Where to start? Anyone who’s serious about photography will be drooling over the D700’s specs
A full-frame 12-megapixel sensor that serves up images smoother than Daniel Craig’s dinner jacket
Machine-gun rapid 5fps continuous shooting...
Excellent photo quality as high as ISO 6
400
Fast focus and shooting
Even in low light
First-rate build quality and control layout
The editors didn't like
Canon EOS 450D
Nothing
Not much
But 1kg aint particularly light
And £2000 aint particularly cheap
You might need to sell a few snaps to the red tops to afford the D700 – and that’s before you’ve even thought about the top quality lenses you’ll want on front (budget at least another £300). Don’t worry about the sheer...
Relatively heavy
Low resolution for its class
Viewfinder only provides 95 per cent coverage and lacks interchangeable focusing screens
Occasional issues with automatic white balance under artificial light
UPDATE – January 2011: read our latest news about a rumoured release date in 2011. The D700 is Nikon's second FX format camera - the first was the flagship D3, which was released last summer.FX format is Nikon's term for full-frame – in other words, t...
Abstract: Only if you know the benefits and limitations of the Nikon D300 very well can you see the merits of having a Nikon D700. The results are definitely there, but with the price of the D300 falling every month it could be argued that its not enough to ju...
Deciding whether the D700 is worth its substantial price tag proves far more difficult than almost any other part of this test. The image quality, most of the handling and even the less tangible ‘want factor’ should all make the D700 the perfect balan...
Abstract: The D700 is Nikon’s second full-frame D-SLR after the ground-breaking D3 and the good news is, it shares many of the same features but in a slightly more compact body. Sharing the same chip as the Nikon D3, the Nikon D700 has a resolution of 12.1Mp but...
Excellent photo quality as high as ISO 6,400; fast focus and shooting, even in low light; first-rate build quality and control layout
Relatively heavy; low resolution for its class; viewfinder only provides 95 per cent coverage and lacks interchangeable focusing screens; occasional issues with automatic white balance under artificial light
As long as you don't need seriously high-resolution photos, video capture, or machine-gun-fast sports shooting, the Nikon D700 has everything you need in a pro full-frame camera for a reasonable price ...
The Nikon D700 is blisteringly fast and capture incredible results in near darkness. You get a choice of uncompressed TIFF as well as JPEG or Raw files, making the Nikon D700 a solid ‘best of both worlds’ compromise between D300 and D3 models...
Where to start? Anyone who’s serious about photography will be drooling over the D700’s specs: a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor that serves up images smoother than Daniel Craig’s dinner jacket, machine-gun rapid 5fps continuous shooting...
You might need to sell a few snaps to the red tops to afford the D700 – and that’s before you’ve even thought about the top quality lenses you’ll want on front (budget at least another £300). Don’t worry about the sheer...
Everything you need to go pro except a long lens and the willingness to stick it through Madonna’s front window. This stunningly high-powered camera should last, well, forever.Nikon D700 is tagged with Nikon, slr, camera, auto focus and dual live vi...
Abstract: You have to hand it to Nikon: having arrived a full five years late to the full-frame DSLR market (Canon got there first with its Eos 1Ds in 2002), its shown up with style. The top-end D3 has been wowing professionals since its release last year and w...