Comments on: Nikon D700 against Nikon D300, Full Frame matters

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:49:43 +0000

Jim,
Well you got yourself two very nice cameras, not bad…I’m sort of jealous. (don’t tell my 5D2 though)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:47:40 +0000

Tito,
I don’t know the answer to that, but wouldn’t they have a D700s before?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:30:29 +0000

Ok, after all I said I went and bought a D700.. My first impressions is that it makes my (beloved) D300 feel like a toy in comparison. Performance wise I haven’t been disappointed so far, at 6400iso it is fairly smooth although not as grain-free as I was lead to believe. I don’t think I’ll be going above 1600 but the 1600 is roughly as smooth as 400 on the D300.. What finally swung it as being able to use my wide zoom. That and the D300 for the reach seems a winning combo.

By: tito

tito — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:48:49 +0000

Yes , I’ll waiting for the next FX generation too, perhaps D800.
But when Nikon launch the next D800 series?,

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:43:51 +0000

Jim,
I’d think it best to wait as well, you’ll want the successor for sure I’m thinking ( to the D700 that is)

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:51:34 +0000

I second Ellis’ point. The lens makes more difference to the IQ than the sensor at ISO 200. In the test with the flowers when both used the 70-200 they were virtually identical, in fact the D300 image looked slightly sharper. I’ve been struggling to decide whether it’s worth upgrading my D300 and I’ve concluded that the only reason for splashing out the 2k on the D700 would be for low light capability which doesn’t seem enough. I’m waiting for the D800..

By: Ellis

Ellis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:14:56 +0000

You should put the same 17-55mm F2.8 ED on both D700 and D300 for the comparison test. Or the 24-70mm F2.8 G ED on both D700 and D300.

By: wedding photographer swansea

wedding photographer swansea — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:17:27 +0000

would you go with 3rd party glass is the question!! after buying a d3 or d700 LOL

By: Andy Richards

Andy Richards — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:47:02 +0000

I am confused about one of the comments here. One commenter said that if I mounted the fx camera on a tripod and the dx camera on a tripod, I would see a difference in the image. If there was a control comparison, what difference would this make??

By: Andy Richards

Andy Richards — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:45:36 +0000

If you are willing to go with third party glass, Tamron makes a 28-300 image stabilizing lens for Nikon that would get you almost the equivalent of the 18-200 on the dx sensor.