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Bought it juist three weeks ago. Brand new, in an original sealed Nikkon combo-deal box with the 24-70 f2.8.

And guess what??

There are no vissable oil spots or other spots on the sensor at all. And it doesn't suffer from any left-focus issue as well. In fact, everything seems to be quit normal. So I was thinking: Is there something wrong with my "old" D700???

Or is it actually the D600 and D800 which seem to have quit a lot of issues. Or maybe people nowadays are complaining just more and more.

Well, I'm quit happy with my new camera and keep on shooting instead of complaining and sending it back to Nikon for repare.

Cheers.






















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The D700's seemed to be good right out of the box. No focus issues or any other known defects right out of the box as described by many, many owners of D800/800E & D600 owners. Issues/problems can crop up on any camera as they get mileage put on them but new, out of the box, most D700's were trouble free. Compare the number of issues with new D800/800E & D600's when new vs the D700 when it was first released.
 
There is nothing wrong with your camera, but with the way you drag attention to your wonderful images. It's not original too, many did this before...

So next time maybe. "look at some wonderful images I made with my just purchased D700"


Michel





Rutgerbus wrote:
Rutgerbus said:
Bought it juist three weeks ago. Brand new, in an original sealed Nikkon combo-deal box with the 24-70 f2.8.

And guess what??

There are no vissable oil spots or other spots on the sensor at all. And it doesn't suffer from any left-focus issue as well. In fact, everything seems to be quit normal. So I was thinking: Is there something wrong with my "old" D700???

Or is it actually the D600 and D800 which seem to have quit a lot of issues. Or maybe people nowadays are complaining just more and more.

Well, I'm quit happy with my new camera and keep on shooting instead of complaining and sending it back to Nikon for repare.

Cheers.
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I am in the same boat. After hearing about the problems Nikon is having with the D600/800 I am considering the D700.

My main concern is being abe to shoot landscapes in low lighting conditions and geting clean pics without the digital noise when shooting at say ISO 1000 or less. I was out on a late fall shoot (with the D7000 and the 18-200 vrll) (ISO 500) the other day in very overcast weather shooting fall foliage. When I brought the pics into the computer some of them had a lot of digital noise. I was very disipointed about that and this got me wondering if I had had a D700 would this have been a problem?

Could you enlighten me on this. I see that your pics were shot in low light too.
 
ata3001 said:
ata3001 wrote:

The D700's seemed to be good right out of the box. No focus issues or any other known defects right out of the box as described by many, many owners of D800/800E & D600 owners. Issues/problems can crop up on any camera as they get mileage put on them but new, out of the box, most D700's were trouble free. Compare the number of issues with new D800/800E & D600's when new vs the D700 when it was first released.
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I think many problems of the D800/D800E can be seen as user error due to the type of camera/sensor/resolution/pixels cramped on it. This mixed with the issues that some users really have (like left focus issue) it makes it look much worser than it actually is.

I use a D3S and a D800 and when I switch usage I really have to take the D800 technical differences into account.

The D700 (sensor) is much more forgiving for user error - that is if you do a comparison at using full resolution. Resample the D800 to that of the D700/D3S resolution, and they are both at the same 'forgiveness' level :-)


Michel
 
12mp worthless piece of junk in these modern days, now that 95% of the shooter print A2 and larger and heavily crop what can they do with a mere 12mps............seriously nothing wrong with the D700 I used to own one now I have the D600 and the D3s but prefer the D3s images specially when shooting ISOs 3200 and above. Personally I would have loved a tweaked D3s sensor in a small body like the D600 but realistically I knew that would never happen.

That's just me
 
M Lammerse said:
M Lammerse wrote:

There is nothing wrong with your camera, but with the way you drag attention to your wonderful images. It's not original too, many did this before...

So next time maybe. "look at some wonderful images I made with my just purchased D700"


Michel--
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Sorry, it was never my intention to introduce myself on such a brutal way. Just got fed up with all these complaints about oil and smere on the sensors of the new camera's, that's all.

But, thanks for your kind compliments though you gave me with your last sentence: "look at some wonderful images I made with my just purchased D700"
 
I love the ironic tone. Another thing about the D700 nobody else has mentioned yet, and before anyone suggests that I haven't handled either camera, I have used both the D800 and D600 and taken photos with them on my own CF card, the D700 has a build quality that is not attained by the D800, let alone the D600.
 
I love the ironic tone. Another thing about the D700 nobody else has mentioned yet, and before anyone suggests that I haven't handled either camera, I have used both the D800 and D600 and taken photos with them on my own CF card, the D700 has a build quality that is not attained by the D800, let alone the D600.
Sorry about the double post, the first was sent to the wrong person as a reply.
 
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Nice low light photos; I own 4 D700 bodies, same experience as yours, never a hitch.

Curious about how14-24mm photos would look @ 36mp but not ready to pay $3000.
 
Beautiful photos, I hope to do as well with my new D700. BTW what lens did you use for the 300mm shots?

I was playing with the idea last night of a second body, you know D90? D300? then I flipped to the D700 page on Amazon. Talk about sticker shock. New $2849, reconditioned $2300 and used starts at $1400.

Seems the demand is going up. I think I'll just concentrate on getting some new lenses.

Karen
 
BearsMom said:
BearsMom wrote:

Beautiful photos, I hope to do as well with my new D700. BTW what lens did you use for the 300mm shots?

I was playing with the idea last night of a second body, you know D90? D300? then I flipped to the D700 page on Amazon. Talk about sticker shock. New $2849, reconditioned $2300 and used starts at $1400.

Seems the demand is going up. I think I'll just concentrate on getting some new lenses.

Karen
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BearsMom said:
BearsMom wrote:

Beautiful photos, I hope to do as well with my new D700. BTW what lens did you use for the 300mm shots?

I was playing with the idea last night of a second body, you know D90? D300? then I flipped to the D700 page on Amazon. Talk about sticker shock. New $2849, reconditioned $2300 and used starts at $1400.

Seems the demand is going up. I think I'll just concentrate on getting some new lenses.

Karen
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ata3001 said:
GREAT camera & images even though it is only 12mp. Just can't crop a tightly as a D600 or D800. Big deal.......
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To give you an idea of the cropping capabilities of the D700, some samples. First the original photo, then the cropped and processed one.

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gee the leopard crop and processing look good..I didn't see the ISO at first..now I see that it was at 3200 i'm even more impressed ..the D700 is certainly a great camera.

as for prices...I saw a 65000 shutter actuation body with a few marks on it and a battered grip sell for $2025 AU the other day on Ebay..I couldn't believe how much it went for




considering what you paid you had a awesome deal
 
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Tommot1965 said:
Tommot1965 wrote:

gee the leopard crop and processing look good..I didn't see the ISO at first..now I see that it was at 3200 i'm even more impressed ..the D700 is certainly a great camera.

as for prices...I saw a 65000 shutter actuation body with a few marks on it and a battered grip sell for $2025 AU the other day on Ebay..I couldn't believe how much it went for

considering what you paid you had a awesome deal
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It deffenately was and is an awesome deal. Went to check out for a D300s or maybe D600. But end up with this terrific build-like-a-tank camera-package and can't be more happy. Nowadays, even the lens alone goes for €1429 in our local retailshop. (So actually got my D700 for ~€1000, brand new....WOW, still can't believe it yet)
 
Riker D said:
Riker D wrote:

I am in the same boat. After hearing about the problems Nikon is having with the D600/800 I am considering the D700.
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+1.... And so, no AF issues, no green image files, no oil spots, no 10-pin connector & flimsy battery door problems of D800-D600 bodies.... Just photography...
 
Nothing is wrong with your camera.


Is that the validation you were looking for? If so, I can go further and say this: nothing is wrong with ANY camera as long as it manages to produce pictures.

But:

1. the multi-billion dollar camera industry might not want you to believe that.

2. Camera review sites that make revenue from advertising might not want you to believe it. (They want you to keep reading in the utopian hope that the next camera will be the 100% perfect one).

3. And consumers who seek justification for their latest purchase might not want themselves to believe that.



Nice pictures. Have fun with your camera.


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