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gefrorenezeit
Leading Member
No regrets - it is the best digital body of Nikon which i laid my hands on so far (came from D1, D100, D2X....). 
Andy
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Andy
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tiswas
Well-known member
This is a problem on both the d700 and the d300, but the fact that Live View is not silent is rediculous. There's no reason that the mirror should have to come down in contrast detection LV mode, and yet it does.. This is an oversight (corrected in the 300s) that has rendered this feature far less useful to me.