sounds like you are going to have no trouble adapting to th enew equipment Ali, have fun. 
