D7100 replacement for D700?

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Currently kicking around the idea of replacing my D700 with a D7100, and would be interested in the thoughts of anyone that has gone down this route. My main reasons are weight and the increased pixels. My concern is around low light ability.

Does the D7100 have anything to look out for?

Thank you.
 
Poor buffer size on the D7100
 
UI different

I have the D7100 and the D300 and D700 ….. much prefer the user interface on the D300/D700

CF v SD

If you do not want the crop ……….I would go for the D700 …. but it depends on what you shoot

Shooting at high ISO's always seems to be most noisy than the same with the D700

I always feel that the D700 has the better IQ, but I don't print much and view most of my stuff on my iMac

The D700 is certainly bigger and heavier
 
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I took a D700 and a D3200 (24mp - not quite the same sensor as the D7100 but near as damn it) on safari and despite the crop factor and extra pixels about 95% of my keepers were with the D700. I bought the D3200 to see what this high MP malarkey was all about and I wasn't in the least bit convinced.

Also, unless you have very good glass you will be lens-limited on a 24mp crop sensor so you won't gain as much cropability as you may think.

For me it is obvious, keep the D700.

In the end I sold the D700 (to Bill ^^^ actually) and went with a D610 but that was only to save some weight as I only really 'do' photography when I travel and wanted to save the weight.
 
Nawty said:
I took a D700 and a D3200 (24mp - not quite the same sensor as the D7100 but near as damn it) on safari and despite the crop factor and extra pixels about 95% of my keepers were with the D700. I bought the D3200 to see what this high MP malarkey was all about and I wasn't in the least bit convinced.

Also, unless you have very good glass you will be lens-limited on a 24mp crop sensor so you won't gain as much cropability as you may think.

For me it is obvious, keep the D700.

In the end I sold the D700 (to Bill ^^^ actually) and went with a D610 but that was only to save some weight as I only really 'do' photography when I travel and wanted to save the weight.
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taken 2000 shots with it, (no close ups yet as that's done with the V1 and D7100), since Ned sold it to me and I'm very pleased with it ………. but for birds with long glass I use the D7100 because of the crop factor
 
BillN_33 said:
taken 2000 shots with it, (no close ups yet as that's done with the V1 and D7100), since Ned sold it to me and I'm very pleased with it ………. but for birds with long glass I use the D7100 because of the crop factor
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But you have nice lenses :D
 
I have and use both the D7100 and D700. I've just come back from a trip to Sri Lanka which included several wildlife 'safaris/trips'. The results from the D7100 are simply superb, although the D700's sensor is excellent in low light, the fact that I could get 750mm ( or 1000mm equivalent in 1.3 crop mode) at F4 as opposed to 850mm at F8 ( slightly stopped down) utilising the same lens and tc1.7 on the D700 makes it a no brainer. The images imho from the D7100 are simply better than what I get from the D700, as such for wildlife and birds it is now my primary camera. I didn't really notice any problems with the buffer and although I much prefer the build quality of the D700 over the D7100 it handled the conditions of extreme dust and been bumped around the back of a 4x4 with no problems. Its so damned annoying that everything seems a compromise with Nikon, the sensor from the D7100 in a D300/700 body is long overdue but for the time being if i could only use one of them it would have to be the D7100 as for me its image quality overcomes its other shortcomings.
 
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I have and use both the D7100 and D700. I've just come back from a trip to Sri Lanka which included several wildlife 'safaris/trips'. The results from the D7100 are simply superb, although the D700's sensor is excellent in low light, the fact that I could get 750mm ( or 1000mm equivalent in 1.3 crop mode) at F4 as opposed to 850mm at F8 ( slightly stopped down) utilising the same lens and tc1.7 on the D700 makes it a no brainer. The images imho from the D7100 are simply better than what I get from the D700, as such for wildlife and birds it is now my primary camera. I didn't really notice any problems with the buffer and although I much prefer the build quality of the D700 over the D7100 it handled the conditions of extreme dust and been bumped around the back of a 4x4 with no problems. Its so damned annoying that everything seems a compromise with Nikon, the sensor from the D7100 in a D300/700 body is long overdue but for the time being if i could only use one of them it would have to be the D7100 as for me its image quality overcomes its other shortcomings.
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as I said it depend on what you are shooting
 
Thank you guys for the responses, plenty of food for thought in them.
 
Stick with what you have, unless your shooting style has changed and requires something that the D700 can't provide.
 
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