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D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

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p.40 #1 · p.40 #1 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

D700 still cuts the mustard.

May 31, 2017 at 06:54 PM

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p.40 #2 · p.40 #2 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Nikon D3S
TAMRON SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD A005N

115495 31-05-2017- www.sportplaatje.nl Motopark Nieuw Zevenbergen SRMV copy by sportplaatje.nl, on Flickr

Jun 01, 2017 at 02:38 PM

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p.40 #3 · p.40 #3 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Acquired a relatively new D700(SC 8900) and its quite joy to use.. Not the best pic to show the capability

Desert Dunes Dance Sunset by Chandra Sekar, on Flickr

Jun 04, 2017 at 11:18 PM

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p.40 #4 · p.40 #4 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

One thing i liked about D700 is the color rendering..


	Herdsman at Jaisalmer Dunes by Chandra Sekar, on Flickr

Jun 04, 2017 at 11:27 PM

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p.40 #5 · p.40 #5 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

I need to give the color some more pop...

116706 04-06-2017- www.sportplaatje.nl Motopark Nieuw Zevenbergen SRMV copy by sportplaatje.nl, on Flickr

Jun 05, 2017 at 12:25 AM

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p.40 #6 · p.40 #6 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

sport wrote:
I need to give the color some more pop...

Colour looks okay to me. Great photos from lenses one wouldn't immediately consider suitable for fast action photography. Well done.

Jun 05, 2017 at 12:47 AM

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p.40 #7 · p.40 #7 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

srchandras wrote:

One thing i liked about D700 is the color rendering..


	https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4240/34262147114_8465db782c_c.jpg Herdsman at Jaisalmer Dunes by Chandra Sekar, on Flickr

I agree that the color is really good out of the D700. The only color it seems to be a bit off with is blue. I always have to bring up the blue channel to get accurate scenes.

Jun 05, 2017 at 03:31 PM

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p.40 #8 · p.40 #8 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Unlike the D800, I can often skip processing on files shot with the D3. Yes, color rendering is very pleasant.

Jun 05, 2017 at 03:40 PM

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p.40 #9 · p.40 #9 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

SOOC. Beautiful colors from the D700.

Jun 06, 2017 at 06:30 PM

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p.40 #10 · p.40 #10 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

I'm SOOO glad I came across this thread! I bought a barely used D700 about 3 months ago, but due to it's weight, I actually have it listed for sale here.

I've been so conflicted about it, since I LOVE the photos I get from it! I'm a new hobbyiest photographer. Originally from the film/stone age (about 140 years ago) and this camera takes photos like I remember them! ; )

I am definitely leaning towards keeping it now. I had it out again today and got some stunning floral shots...the color and the sharpness. Wow!

However, my hand and my forearm were so sore when I finished shooting. I carry it on a sling strap and am just not a monopod/tripod person...I do a lot of bending down to get close and shoot from different angles.

Can anyone recommend a solution to my problem?

Here's a couple from today and my favorite recent beach shot

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Jun 06, 2017 at 06:56 PM

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p.40 #11 · p.40 #11 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Deleting a duplicate post I made yesterday. I'm having trouble navigating the forums, and apologize for this.

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Jun 06, 2017 at 07:00 PM

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p.40 #12 · p.40 #12 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

calmingfocus wrote:
However, my hand and my forearm were so sore when I finished shooting. I carry it on a sling strap and am just not a monopod/tripod person...I do a lot of bending down to get close and shoot from different angles.

Can anyone recommend a solution to my problem?

You have taken some nice pictures there. However, if I were to be completely honest there are many other cameras, some much lighter than the D700 that would take the same kind of pictures in your hands. Question is how would you feel using them? From my experience, sometimes that is all that matters and it is a reason why I have possibly shot far more pictures with a D70s than with any of my other cameras.

It looks like the D700 though yielding great images in your hands is not as enjoyable to use. It could be that you have been out of the game for a long time and your arm muscles aren't used to handling 1 kg for a few hours anymore. In that case you could give them time to get used to the weight, it really isn't that bad. Alternatively, you could just be patient and find a used D600/D610, they are both full frame and lighter than the D700.

Good luck.

Jun 07, 2017 at 01:35 AM

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p.40 #13 · p.40 #13 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

D700 + Sigma 150mm Macro non-OS | F4

Jun 07, 2017 at 01:37 AM

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p.40 #14 · p.40 #14 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

One more Sunset from the dunes..


	Sunset at Dunes by Chandra Sekar, on Flickr

Jun 07, 2017 at 05:17 AM

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p.40 #15 · p.40 #15 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Used a D700/D3 combo for my last wedding, Still got the goods!
Used the 28 f1.8, Sigma 35, 58G f1.4, 85 f1.8

Jun 20, 2017 at 03:35 PM

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p.40 #16 · p.40 #16 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Jun 20, 2017 at 05:15 PM

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p.40 #17 · p.40 #17 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Took the D3 & the Nikon 200-500mm f5.6 to the Rhode Island Airshow last month.

Jun 20, 2017 at 10:35 PM

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p.40 #18 · p.40 #18 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

viczig wrote:
Took the D3 & the Nikon 200-500mm f5.6 to the Rhode Island Airshow last month.

Love these. But I am a sucker for military air power, especially WW2 era.

Jun 20, 2017 at 11:37 PM

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p.40 #19 · p.40 #19 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

calmingfocus wrote:
I'm SOOO glad I came across this thread! I bought a barely used D700 about 3 months ago, but due to it's weight, I actually have it listed for sale here.

I've been so conflicted about it, since I LOVE the photos I get from it! I'm a new hobbyiest photographer. Originally from the film/stone age (about 140 years ago) and this camera takes photos like I remember them! ; )

I am definitely leaning towards keeping it now. I had it out again today and got some stunning floral shots...the color and the sharpness. Wow!

However, my hand and my...Show more →

As a hobbyist, without customers demand for more pixels, I really recommend holding on to that treasure!

I also started taking pictures in a different millenium, some 140 years ago. The medium was film, and has been to this day and age. Calling a D700 obsolete, I wonder what the correct term for my daily ride would be. A 1965 Nikon F.

So coming from about the same place in time, moving along the same path of evolution, I can only say that, in my opinion, and having access to more modern cameras as well (D800, D500 and soon a Fuji), my D3 does not lack in anything, when used for my own personal photography. It is the closest thing in rendition to the results I got from film, and it was the first camera that gave me the feling that digital finally caught up with film quality. Even film digitized using the D3 as "scanner" looks like film!

The only reason I am driven to more modern cameras is that paying customers nowadays expect 24 Mp at the least from a professional camera. To me, that mainly means that I have to do a lot of work in post processing to get to where my D3 files looked SooC. Go figure

Enough talk. Pictures! Taken with the D3

20170620-DSC_2732 by b j, on Flickr

20170620-DSC_2743 by b j, on Flickr

Jun 21, 2017 at 04:12 AM

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p.40 #20 · p.40 #20 · D700/D3 still a joy to shoot

Thinning out some old sale files, this one caught my eye for it's SOOC goodness.

Jun 23, 2017 at 01:55 PM

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