i just picked up a D700 after subscribing to this thread for a few YEARS!
i don't do macro very often but do have the Nikon 60/2.8D
but i wanted the D700 for skin tones.
having read your posting, can you name three lens for portraiture that could bring out the best in the D700?
thanks in advance.
thumbs up.
rob
SiMuMe wrote:
The answer is none. There was a big shift in the colour science with the D800 and future cameras. It was very obvious at the time. (Very subjective opinion follows) In many ways D800 and up have what looks like a more faithful presentation of the original colour compared to the D700. However, a bit like analog and digital audio media. Even though analogue has the snap, crackle and pop nothing can come close to the sound for a person who prefers and has a good analogue rig. Digital is just, well, clean.
When it comes to shooting people, I really loved and still very much do, the D700. The D300/s comes very close at low ISO, you can tell they are cameras from the same era but D700 is really a special camera. ...Show more →
I love that this thread refuses to die. I still wish I'd kept my D700 for posterity.
Does anyone else think the D850 isn't built quite as solid (and isn't the grip a bit narrower)? I owned the two a few years apart so I can't be positive.
Lee Saxon wrote:
I love that this thread refuses to die. I still wish I'd kept my D700 for posterity.
Does anyone else think the D850 isn't built quite as solid (and isn't the grip a bit narrower)? I owned the two a few years apart so I can't be positive.
I often find myself thinking that if I had to, I could do all my photography with the D700. Still a very well-rounded camera. Just get another one, they're dirt cheap
As far as I know the grip on the D850 is thinner, but also deeper. If it's like the one on the Z7 I actually prefer it over the grip of the D700..
A couple more D700 images from 2019 to keep the thread going
