I am surprised and disappointed that you are perpetuating the myth of DX magnification. The DX cameras do not magnify a given lens’ image circle, they merely use only the center of the image circle which mimics the angle of view of a 50% longer focal length. When recognized professional photographers speak of DX magnification, it misleads less knowlegable photographers.

BTW, I’ve attended several of your seminars and am always impressed with your photography and photoshop skills.

This is a follow-up to my previous concern. Whatever you think of Ken Rockwell, he finds identical images for the D3, D700, and D300 at low ISO’s:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d700/sharpness-comparison.htm

in his sharpness comparison. Since I do landscape photography at low ISO’s, Rockwell’s result conflicts with your implication that the D700 produces better images in all conditions. You may very well be right, but his results are awfully surprising.

Jay

I think the question about the D700 for many people is whether image quality is really superior to that of the D300. If you shoot landscapes off of a tripod with a D300 at ISO 200, would your image quality be better if you used a D700 under the same conditions? I would love to see test results for say 12X18″ prints.

I plan to keep my D300 for wildlife photography because it’s terrific with the crop factor. As for landscape photography, I don’t think you’ve made a compelling case yet for the D700. I just happen to own a rarely if ever used 17-35mm, a sometimes used 24-70mm, and an 80-400mm. I’m all set to go with lenses for the D700 if you can convince me that it would improve my image quality over the D300 for landscape work. (I use a 12-24mm, 24-70mm, and 18-200mm.)

Thanks for considering my concern.

Jay

Thanks.

The F5 just delivered spectacular shots the D80 shots were close but not near as saturated or sharp as the F5 shots. Thanks Scott, I can’t wait to get my D700. I already have all fullframe lenses! Thanks for the great review and providing me with overwhelming incentive to pony up the bucks and make the leap!

I’m about ready to buy this camera if I can use the Nikon AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm but I’ve read that this lens on the D700 is soft at the edges in FX.

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/nikon_70-200_2p8_vr_n15/page7.asp

Have you experienced this or is this an updated lens?

Thanks,
Stewart

I love your work and your blog. I do own a small web/graphic design company in Ireland but I have only recently developed a passion for photography. I bought your Digital Photography books and they are fantastic and have really inspired me to take better photographs. I have been using a canon 400d (rebel xti) using the kit lens 18-55 and a sigma 70-300, this has been fine for the general shots i needed for small business websites imaging their office locations etc. I am very interested in getting a pro camera setup and have been asked to shoot a friends wedding shortly. I wanted to know what you thought of deals like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300263537338&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RCRX_Pr4_PcY_BID_Stores_IT&refitem=350101382241&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m184&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%252BSS%26itu%3DISS%252BUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4

Are these lenses good enough, I really want to start with the best lenses and which 2 lenses would you suggest could give me the best results for a wedding shoot and general product/office location shots for my web design business? Sorry for all the questions but I really could do with your professional advice!

Thanks so much

thank you so much for your review and all of your excellent photoshop publications. you are my favorite resource.

i own the following 2 lenses:
nikon ed af-s nikkor 28-70mm
nikon ed af nikkor 18-35

will these lenses allow me to have the full benefit in terms of quality, when used with the d700?

thank you,
david