I was about to buy the d700 for $2400. Now the d800 came out for $3000. I know that by the time the D800 is released they will be sold out for a long time. Does anyone think the used price of the D700 will go down? If so, when is your guesstimate and price estimate?
I suspect demand for the D800 will keep its availability limited and thus the D700 will likely remain a strong alternative in the near to mid future. I don't imagine used prices will come down significantly, perhaps $1750-1800 for a mint condition one and perhaps $1500 for a higher mileage showing signs of use one...just my guess.
I honestly do not see the d800 affecting the d700 short term. They are aimed at two different markets and many people will run to a 12mp sensor without giving the high rez sensor a chance.
Now the price of the D3 bottoming out, that will keep the d700 price down until people adjust.
Yea I probably will just keep my D7000, invest in some einsteins and modifiers, some new glass.. and wait out all the super hype and limited availability to make my decision on D700 or D800 which all will depend on the used price of the D700 at the time im ready to purchase. For now, I guess my d7000 will be fine
For those claiming the D800 will be in short supply and backordered for a "long" time I don't think so. When the D700 was released they had availability pretty quick. I don't think there are that many people running to 36MP and 75MB RAW files as some suggest. I could be wrong, just sayin'
i think the d700 is fine priced where it is. the d800 is a different camera for different uses. i am not sure what nikon is up to on product strategy, the d4 being somewhat of an odd duck in my opinion...at least on price it seems way too high relative to the d800, although the d4 will be much faster and better in low light..but twice as expensive as the d800 which to me seems to be too big a gap. i was hoping for more of a 'true' d700 replacement, but it seems that nikon was targeting the d3x as much....
so other than a slight wobble i don't see much impact here on d700 prices...if you don't want/need 36 mp you have the d700 at 2k used or the d4 at 6k new...
wjmeyer wrote:
For those claiming the D800 will be in short supply and backordered for a "long" time I don't think so. When the D700 was released they had availability pretty quick. I don't think there are that many people running to 36MP and 75MB RAW files as some suggest. I could be wrong, just sayin'
I think the idea of the D700 holding its price as much as some suggest may be wishful thinking. Looking at B&S it has already taken maybe a $200 overnight price drop.
I think a fairly minty one will be going for ~$1,500 soon.
It may have been on impulse, but I pre-ordered the D800 this morning fully expecting to sell my D700 within the $1500 to 1700 range. I'm not hungry for megapixels or for video, but this camera has so much packed into it that looks interesting that it seems worth experimenting with. Although we don't have hands on reviews yet the video I saw shot with the D800 in very low light really took my breath away. With a pixel density identical to the D7000 it appears Nikon has managed low light performance much better than in the D3x. That was my only serious concern.
My guess is a great many folks shooting with the D700 WILL upgrade and that prices for used copies of that camera will take their inexorable slide. I sold my 5D for $900. I'd paid $2500 for it, used. The D700 is a much better camera that will likely have a long life, but even great bodies diminish in value over time.
Tehboogyman wrote:
Unless they do that what else could they do to sway people to buy a D400 over a D7000?
Pretty much all the features that the D300s and D300 already have that the 7000 doesnt plus new stuff that the 800 and d4 have. Better body. Better video. Clean HDMI out. 1080p crop mode like the D4 has. Newer sensor. Higher ISO. More megapickles than what the d7000 has. Weather sealing. Etc.
There's a million things the D400 can have that don't include going to full frame that will have people tripping over themselves to upgrade their existing D300, D300s, D7000 and whatever else to get.
Saw local CL for a D700 asking for $1500 yesterday night.
The D800 insults the D700 and makes a mockery of the D3x. Seriously think about for an MSRP that is not far off the D700, this D800 is 3x the camera the D700 is. It packs so much in it! I really see little value in a D700 at all. To me it is nothing more than a Nikon version of the old 5d with better AF and pop-up flash. But the D800 is really something else. At least this time around it betters its main benchmark - 5d2 by a significant amount.
