d700 – reviews and comments

I was waiting for this package for weeks! Can't sleep, can't eat, always dreaming about it!

The Nikon D700 is Nikon’s, and the world’s, best serious digital camera. – Ken Rockwell

So, how awesome is it?

Oh, if you are upgrading from d80, this crazy camera is really the best ever. I really love the feelings on my hand. Here I will list some of the difference that I felt when I first hold it and turn it on.

1. Its freaking fast! at 8fps, d700 beats my d80 to dust!
2. ISO 6400 looks nice and sharp! probably its the same quality as the ISO800 on my old d80. Thus making low light photography a cake!
3. There is no auto mode! Thank god
4. It uses CF card, which is probably faster than SD card on my old d80 ya.
5. Freaking heavy! almost double the weight of my d80 when the d700 is paired with the battery grip.
6. LARGE 3″ screen. photos look sharp and bright, lots of info can be crammed, awesome.
7. Extra complicated menu controls. Took me couple of hours reading Ken Rockwell’s guide to fully understand the whole menus

How do you feel when you first open it?

Simple question, hard to describe in words.
I was esctatic. Smiling from ear to ear. Can’t stop showing my teeth around and keep on screaming ‘WOWW WOWW WOWWWW’. Just ask my bro and sis, haha.
Before arrives home, I was away shooting cosplay for uni’s anime club. It was long long and tiring day, setting up the lights and backdrop, shooting, coreographing, editing, printing, and counting money. I was feeling down and pissed off after that. You know the kinda stress you got after a long day work.

But when I see the package on top of the table, the whole stress just dissapeared! POOF! GONE! I am feeling like a child opening my first present.

So hows the shots?

It was awesome. I’m really still trying to get used to the awesomeness of the majestic d700. The menus are different from d80. It has millions of new features that I am not familiar with. I did a fun photoshoot with Nikki and Candice yesterday at the Melbourne Uni, turns out alright, and will post the photos soon.

You mentioned ‘the cheapest on the internet?’

Yes it is. I researched this for weeks and definetely found the cheapest place. It is the BlueFlyMobile store. Price in amazon are around 2,800 while in physical store is more than 3,000. BlueFlyMobile was selling it for 2,200.

Cheap must be bad right? Thats what I thought first too. Looks shady.

But then I went to research some more on Whirlpool forum and other random forums. Turns out that people actually give positive review! Congrats BlueFlyMobile, you got a new customer. yay!

In short, d700 is super freaking mega awesome.

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Article by Victor Augusteo