Nikon D700 ... - FM Forums

Moderated by: guardian

Visit the FM Store · Image Upload · Buy & Sell
FM Forum Rules
Nikon SLRs, primes, and zooms lenses reviews

FM Forums | Nikon-mount SLRs | Join Image Upload

2 3 … 10 11 end

Archive 2008 · Nikon D700 ...

jiaxiong hu
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #1 · Nikon D700 ...

Just got this message from a chinese forum.

orginal link: http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=534908

2008 © jiaxiong hu

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 09:59 PM

Jun 17, 2008 at 09:55 PM

jiaxiong hu
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #2 · Nikon D700 ...

two more pictures. those pictures are taken by a cell phone camera. this guy says he works in a printing factory which printed the instructions of D3 before. if it's true, it's just a smaller D3.

Edited by jiaxiong hu on Jun 17, 2008 at 10:27 PM GMT

2008 © jiaxiong hu

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 10:27 PM

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:06 PM

danjacquitaylo
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #3 · Nikon D700 ...

Great. I may have to return or trade my newly purchased Cub Cadet i 1046 and let the grass/weed grow 10 feet high. Instead of mowing it down I'll just shoot some pictures of the tall grass/weed.

Edited by danjacquitaylo on Jun 17, 2008 at 02:20 PM GMT

2008 © danjacquitaylo

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 10:20 PM

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM

mfletch
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #4 · Nikon D700 ...

This appears to be the body that so many have been waiting on, if it's real. And I must say this is, the most believable rumor I've seen so far. I'm not totally sold on the 3rd photo. The side stamped D700 looks a lot like the D200 with the contour and round port caps. The finder housing doesn't seem to be large enough to house a full frame pentaprism. It looks like D300 housing to be honest. However the bare frame in the second scan does appear to be a Nikon body, of course, with a large LCD, and a rather large VF housing.

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:18 PM

BenV
Offline
Buy and Sell: On

p.1 #5 · Nikon D700 ...

this could be really cool

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:26 PM

Slug69
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #6 · Nikon D700 ...

I would say that the printer has just lost his job. Nikon will make sure they never deal with that publisher.

I have been in the print trade for many years and have had to bite my tongue on many occasions. THat is a real no-no.

It looks like the real deal to me.

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:59 PM

fixed point
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #7 · Nikon D700 ...

I hope it's true! I want them to keep it at 12MP and not bump it up to 16-18 as some rumors have stated.

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:14 PM

jiaxiong hu
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #8 · Nikon D700 ...

That guy also said the price is not that bad, but he can't say more....

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM

tuan151
Offline
Buy and Sell: On

p.1 #9 · Nikon D700 ...

Im putting my D300 up for sale RIGHT NOW!

Anyhow, I hope it's true.

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:35 PM

myweh
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #10 · Nikon D700 ...

mfletch wrote:
It looks like D300 housing to be honest.

It may be the D300 housing. The article mentions it uses the MB-D10 grip. This would help save Nikon money in tooling/manufacturing costs, getting things to market much faster. Interesting rumor/possibility.

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 11:49 PM

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:49 PM

loudtiger
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #11 · Nikon D700 ...

looks like a bigger viewfinder box than the D300 here:

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Jun 18, 2008 at 12:01 AM

mfletch
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #12 · Nikon D700 ...

loudtiger wrote:
looks like a bigger viewfinder box than the D300 here:

This image is copyrighted by the owner

I agree. And in another image, you can see the larger housing with a round eyepiece which wouldn't fit the descripion of any single grip Nikon DSLR.

This is the image that seems to show a lower profile VF housing.

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Jun 18, 2008 at 12:42 AM

jiaxiong hu
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #13 · Nikon D700 ...

I think the body frame in the picture is the same as D300's. when you color the frame into Black, you will feel that it's smaller.

2008 © jiaxiong hu

Jun 18, 2008 at 12:49 AM

jcmarney
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #14 · Nikon D700 ...

Looks legit to me.....hello my next camera! If printing now, I expect an announcement w/i 3 weeks.

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:21 AM

jcmarney
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #15 · Nikon D700 ...

Any guesses on price? $2800?

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:28 AM

Alan Klages
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #16 · Nikon D700 ...

Of course it's true, I bought my D300 less than a month ago, but I still love it.

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:31 AM

Todd Warnke
Offline
Buy and Sell: On

p.1 #17 · Nikon D700 ...

jcmarney wrote:
Any guesses on price? $2800?

The website these pics come from said $2995.

Peace,

Todd

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:32 AM

jcmarney
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #18 · Nikon D700 ...

I've just informed my youngest we would have to put him on ebay so I could get a new cam.

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Edited on Jun 18, 2008 at 02:40 AM

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:37 AM

Timmmy
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #19 · Nikon D700 ...

Nice find!

What is the RRP of the D300 there? (in relation to the $2995 quoted above)

$3000US is around £1500 here, I paid £900 ($1800) for my D300.

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:41 AM

chemprof
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #20 · Nikon D700 ...

Todd Warnke wrote:
jcmarney wrote:
Any guesses on price? $2800?

The website these pics come from said $2995.

Peace,

Todd

Still too expensive. Needs to be under $2500 to compete.

Gerald

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:47 AM

Chris Langer
Offline
Buy and Sell: On

p.1 #21 · Nikon D700 ...

Awesome. Is this FX?

Edited on Jun 18, 2008 at 02:59 AM

Jun 18, 2008 at 02:59 AM

jcmarney
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #22 · Nikon D700 ...

chemprof wrote:
Todd Warnke wrote:
jcmarney wrote:
Any guesses on price? $2800?

The website these pics come from said $2995.

Peace,

Todd

Still too expensive. Needs to be under $2500 to compete.

Gerald

$2500 would be ideal...but I'd be willing to fork out 3k. Really will depend on where the 5D II lands and and what features it has. I don't care about additional resolution, but it'd have to have much better AF, build, LCD, etc as well, and if it does, I don't see it coming in at $2500 either.

Jun 18, 2008 at 03:00 AM

jiaxiong hu
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #23 · Nikon D700 ...

jcmarney wrote:
chemprof wrote:
Todd Warnke wrote:
jcmarney wrote:
Any guesses on price? $2800?

The website these pics come from said $2995.

Peace,

Todd

Still too expensive. Needs to be under $2500 to compete.

Gerald

$2500 would be ideal...but I'd be willing to fork out 3k. Really will depend on where the 5D II lands and and what features it has. I don't care about additional resolution, but it'd have to have much better AF, build, LCD, etc as well, and if it does, I don't see it coming in at $2500 either.

the guy who published those pictures told that it has same AF as D3. I think it will be very similar to D3 except the speed and D3's pro body.

Jun 18, 2008 at 03:06 AM

chemprof
Offline
Image Upload: On

p.1 #24 · Nikon D700 ...

jcmarney wrote:
chemprof wrote:
Todd Warnke wrote:
jcmarney wrote:
Any guesses on price? $2800?

The website these pics come from said $2995.

Peace,

Todd

Still too expensive. Needs to be under $2500 to compete.

Gerald

$2500 would be ideal...but I'd be willing to fork out 3k. Really will depend on where the 5D II lands and and what features it has. I don't care about additional resolution, but it'd have to have much better AF, build, LCD, etc as well, and if it does, I don't see it coming in at $2500 either.

Guaranteed the 5DII will be no more than the current 5D, and I'm sure it will be close in many ways to what Nikon will put out. Current 5D prices are around $2300, from what I've been seeing.

Gerald

Jun 18, 2008 at 03:10 AM

tjny
Offline
Image Upload: Off

p.1 #25 · Nikon D700 ...

It's not just the price of new body, you also have to figure out cost of some ff glass to go with.

Jun 18, 2008 at 03:25 AM


FM Forums \| Nikon-mount SLRs \| Join Image Upload 1 2 3 … 10 11 end