Well after a lot of thinking, deliberating and negociating (with the financial controller) I am now the owner of a D700 This will be used as a main camera with the D300 as a backup/ 2nd body when needed. Can't wait to get my hands on it tonight and see what it can do!!
Nick
Anyone using the D700 for wildlife?
You'll love it Nick!!
Nice one Nick.
Its a fantastic bit of kit. Enjoy
Yes, I do.
The D300 rarely gets a look in, the added crop factor is irrelevant, the images from the D700 are cleaner, crisper and have more punch.
It focuses quicker, the larger viewfinder, and best of all clean ISO6400 make it my preferred body for wildlife.
How do you check currys / pcworld stock ? Can't see a d700 on their website :shrug:
errrmmmm perhaps theres no D700 stock left.
Yep maybe your right...still, wish they were that cheap
Oh ..forgot to add....I did check afterwards online on the PC World site and the prices quoted were for the D7000.
So if anyone can link me to where I can get a new one for £1190 like others above have I would be most grateful ,Ta
JohnyT
FiestaRed said:Can anyone please advise what the different battery setups do to the FPS count when using the normal D700 battery, the D3s battery or rechargeables?
6 fps with the standard battery, 8 fps with everything else...
vignette control does what it says, it lightens up the corners where your most likely to get vignetting, not on the d300 as it has got a full frame sensor.Am now the owner of a D700 and WOW!! Quite impressed with playing at 1600 and 3200 ISO compared to my D300. A few things I am not so keen on - the top display seems smaller, and the thumb dial is not as nice imo but IQ wise seems very good. Why did I wait so long!! A few questions though?
- What does vignette control do (control vignettes obviously but didnt have this on D300)
- Focus Tracking with Lock on - difference between short, medium and long?
- Am on firmware a 1.03 and b 1.02 - is this up to date and any reasons to or not to upgrade?
- Have a speck of dust in viewfinder, no evidence of this in images, even taking a pic of the white wall, and when i close the viewfinder shutter/curtain you cant see it, so seems to be around there. Any way to get rid of this?
the top display seems smaller
cambsno said:Am now the owner of a D700 and WOW!! Quite impressed with playing at 1600 and 3200 ISO compared to my D300. A few things I am not so keen on - the top display seems smaller, and the thumb dial is not as nice imo but IQ wise seems very good. Why did I wait so long!! A few questions though?
- What does vignette control do (control vignettes obviously but didnt have this on D300)
- Focus Tracking with Lock on - difference between short, medium and long?
- Am on firmware a 1.03 and b 1.02 - is this up to date and any reasons to or not to upgrade?
- Have a speck of dust in viewfinder, no evidence of this in images, even taking a pic of the white wall, and when i close the viewfinder shutter/curtain you cant see it, so seems to be around there. Any way to get rid of this?
Flash In The Pan said:Try and pick up a DK1/DK19 eyepiece combo for it
I have this on mine but would prefer standard so happy to do a straight swap if anybody fancies it?
I've just moved up to a D700 after having used the D300s for quite some time.
I've set the D700 with the same settings that I used on my D300s. What is the best way to save/store these settings just in case there is ever a problem with the camera?
..... Are GGS covers easy to remove?
I have taken them of using a credit card sliding it underneath and then using meths to get resudue of, make sure you dont crack the glass on the ggs else it will scratch the lcd i have done this before and thats why i hate them, acmaxx are the best.Cheers Scott, didnt realise the piece came off, dust all gone now!
Are GGS covers easy to remove?
Try and pick up a DK1/DK19 eyepiece combo for it
Hi Mike.
As far as I know, there is no way to "export" settings made in the ABCD menus, although if I am wrong, I would be happy to be corrected, as I have 4 different sets of settings, (Portrait, Sport, Studio, & Other), which would be a pain to re-programme if ever I had to do a reset.
Yes - the trick is to heat up the edges to soften the adhesive strip.
TG. said:Did you mean DK17/DK19 Combo Graham
Not with a blow torch though
I can't see why not - a blow torch will definitely do the trick
I can't see why not - a blow torch will definitely do the trick
Cheers Scott, didnt realise the piece came off, dust all gone now!
Are GGS covers easy to remove?
that's because the FX prism is wider than the DX prism on the D300.
Whats wrong with the GGS cover ? they are great protection
Hi Mike.
As far as I know, there is no way to "export" settings made in the ABCD menus, although if I am wrong, I would be happy to be corrected, as I have 4 different sets of settings, (Portrait, Sport, Studio, & Other), which would be a pain to re-programme if ever I had to do a reset.
Been used to the plastic removable cover on the D300 and seems weird not having it!
Hi Mike.
As far as I know, there is no way to "export" settings made in the ABCD menus, although if I am wrong, I would be happy to be corrected, as I have 4 different sets of settings, (Portrait, Sport, Studio, & Other), which would be a pain to re-programme if ever I had to do a reset.
Can this not be done with a CF card ?
What I learned from a Nikon in the US user regarding saving the settings:
"In the root of the card, when using a card reader (MTP mode might differ!) you will see a file named:
NCSETUP4.BIN and another named NIKON001.DSC - I suspect the first one is the important one in this regard. Save these in the same style as you do with your images, i.e. BACKUP."
Hope this helps, I'm going to give it a try when I've bought a decent card reader. I always download from the body.