Comments on: New Full Frame Nikon D700 (and new SB-900 Flash) Announced!

By: christine

christine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:45:46 +0000

Hi Scott,
I’m trying to decide on purchasing the D300 or the D700. Most of my lenses are DX but I need some direction. Please help!
P.S. I LOVE your show!

By: felix

felix — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:26:59 +0000

Hi Scott, iam felix happy about d700 $ sb900 very, very good 1001% satisfied , longing to see : ‘ Nikon” world’s no1 company,
Scott , not bother about de rate’s u coute,
you are de only one the CUSTUMBER SATISFIER.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:10:21 +0000

i love d3 and d700. waiting for the feature camera more advanced.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:08:05 +0000

The D700 looks nice, but might take some sales from the D3. Expected $3000 for the D700 vs. I think $4800 currently for the D3.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:38 +0000

Scott,
I would have emailed you but since I cannot find an email address, hopefully I will get a response. We are at the point of upgrading from our D200’s for our business and from the ton of research I have done, I do not see a lot of difference in the D3 and the D700 to justify spending the extra $2000 per camera. I realize the D3 has the faster frame rate, dual memory cards, and the 2x greater shutter rating… but if you had to choose today is the D3 worth the extra $2000? We are a growing business so the extra $2000 does matter to us. Is there something I am missing between these cameras?

Thanks,
Shaun

By: Bryan Whitehead

Bryan Whitehead — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:46:26 +0000

Does anyone know if this new D700 will ship with Nikon’s Capture NX2?

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D700 at eager little mind — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:53:41 +0000

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By: David duChemin

David duChemin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:20:31 +0000

David - Re. Lightroom issue. This isn’t really the best place to get tech support - are you a NAPP member? There’s a terrific Help Desk from which you will get faster support.

Have you been backing up your Lightroom library? If so, you’re safe. Go File > Open Catalog and then navigate to wherever your backups are stored. If not - well, this is why we do backups. Sorry, I wish I could give you more but in the few experiences I’ve had with Catalog corruption I’ve only been able to recover because I’ve had backups.

Perhaps someone else can help, but I suggest you contact the Help Desk if you’re a NAPP member, or spend some time with Google - there are forums aplenty out there for just this kind of thing, and you’re bound to get a much faster reply there than buried in the comments here.

Good luck.

By: Bryan Whitehead

Bryan Whitehead — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:35:08 +0000

Boy, I sure was excited to read about this new D700! I drove right down to my local dealer and the first D700 that comes in will be mine! I just wish that Nikon had a full frame version of the 18-200 VR lens. I just love that lens when you have to grab a body and only 1 lens.

By: John M

John M — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:56:58 +0000

Scott,

In on of the episodes of PSTV, you showed a way that CS3 can do a selective focus/DOF via Layers very nicely…almost equivalent of the plug-ins that you can buy…which episode was it? Thanks!

-JM

By: Kurt Shoens

Kurt Shoens — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:47:27 +0000

Terry: what do you see as the attraction of using the SB-900’s with Pocket Wizards? The one thing I see you’d get is the 200mm zoom, but you can get that effect with an accessory.

The Nikon i-TTL creative lighting system wouldn’t be available to you, so there go the nifty new features. My guess is the SB-900 is about the same total power as the SB-800, Canon EX 580, and other similar flashes. Plus the SB-900 costs more than the alternatives.

The i-TTL stuff is neat, but I think you’d have to go “all in” to take advantage of it.