I moved from 7d to d700 during christmas holliday and so far I am very pleased with the change, especially for AF where finally I have a feeling that all focus modes work fine contrary to before where I was only successful with spot-af. Also all my canon lenses required some level of MA while none was needed with the Nikon gear.
I will get used to this but here are some things I miss or find awkward on the D700:
- Setup banks not as easy to switch and don\'t consider Exposure, Single/Continuous tracking, single/continuous shutter, metering mode as these are dedicated buttons. Very useful that these are indeed dedicated but less practical for bank switching.
- Things that feel \"reverse\" for a Canon user. They way you attach lenses, zoom in-out, exposure dial and exposure indicator are in the opposite way than Canon. You can reverse them via settings which I did as nobody will convince me that it is natural to indicate overexposure with a + to the left.
- Using the same dial to set S, Ch, Lv, Timer and Mup. No timer with live view at the same time except for that 1 second setting... This feels like these features were added as an afterthought instead of being part of a original design.
That being said, I just love the d700 for its focus, IQ and general handling and can\'t wait for this summer for HS soccer this summer. Still wondering with lense to get for this that will not break the bank.
Oh! and one cool thing, old lenses support. I got a used 105mm 2.5 AI-S MF which works perfectly. I don\'t know if I\'ll give it that much use as it overlaps my 24-120 f4 but its still a blast to use as it is light, sharp, paper thin DOP.
