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Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2016 23:48:09 No.2908152 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2908177 >>2908218 >>2910633 >>2911164

How would a used D700 compare with a current entry-mid range DSLR at about the same price ($500-1000)? What about the alpha a7?

Low light performance is a priority.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2016 00:23:21 No.2908177 Report

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>>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

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2016 01:37:25 No.2908218 Report

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>>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

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2016 02:51:20 No.2908262 Report

Quoted By: >>2910636

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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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2016 05:55:51 No.2908341 Report

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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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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2016 06:02:14 No.2908343 Report

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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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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 17:14:58 No.2910633 Report

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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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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 17:22:15 No.2910636 Report

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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.

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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 17:38:06 No.2910644 Report

Quoted By: >>2910648 >>2910893

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.

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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 17:42:08 No.2910648 Report

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>>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

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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 18:46:13 No.2910667 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 23:21:23 No.2910882 Report

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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.

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Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2016 23:45:21 No.2910893 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2016 00:05:01 No.2910905 Report

Quoted By: >>2912774

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

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2016 00:39:11 No.2910926 Report

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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.

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2016 05:12:48 No.2911125 Report

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

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2016 06:22:52 No.2911150 Report

Quoted By: >>2913484 >>2913649 >>2913684

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

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2016 06:47:38 No.2911164 Report

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>>2908152
a7s ii + 35 1.4
/thread

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Anonymous Sun 28 Aug 2016 21:10:54 No.2912774 Report

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

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 00:39:04 No.2912919 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 00:47:31 No.2912923 Report

Quoted By: >>2913517

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

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 18:59:09 No.2913484 Report

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

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 19:56:57 No.2913517 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 19:59:35 No.2913518 Report

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

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 20:09:46 No.2913521 Report

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>>2913518
Doesn't work like that.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 20:16:23 No.2913525 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 20:23:57 No.2913529 Report

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

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 22:39:08 No.2913643 Report

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>>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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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 22:45:55 No.2913649 Report

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>>2911150
Is my $99 GH1 sharper than that $800 FF DSLR?
It's pretty damn close if nothing else, considering they're both 12mp sensors. (Let's not compare dynamic range)

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Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 23:23:57 No.2913684 Report

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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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