How would a used D700 compare with a current entry-mid range

>>2908152
Just get an entry level unless you can afford to go full frame

You pay a couple of hundred more for an entry level dslr with a few un-needed features

>>2908152
You will not be disappointed with the D700 one bit. Absolutely fantastic body and built like a brick shit house. I highly recommend getting a good clean/service if buying second hand because a good majority of them have seen a lot of heavy use, due to people buying them for the build quality.

Source: I've owned two of these

I would absolutely love to own a d700. Great camera, great tool for an aspiring professional (you can rent a d800 1 if a job needs ultra high res), and the lenses are great too. The d700 will not hold your hand, you must learn to use it properly.

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I picked up a d700 a few months ago
coming from an f5, this is the first digi i've owned and i gotta say i wasnt let down

not quite as solid as my f5 but for a digital its really really decent.
All the buttons are in the right place so there's almost no ergonomic difference from my

honestly the only reason why i wouldn't get a d700 over other cameras in this price is if your after resolution

Not sure how it compares to ultra modern dslr's on ISO, but this thing is still a beast for high ISO as far as im aware

pic related is probably too small/compressed to actually determine anything, but taken at ISO 2000 regardless

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>>2908341
ISO 2500

altho i think the shadows/foreground were raised quite a bit in this picture, from memory

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>>2908152
The D700 is fucking elite. It's your granddad's 30-30 or that pickup that has 300k miles and you've only changed fluids and tires. It's sharp and tough as shit. You even get the DK-17 roundeye piece.

>This is paired with a 24mm 2.8 in this image, for the record.

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>>2908262
>The d700 will not hold your hand, you must learn to use it properly.

lmao what

it's not the fucking master sword. you can put pretty much everything on auto and it'll churn out photo after photo with minimal input from the user. i don't understand this meme where "expensive cameras are more difficult to use". if anything, they're EASIER to use, since they're more responsive, have more physical controls and more overall capability. you could hand me a d3300 right now and i would have no fucking idea how to change the aperture.

An A7 or A7II would trounce the D700 in low-light though. The D700's good, as good as Sony's crop sensors are right now (ISO 3200-6400 as the upper limit), but it doesn't hold a candle to the 24MP FF sensors.

>>2910644
Nice dubs, but who the fuck would want to buy in to the e mount system? Battery life and EVF don't even come close in comparison either.


>TFW you fell for the sorny shill troll

>>2910648
>inferring I'm a sony shooter
I'm just saying, OP said
>Low light performance is a priority.

The A7 sensor would outperform a D700, and the EVF will let you see at night. Battery life does suck though.

D700 is legend. It's the F100 of the full frame era. I I have a D810 and still prefer the D700. Fucking awesome camera.

>>2910633
>this is not a 100% crop, this is actually all the resolution it has
kekonnen
>>2910644
I bought an A7, with a decent old fast 50 adapted it's a piece of piss to focus manually even in the dark, dat Electronic First Curtain for no shutter shock, the first 2 pics I published from the cam were edited iso1600 jpegs, looked just fine.
I'd imagine using the mk2 with the IBIS system is just beastly.

i love my d700, I plan on getting a d810 next year, my d700 will then be a great back up although I wouldn't mind a d7100 either for the crop factor

I wish the D700 did video. Just plain old 1080P30 video. It'd be my ultimate dreamboat camera then. I can use it for my YouTube channel and also for regular shooting.

It's insane but D700s go for 300$ on eBay all the time.

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>>2910893
Who gives a shit when it's this sharp?

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>>2908152
a7s ii + 35 1.4
/thread

>>2910905
dumped my D700 for a D810 this year, 12MP was just way too low. In every other respect, excellent camera.

>>2910636
It seems this way to you because you already grasp the concepts of camera control.
The D700 has no auto mode, so if you handed a it to someone who's a beginner like OP obviously is, they wouldn't even begin to know how to do anything at all.

>>2912919
>implying P isn't A with the ability to spin dials that aren't just exposure comp.

>>2911150
Sharp? You're a freaking idiot.

>>2912923
Not him, but there really is a difference between cameras with a 'green box' auto mode and those that lack it.

It's always quite a pain handing my D800 to inexperienced friends.
I can set everything to full auto (auto area AF, auto ISO, half press AF, etc), but it takes time and you have to know how to change those settings.

>>2913517
Or you could just set a custom mode for that then never worry again.

>>2913518
Doesn't work like that.

>>2913521
Amazing how they ignored that basic bit of customization until the D810 because that's precisely one of my custom set ups. I apologize for referring to the menu banks as "modes" and not being 100% clear, but it does work exactly like that.

>>2913525
It only remembers the menu customization.
It doesn't remember the shooting mode, AF mode, ISO setting, etc.

>>2913518
Setting a custom mode to let your friend take one shot may work on some bodies, but that doesn't mean that someone buying one who has NO IDEA what they're doing could do that for themselves.

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>>2911150
Out of curiosity, I made a 100% crop from my Olympus EP3, which is also 12mp, and I think the Olympus might be sharper.

Let's not test dynamic range...

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