Nikon D700 Tests

Posted by David on January 16th, 2009

We decided to give the Nikon d700 a test drive over the weekend.  Pictures first; impressions at the end.

Impressions?  I love the new full-frame format that Nikon introduced with the D3 (and now trickles down to its baby brother, the D700).

Full frame sensors have two attributes that matter to me:

• Super shallow depth of field
• Incredibly good low-light / high-ISO performance

There’s just something a little bit more magical about the images – it has a different look than images taken with a cropped sensor.  Sort of like how 35mm film looks different than medium format film photos.  Something you can’t really put your finger one.

If Fuji gets their act together and produces an S5 successor, I’m buying that.  In the meantime, I’ll fawn over this.

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