I sold my last D700 4 years ago. It’s now late Sep 2022 & I’ve just bought another for £350 UK. 20k clicks, boxed, 2 condition 0 batteries, & super clean - BARGAIN! The output is really close to my D3S but subtly different. Loving it. ❤
Hi, sold my D3 about two years ago for an upgrade. Missed it like hell. Just picked one up, immaculate and boxed with four batteries with 3,200 clicks! Glad to have a D3 back! £650 in the UK.
I must confess, i've used d700 for 4,5 years and it I still remember it as a best nikon camera i ever had. I've made with it nearly 600 k and it did the job! I've made with it my best photos and i'm not lying, those 36 mpx in d800 where not satisfying me at all when i was printing 180x130 cm prints. It's awkward, but only now after years have passed i understood what a miracle camera it was. And i was printing even bigger files with it and it was ok those 12 mpx. I had no issues printing 3 meter panoramas or even bigger files... People who where buying my art work where asking me all the time the same question - what camera are you using? :) Believe it or not, but it was actually you "Angry photographer" from whom i got to know that the sensor of d700 was a toshiba make. Thank you! ;) It's a shame nikon do not deliver any more this kind of technology to buyers. All these people with pixel wars are pretty much techno-photographer and i met dozens of them. It makes me smile when time by time you hear people saying to you: O look, there is a new camera which has that amount of pixels, bla bla. Even now i could probably do better landscape photo with d700 than d800 and it's true and i'm not lying. Especially long exposures. The dynamic range i was getting from d700 was out of this world and for the same reason i miss it so much....
I lusted over the D700 so much when it launched and have always wanted one. I love that I have 2 x D700s in my arsenal now that I scored for under $250USD each with
I'm a Nikon D700 owner and I approve your message. The HD700 might not produce the most detailed images, but it's color richness and depth are phenomenal. D700+Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 = Magical.
I just picked up a D3s and a D700 this week. Epic machines and your comments about build that we ain't gonna see this any longer is a reason I will be picking up more of these. This translates into buying the best glass you can since the cost of the cameras is a fraction of the original cost and more so if you factored in inflation. Your videos are laced with humor and intuitive evaluations that knock the snot out of hyper math dependent, academic/forensic pinhead reviews. In short, your reviews are brilliant...and I only watched this specific one AFTER I got the cameras though the D700 is my second used one. I have been using a Sony A6000, A7, and A77 Mark II recently and like the innovative things Sony dares to do with their cameras.... But now at these used price levels, I am able to also acquire classic and still very, very usable Nikon FX equipment ...... Plus have acquired some heavily discounted Canon APS-H models..... The fact is the market has gotten drowned in ever newer models when in fact all of these older cameras were creating the best images back when they were introduced and in fact still are more than capable of doing the same..... As you said about the D3, it IS a 6,000 dollar camera..... Can you imagine somebody in 2030 backward engineering a D3? Nope. So I agree with all your comments in this video and appreciate your sense of humor/irony since it shows your depth of knowledge and "feeling" and profound appreciation about this magnificently engineered equipment. RE the battery in the D3..it is native to the D2H, D2X, D2Hs, and D2Xs...and it is the grip battery for the D300, D300s..and by benign design as you mentioned for the D700 grip which boosts the FPS from 5FPS to 8FPS!! (the grip does similar speed boosts in the D300/D300s and in fact is the SAME grip!!)... This is a buyer's market for supposedly outdated absolute highest end pro equipment....Your video advances the notion that there is significant residual operational/user value in this so called outdated machinery...
I just got a D700 and I’m amazed how well it feels and performs for a 12 year old camera. We are at a point where these are dirt cheap, while they still are modern enough. Most people do not want to buy them because of the 12 MP sensor. The seller of my D700 even had to explain in his advert why 12 MP is still enough. I got it for €260 ($290) with a shutter count of 23k.
So I was able to pick up a D700 with 16K shutter clicks, 2 batteries, vertical grip, and 2 16GB memory cards for just $475 does that sound like I got a pretty good deal?
I bought a D700 mostly because of this video. I later bought a D3, mostly because of this video. I love them both, amazing cameras. Bought them from Japan which means they are in nearly perfect condition.
hi gregpruitt I have some questions to you. which has louder shutter sound and which has harder vibration when shooting photos? I can't choose between d700 and d3
I am wondering if I am crazy for thinking of buying a D3 in 2022. I think it is worth $400 easy with less than 200k clicks, if the body is in good shape. Most of the D3's I see out there are beat to heck and still working.
its 2022 - and most inside courts sports do not have good lighting - thus i need iso 4000-6400 ISO - will this d3 output clean images? or rather go for d750 but with 6 FPS lose shots?
I shot weddings for years with the D3 and D700 and they were great. The electronics failed a few years ago in the D3 and replaced it with a used one.. and still have them.
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards.
I just got a Nikon D700 and it arrived today. The ad on Amazone was correct. It has 1204 shutter count. I believe that too, as it looks like a brand new camera. No scratches on the bottom or on the LCD etc. It looks like it came off the showroom floor yesterday. :) I paid 480$ US. I feel like I got a massive bargain! Now I need to buy some good glass off of your recommend list :) I have one lens from a Nikon N90 I got from my father when he passed. 35-105mm slide zoom AF the D model. Not bad to start but I want to get a couple primes. Thanks for all the quality information on this camera and lenses. Really helped out making my decision!
I foolishly sold my first D700 last year. I missed it so much that I started looking for another one. Just found one with 46K clicks on it, with three batteries and a Nikon battery grip, and all the boxes and papers that came with it when new. The camera was just serviced and cleaned by Nikon USA within the year as well. Got it on a late night auction where the seller ended his sale in the wee hours of the morning while everyone was in bed except me apparently. Got it for $600. I'm a happy camper. I love my old D7000 and appreciate the capabilities of the D7200 I now use for work projects. But nothing for me matches the pure enjoyment of shooting with the D700 and all my older Nikkors being used at their "correct" fields of view.
I started with a d3400 w/35mm afs lens. Fell in love with it, just picked up a d700 with 30k actuations for $350 and i couldn't be more excited to shoot with a "real" Nikon!!!
D700 is not 98% viewfinder. Raw images are the same. I do not use JPEG, however both can be made to match the other with picture control Both are SUPER well made cameras. I have two D3 and one D700 with 3000 pics each.
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards
The Fuji X100 produced the best jpegs of any camera with which I had shot up until recently. I did not think another camera could match it. Then I purchased the D700 (partly based on your recommendation), and its jpegs not only equal the X100, they exceed it! And I get the benefit of much better RAW files. You are dead on about he richness of colors on the D700. They are amazing. As for weight, just watched the recent documentary about Salgado ("The Salt of the Earth") which includes scenes about his latest work, "Genesis," for which which lugged a Canon 1DS Mark III around the world. He's 71.
Hi Ken, I would like to buy a second camera for my D700. It would be either the D3 or D3s. Here's the thing: I don't know if the better HI ISO performance of the D3s is worth the money. I could buy either a low 50k D3 or a low 70k shutter count D3s. Price difference is 350 Euros. I am shooting mostly in day light, but some of my pics I also do in the range 1600 - 3200 ISO. I heard the D3s supposed to have much better dynamic range. So which one would you recommend?
D3s average $1600.......the real advantage is teh buffer size, but its better ISO is nto that much better. ......what ?? only $400 euros diff there?????: thats much less than here, D3 here is MUCH MUCH cheaper, $800 vs. $1600 get the D3s
I own a D3 with 8152 shutter clicks :-) Bought it for about $400 in 2018. Love it and use it for personal projects and as a backup/second camera on weddings and events. I shoul use it more...
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards.
This is what I love I want it all back again the guru of cameras I need you to come back and do all this stuff again we can do Nikon and Fuji cameras together this is the stuff that rocks
D700... £550-600 in the UK used and the shutter count is goes around 20-80k. Got one borderline mint condition with only 22k shutter count. Makes you wonder why you would even consider buying new unless your a rich of course. Once I print the images I cannot tell the difference with I use the same lens and post processing technique over my D750 which costs 3 times as much and has twice the features and mega pixels. I think the digital sensor has hit a wall... Its why they are focusing so much on video and looks and size now, because from a photographic perspective nothing much is different.
I picked up a D700 in mint condition! with original box and bits! all minty! for 399 and it only had about 20k shutter count. I felt like I was looking at a new camera, it was that good and the price was just as good, I couldn't refuse
That's a SERIOUS bargain - I paid £570 for mine with 34k on it. (It was from a Nikon dealer with a warranty.) Once you've shot with it you are just happy to own it! I sold a previous D700 and had a Fuji X-T1 and 4 lenses for several months. The Fuji stuff was good (easier to use and much more portable), but there was just something about the D700 output I liked better - so I bought another D700 in October 2017 this time I'm not letting it go.
Cotictimmy I know what you mean, There’s something about the D700 photos :) I took a few photos of a model lately with a Zeiss lens and it just looks sharp and smooth at the same time? If that makes any sense :) pictures pop out with that combo plus I use other lenses. I get nice stuff out of the 50m F1.8G, I also have old manual Nikkor stuff, 28, 50, 135 :) D700 likes them all
The D700 is onto my most wanted FF DSLR List since it's release - but unfortunately, i couldn't afford it yet...ever since then...and then i've seen samples compared with the 5D - hands down, the way weak AA Filter onto the 5D does make landscape shots sharper compared to the D700, slightly...besides that, of course the D700 is the much better camera in every aspect, and 3 years "younger". ;-) I really don't need more than 10 to 12 MP, for sure. I don't do cropping, 95% none, way seldom. With the D700 it's the same like with the Queen Mum 5D: forget all the tech blablah about DxOMark & this stuff - both can take very nice photographs - and that is all that counts. Edit. Some people prefer the latest fuzz, and gear therefore...and some are just happy with what they've got...and/or enjoying to use older gear & lenses...i do. :-)
I'm just curious! What exactly is it that makes the Color Saturation just so Superior on the D700 compared to the D3? What is it in the firmware, filter, or? on the D3 that ""kills" the Color Saturation from the D700? What precisely is it that changes the D700 Color Saturation profile on the D3?
Found a D700 here in China for $550US equivalent including a 50mm 1.8 lens. Not sure of the shutter count, but seller says it wasn't used much. Seems too good to be true. Wanted video included, but will have to stick with my GH4.
wow, those are worlds apart and impossible to compare,...i own both. D500 is the ultrast low light superb*TCH.... D700 is the slow FX sexy gerl. for portraiture
Just bought a Nikon D700 with 204,667 shutter clicks from BnH $485.00 Had no idea it would have this many click ! It’s beautiful ! Not a scratch on it but 204,667 ??? Yikes ! Well photos are gorgeous ! Everything seems to work perfectly. Pray for me 👏
D700 for $550 with 16k shutter (excellent plus) or D3 for $750 unknown shutter (excellent) or D3s for $825 unknown shutter (excellent)? Battery grip for D700 is only $60 (mint)
Hi Ken , Last april i bought a minty shape D3 (demo model) from a Dutch camera store and believe it or not , 15k shuttercount, what a steal. Now its shuttercount in 2016 is around 20k. I love this camera !! Bye Tim
+Tim Voerman and it was STILL a demo model these years later? ......thats a low count........ you see the recent vid showing a D3 still rocking with 760,000 shutter count??? ROFL
Hi Ken, my message could be of too late on this video, however, relative to this, what is your take on D3 and D700 for landscape and long exposure photography? Up to what size of print I could do to display on my living room? Thank you and appreciate your kind reply. Have a great day ahead.
just bought D3 with 80xxx clicks... the black pint is a bit wared off but everything is fine works. love it change it for my dying D700 with 280xxx clicks on it love how snapy the shutter is and it surprised me that its actually lighter than D3
Got my D3 for 700,-€ with 396k shutter actuations. It has never seen an official Nikon service although it was registered. The original owner shot car races professionally with it and it looks as he took care for it. Wonderful camera. Now it has nearly 400k's on the shutter... I will NEVER sell it as I will never sell one of my three F2s with MD-2s and MF-3s.
Please help! I've been shooting w a D3s since it came out & recently purchased a used D700. It's super great, but I would LOVE for the # of shots remaining section on the control panel to be the number of shots taken. Is this possible to change? Thx!
ken as usual you have come up trumps just got the d700 £539 what a camera mint condition 19.000 shutter count my first fx and its brilliant thanks for your tips keep them comming my friend one happy chappie
D700 was my favorite dslr. Pro body + pro images in an affordable package. Nothing from nikon that came afterwards could beat it. D750 that came afterwards is a toy. Had to reach for fuji xt2 to find something even better.
Got a chance right meow to buy a D3 with 14k clicks for around $600. I already have a D500, D800, and D700. I use all three for sports, but the d700's buffer annoys me. Worth getting the D3?
I bought a d700 with just above 10k clicks with 350€ and vintage tamron 28mm f 2.5 AI lense with 50€ and and Nikkor AF 80-200mm f 2.8 with 350€. All of them are just fantastic deals.
Found a D3 with 103K clicks on it. Not bad for a 10 year old camera. What’s that? Two hundred shots per week, on average? The camera is a built like a battleship. This will be my new walk around camera with the 35mm f/2D lens.
Hey I've been following you for a while and I just want some input on the d3. I just picked one up with under 70000 shutter clicks. Now do you still think that it's a very relevant camera for today's day and age of technology. Yes I will be getting the d4 soon but I like the low mp being that I don't print big or crop a bunch. I shoot sports and events that don't require a whole heap of detail. What's your thoughts?
I have a D700 and I am often looking out for a second one at a good price but today my local camera shop put a mint D3 in the window!! good as new!! too good to be true!! so I asked about the counter!! only 12k!!! I paid 399 British pounds, it was funny when I was trying it out, like handling a gun your use to :) got to grips with it very fast. I love the sensor in the D700/D3 and I am lazy with file sizes!! 12mp is good enough for me anyway :) and JAPANESE build quality!!! grab it while you can :)
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regard
With the dropping prices of the D 800’s, and the even lower prices for good lightly used D700’s, which way would you go? Wanting to make my first FX decision. Don’t care about video. Want to shoot landscapes, outdoors.
Hey Well the audio of this video is really not that great, but i think it's a problem with level, not the mic. :) P.S. Im waiting on my D700, got it for ~700$ with the grip, box and 3 batteries. Oh and an extra 35-70mm. Dont know if its any good or not. :)
I'm primarily shooting high school sports using my D7100. I'm trying to decide between the D3 and the D700, I've been able to find a D3 in my budget. What's your recommendation.
Ken, i don't know if you can buy rechargeable batteries from the german brand PATONA, i do use them for >5 years, and they're really great, for 1/3 of the original item price.
I have them both. ISO performance is IDENTICAL in both of these DSLRs. 2017 and still great cameras. Beetween the two, i would chose the D3, who shoots with the built in flash anyway...
Hi Ken, I need some advice on buying a camera body. Bought a 80-200 2.8 from one of your video and very very very happy with it, Thanks alot. but now I'm upgrading to FF. I'm deciding between a used D600 and a used D700, in my area I found both exactly the same price. ($700)... which would you recommend?? I mainly do weddings (always around iso 3200 or more) and landscapes (occasionally prints at 15' x 12').
Hi Angry Photographer, Love all of your vids. I purchased almost mint condition of Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 after watching your review and I could not be more happier. Thinking to get Tokina 100mm f2.8 too next year. I have a question regarding D7100 so it might be out of topic (sorry :( ). I have been using D7100 for about a year now and for the last few months I have been getting err message a lot recently when changing the aperture for every lenses I have. Only maximum aperture works for example I can shoot with f2.8 with my 80-200mm no problem but when I changed it to f4 or other aperture it started to gave me err message. After 10-15 minutes it seems ok but then the same problem occurred. I have been asking around repair shop and they offered me half the price of my D7100 to fix it. So, do you have any idea what's wrong with it? I trust you since you have tremendous experience with cameras and lenses. Cheers, Ilham
+Ilham Nandana Try cleaning the contacts in the lens mount. If that doesn't work, send it to Keh for repair. Since it's happening on all lenses, the problem is with the body, so concentrate on that. Use a good electrical contact cleaner applied with a Q-tip. I use CRC 2-26, available from Home Depot and possibly Lowe's in the US. Good luck!
Thanks again I just got my d700 with the mb-d100 for $450.00 ... My question now is:: what lense .... For the money .. Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro Or nikkor d 60mm micro 2.8.
I already have a D3 but a second one has come in my local store for 350 British pounds! It has 70k clicks, comes with box etc. 2 batteries! and it is in great condition!! I’m so tempted :)
@@jd5787 I came very close to getting it but didn't really have the money! then when I popped in a few days later, it was gone :) still using my other D3 to this day, just did an event, had no worries about weather or battery life. its a legend
@@jd5787 I actually look after mine very well :) even if it rains, I will get under and umbrella with it :) the D3 has never slowed down under cold or hot conditions. always a beast
Talking about longevity of shutters on the D3, my friend has one with 1.3 million clicks !
Did he ever have any repairs?
I sold my last D700 4 years ago. It’s now late Sep 2022 & I’ve just bought another for £350 UK. 20k clicks, boxed, 2 condition 0 batteries, & super clean - BARGAIN! The output is really close to my D3S but subtly different. Loving it. ❤
Hi, sold my D3 about two years ago for an upgrade. Missed it like hell. Just picked one up, immaculate and boxed with four batteries with 3,200 clicks! Glad to have a D3 back! £650 in the UK.
I must confess, i've used d700 for 4,5 years and it I still remember it as a best nikon camera i ever had. I've made with it nearly 600 k and it did the job! I've made with it my best photos and i'm not lying, those 36 mpx in d800 where not satisfying me at all when i was printing 180x130 cm prints. It's awkward, but only now after years have passed i understood what a miracle camera it was. And i was printing even bigger files with it and it was ok those 12 mpx. I had no issues printing 3 meter panoramas or even bigger files... People who where buying my art work where asking me all the time the same question - what camera are you using? :)
Believe it or not, but it was actually you "Angry photographer" from whom i got to know that the sensor of d700 was a toshiba make. Thank you! ;)
It's a shame nikon do not deliver any more this kind of technology to buyers.
All these people with pixel wars are pretty much techno-photographer and i met dozens of them. It makes me smile when time by time you hear people saying to you: O look, there is a new camera which has that amount of pixels, bla bla. Even now i could probably do better landscape photo with d700 than d800 and it's true and i'm not lying. Especially long exposures. The dynamic range i was getting from d700 was out of this world and for the same reason i miss it so much....
Quote: " I've made with it nearly 600 k and it did the job!" That's impressive! :o
Arunas Staponas u can still buy it you know?:)
Fofo Bolaños agree!:) what was the maintenance cost?
I lusted over the D700 so much when it launched and have always wanted one. I love that I have 2 x D700s in my arsenal now that I scored for under $250USD each with
I'm a Nikon D700 owner and I approve your message. The HD700 might not produce the most detailed images, but it's color richness and depth are phenomenal. D700+Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 = Magical.
dear mr. angry photographer.
i bought a nikon d3 (under 10k clicks)
i just wanna say im really happy and really blown away.. thank you very much.
how much did you pay for it? im hunting for one...Goodluck with that beast!!
I just picked up a D3s and a D700 this week. Epic machines and your comments about build that we ain't gonna see this any longer is a reason I will be picking up more of these. This translates into buying the best glass you can since the cost of the cameras is a fraction of the original cost and more so if you factored in inflation. Your videos are laced with humor and intuitive evaluations that knock the snot out of hyper math dependent, academic/forensic pinhead reviews. In short, your reviews are brilliant...and I only watched this specific one AFTER I got the cameras though the D700 is my second used one.
I have been using a Sony A6000, A7, and A77 Mark II recently and like the innovative things Sony dares to do with their cameras....
But now at these used price levels, I am able to also acquire classic and still very, very usable Nikon FX equipment ...... Plus have acquired some heavily discounted Canon APS-H models.....
The fact is the market has gotten drowned in ever newer models when in fact all of these older cameras were creating the best images back when they were introduced and in fact still are more than capable of doing the same.....
As you said about the D3, it IS a 6,000 dollar camera.....
Can you imagine somebody in 2030 backward engineering a D3? Nope.
So I agree with all your comments in this video and appreciate your sense of humor/irony since it shows your
depth of knowledge and "feeling" and profound appreciation about this magnificently engineered equipment.
RE the battery in the D3..it is native to the D2H, D2X, D2Hs, and D2Xs...and it is the grip battery for the D300, D300s..and by benign design as you mentioned for the D700 grip which boosts the FPS from 5FPS to 8FPS!! (the grip does similar speed boosts in the D300/D300s and in fact is the SAME grip!!)...
This is a buyer's market for supposedly outdated absolute highest end pro equipment....Your video advances the notion that there is significant residual operational/user value in this so called outdated machinery...
I just got a D700 and I’m amazed how well it feels and performs for a 12 year old camera. We are at a point where these are dirt cheap, while they still are modern enough. Most people do not want to buy them because of the 12 MP sensor. The seller of my D700 even had to explain in his advert why 12 MP is still enough. I got it for €260 ($290) with a shutter count of 23k.
I am planning to buy a Nikon d700 in 2019 for wildlife, Landscape and macro.
Do you think it will be good?
Can you suggest me something?
Thank you
I just bought a d3 with 2231 shots on it. It is just AWESOME. What a beautiful heavy beast of a camera it is!
Is the d3 still relevant in 2024? Tempted to pick one up with 9700 actuations for 500$ 🤔
So I was able to pick up a D700 with 16K shutter clicks, 2 batteries, vertical grip, and 2 16GB memory cards for just $475 does that sound like I got a pretty good deal?
Hell yes. They are currently $800
@@crxracer805 $800 ? Crazy. There's a d700 near me with 30k going for $325. A D3 with under 5k for $500.
Yes
I bought a D700 mostly because of this video. I later bought a D3, mostly because of this video. I love them both, amazing cameras. Bought them from Japan which means they are in nearly perfect condition.
hi gregpruitt I have some questions to you. which has louder shutter sound and which has harder vibration when shooting photos? I can't choose between d700 and d3
Just received my Nikon D3 for £275. 50k clicks and in amazing condition. Love it. Your channel persuaded me a little 😊
I am wondering if I am crazy for thinking of buying a D3 in 2022. I think it is worth $400 easy with less than 200k clicks, if the body is in good shape. Most of the D3's I see out there are beat to heck and still working.
holding a D3s is like holding the original Dewalt 9.6W cordless drill, you just want to walk around with it for the feel of it.
Just picked you an outstanding D3 with 29,601 clicks in super condition on EBay for less than a $1k I am super excited :)
its 2022 - and most inside courts sports do not have good lighting - thus i need iso 4000-6400 ISO - will this d3 output clean images? or rather go for d750 but with 6 FPS lose shots?
I shot weddings for years with the D3 and D700 and they were great. The electronics failed a few years ago in the D3 and replaced it with a used one.. and still have them.
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards.
I am wondering what is the current camera (not GFX) which has the similar output tone to D700?
Hooray for heavy cameras!!
They are the highest of quality built, you know when you feel it
I prefer my d700 over d850 and z6
Very good video Ken of the two best old school digital cameras out there.
Keep up your good work mate.
I just got a Nikon D700 and it arrived today. The ad on Amazone was correct. It has 1204 shutter count. I believe that too, as it looks like a brand new camera. No scratches on the bottom or on the LCD etc. It looks like it came off the showroom floor yesterday. :) I paid 480$ US. I feel like I got a massive bargain! Now I need to buy some good glass off of your recommend list :) I have one lens from a Nikon N90 I got from my father when he passed. 35-105mm slide zoom AF the D model. Not bad to start but I want to get a couple primes. Thanks for all the quality information on this camera and lenses. Really helped out making my decision!
I just got my Nikon D3 today. Truly a unicorn as it only had 9600 clicks on it! 😍
wow low clicks..how much? enjoy it...
Just scored a mint D3 for 400 bucks w/ only 6.7K shutter clicks. Geeked!
You'll have to rip my D700 out of my cold dead hands!! :-)
+Robert Berg rip? you mean uncurl your fingers from ........ Muahhahahahahahaha
Hahaha, yeah, that too!! :-)
You cold and dead yet?
Mollon labe!
r u dead yet 😂
What about choosing between a D3 and a D4? I'd like to hear about that, since I've seen recently your video about the latter.
Thank you
Cheers Ken , I’ve just found a D3 with 12000 clicks and mint but no box ,for £575. And it’s all I need , then some !!
ohhhhhh dayummmn, id even buy it at that price !
I foolishly sold my first D700 last year. I missed it so much that I started looking for another one. Just found one with 46K clicks on it, with three batteries and a Nikon battery grip, and all the boxes and papers that came with it when new. The camera was just serviced and cleaned by Nikon USA within the year as well. Got it on a late night auction where the seller ended his sale in the wee hours of the morning while everyone was in bed except me apparently. Got it for $600. I'm a happy camper.
I love my old D7000 and appreciate the capabilities of the D7200 I now use for work projects. But nothing for me matches the pure enjoyment of shooting with the D700 and all my older Nikkors being used at their "correct" fields of view.
I'm 12 but I really love heavy, metal bodies because I can take them out in the rain, and the weight helps with stabilisation
now you are 14
Now 15
TeabagBandit 88 do you still love cameras?
Are you still taking pictures?
I started with a d3400 w/35mm afs lens. Fell in love with it, just picked up a d700 with 30k actuations for $350 and i couldn't be more excited to shoot with a "real" Nikon!!!
How was your opinion after some years with a D700???
D700 is not 98% viewfinder. Raw images are the same. I do not use JPEG, however both can be made to match the other with picture control
Both are SUPER well made cameras. I have two D3 and one D700 with 3000 pics each.
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards
Bought one D700 2 months ago with
1067 clicks ,500€ .
I consider this a steal .
Great camera
The Fuji X100 produced the best jpegs of any camera with which I had shot up until recently. I did not think another camera could match it. Then I purchased the D700 (partly based on your recommendation), and its jpegs not only equal the X100, they exceed it! And I get the benefit of much better RAW files. You are dead on about he richness of colors on the D700. They are amazing. As for weight, just watched the recent documentary about Salgado ("The Salt of the Earth") which includes scenes about his latest work, "Genesis," for which which lugged a Canon 1DS Mark III around the world. He's 71.
+Chris Fuller theyre rich and colorful arent they? :P
i have no muscles and i can pack the heavy stuff all day no problems :)
I recently got my nikon D700 and its a great start for me!
I picked up a D3s in 2022 with only 10k shutter actuations on it. My D700 has around 400k.
Hi Ken, I would like to buy a second camera for my D700. It would be either the D3 or D3s. Here's the thing: I don't know if the better HI ISO performance of the D3s is worth the money. I could buy either a low 50k D3 or a low 70k shutter count D3s. Price difference is 350 Euros. I am shooting mostly in day light, but some of my pics I also do in the range 1600 - 3200 ISO. I heard the D3s supposed to have much better dynamic range. So which one would you recommend?
D3s average $1600.......the real advantage is teh buffer size, but its better ISO is nto that much better. ......what ?? only $400 euros diff there?????: thats much less than here, D3 here is MUCH MUCH cheaper, $800 vs. $1600
get the D3s
I own a D3 with 8152 shutter clicks :-) Bought it for about $400 in 2018. Love it and use it for personal projects and as a backup/second camera on weddings and events. I shoul use it more...
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regards.
This is what I love I want it all back again the guru of cameras I need you to come back and do all this stuff again we can do Nikon and Fuji cameras together this is the stuff that rocks
D700... £550-600 in the UK used and the shutter count is goes around 20-80k.
Got one borderline mint condition with only 22k shutter count. Makes you wonder why you would even consider buying new unless your a rich of course. Once I print the images I cannot tell the difference with I use the same lens and post processing technique over my D750 which costs 3 times as much and has twice the features and mega pixels.
I think the digital sensor has hit a wall... Its why they are focusing so much on video and looks and size now, because from a photographic perspective nothing much is different.
I picked up a D700 in mint condition! with original box and bits! all minty! for 399 and it only had about 20k shutter count. I felt like I was looking at a new camera, it was that good and the price was just as good, I couldn't refuse
That's a SERIOUS bargain - I paid £570 for mine with 34k on it. (It was from a Nikon dealer with a warranty.) Once you've shot with it you are just happy to own it! I sold a previous D700 and had a Fuji X-T1 and 4 lenses for several months. The Fuji stuff was good (easier to use and much more portable), but there was just something about the D700 output I liked better - so I bought another D700 in October 2017 this time I'm not letting it go.
Cotictimmy I know what you mean, There’s something about the D700 photos :) I took a few photos of a model lately with a Zeiss lens and it just looks sharp and smooth at the same time? If that makes any sense :) pictures pop out with that combo plus I use other lenses. I get nice stuff out of the 50m F1.8G, I also have old manual Nikkor stuff, 28, 50, 135 :) D700 likes them all
I tried the Zeiss 85 f1.4 ZF-2 and I agree it was superb, but it was £750 used so I didn't get it. I agree the 50mm f1.8G is great.
The D700 is onto my most wanted FF DSLR List since it's release - but unfortunately, i couldn't afford it yet...ever since then...and then i've seen samples compared with the 5D - hands down, the way weak AA Filter onto the 5D does make landscape shots sharper compared to the D700, slightly...besides that, of course the D700 is the much better camera in every aspect, and 3 years "younger". ;-) I really don't need more than 10 to 12 MP, for sure. I don't do cropping, 95% none, way seldom. With the D700 it's the same like with the Queen Mum 5D: forget all the tech blablah about DxOMark & this stuff - both can take very nice photographs - and that is all that counts.
Edit. Some people prefer the latest fuzz, and gear therefore...and some are just happy with what they've got...and/or enjoying to use older gear & lenses...i do. :-)
Thanks so much for sharing, very funny too. Greetings from Germany/Taiwan
I'm just curious! What exactly is it that makes the Color Saturation just so Superior on the D700 compared to the D3? What is it in the firmware, filter, or? on the D3 that ""kills" the Color Saturation from the D700? What precisely is it that changes the D700 Color Saturation profile on the D3?
Found a D700 here in China for $550US equivalent including a 50mm 1.8 lens. Not sure of the shutter count, but seller says it wasn't used much. Seems too good to be true. Wanted video included, but will have to stick with my GH4.
How would you feel today about a choice between them? D3's and D700s are almost even on price on Ebay these days. I'm really torn!
Hi between the nikon d500 and nikon d700 which one will choose and what is the difference
wow, those are worlds apart and impossible to compare,...i own both. D500 is the ultrast low light superb*TCH.... D700 is the slow FX sexy gerl. for portraiture
Hi, welcome to 2022. The world is in peril. Anyway, the D700 colors are still awesome.
Just bought a Nikon D700 with 204,667 shutter clicks from BnH
$485.00
Had no idea it would have this many click ! It’s beautiful ! Not a scratch on it but 204,667 ???
Yikes ! Well photos are gorgeous ! Everything seems to work perfectly. Pray for me 👏
Still working? 🙌🏻
There was a D3X for less than a D3 with more shutter count at my local camera store early last year only $1500NZ Crazy money for such a camera
I just got my D700, and I kind of miss my D300 b/c it is just so
D700 for $550 with 16k shutter (excellent plus) or D3 for $750 unknown shutter (excellent) or D3s for $825 unknown shutter (excellent)? Battery grip for D700 is only $60 (mint)
Hi Ken ,
Last april i bought a minty shape D3 (demo model) from a Dutch camera store and believe it or not , 15k shuttercount, what a steal. Now its shuttercount in 2016 is around 20k. I love this camera !!
Bye
Tim
+Tim Voerman and it was STILL a demo model these years later? ......thats a low count........ you see the recent vid showing a D3 still rocking with 760,000 shutter count??? ROFL
Hi Ken, my message could be of too late on this video, however, relative to this, what is your take on D3 and D700 for landscape and long exposure photography? Up to what size of print I could do to display on my living room? Thank you and appreciate your kind reply. Have a great day ahead.
Should the larger pixels on the D700 or D3s sensor be considered when comparing them with more recent cameras like the D750?
just bought D3 with 80xxx clicks... the black
pint is a bit wared off but everything is fine works. love it change it for my dying D700 with 280xxx clicks on it love how snapy the shutter is and it surprised me that its actually lighter than D3
Got my D3 for 700,-€ with 396k shutter actuations. It has never seen an official Nikon service although it was registered. The original owner shot car races professionally with it and it looks as he took care for it. Wonderful camera. Now it has nearly 400k's on the shutter... I will NEVER sell it as I will never sell one of my three F2s with MD-2s and MF-3s.
thanks for making this awesome vid!
Please help! I've been shooting w a D3s since it came out & recently purchased a used D700. It's super great, but I would LOVE for the # of shots remaining section on the control panel to be the number of shots taken. Is this possible to change? Thx!
Just Purchased a d3 with less than 40 thousand chicks. Haven’t got it yet. Had a d700 before. Awesome camera.
Hey Bro Quick comparison question Nikon D3 vs D4 is it wort the differences? Is it worth it?ThanX Zip
Looking at which one would be good for night photography
ken as usual you have come up trumps just got the d700 £539 what a camera mint condition 19.000 shutter count my first fx and its brilliant thanks for your tips keep them comming my friend one happy chappie
D700 was my favorite dslr. Pro body + pro images in an affordable package.
Nothing from nikon that came afterwards could beat it. D750 that came afterwards is a toy. Had to reach for fuji xt2 to find something even better.
Hi sir I’m about to buy a nikon d3 with 70,000 actuations for $600 should I buy it? What do I need to look at when checking out this camera?
Do you think $1000 is a fair price for a D700 with 1500 shutter actuations?
nooooo, hehehehe!!!!!
I bought a d700 in your recommendation and it's excellent and heavy surberb
Hi! It is 2018 I know, but I got a really good deal on a d3 with 44k actuations on it. is it worth for wedding photography still?
Absolutely
Got a chance right meow to buy a D3 with 14k clicks for around $600. I already have a D500, D800, and D700. I use all three for sports, but the d700's buffer annoys me. Worth getting the D3?
Hello Angry Man! When you talk about an adapter to put into d700, is that the EH-5a/EH-5 AC power adapter? Thanks
my D3 has only 830 actuation (original shutter) :-)
Why ?
i traded my 80-200 2.8 ed D lens for a nice D3. did i do a good trade?
oh helllllll yeah :P
Cool! thinking of selling it. amazing camera. the pictures are as good as my D810.
Admeralsarms absolutely amazing camera the d3....
I bought a d700 with just above 10k clicks with 350€ and vintage tamron 28mm f 2.5 AI lense with 50€ and and Nikkor AF 80-200mm f 2.8 with 350€. All of them are just fantastic deals.
Found a D3 with 103K clicks on it. Not bad for a 10 year old camera. What’s that? Two hundred shots per week, on average? The camera is a built like a battleship. This will be my new walk around camera with the 35mm f/2D lens.
Hey I've been following you for a while and I just want some input on the d3. I just picked one up with under 70000 shutter clicks. Now do you still think that it's a very relevant camera for today's day and age of technology. Yes I will be getting the d4 soon but I like the low mp being that I don't print big or crop a bunch. I shoot sports and events that don't require a whole heap of detail. What's your thoughts?
your idea with nikon D3 and manual 300mm F4? does it work well
thanks Zip
I have a D700 and I am often looking out for a second one at a good price but today my local camera shop put a mint D3 in the window!! good as new!! too good to be true!! so I asked about the counter!! only 12k!!! I paid 399 British pounds, it was funny when I was trying it out, like handling a gun your use to :) got to grips with it very fast. I love the sensor in the D700/D3 and I am lazy with file sizes!! 12mp is good enough for me anyway :) and JAPANESE build quality!!! grab it while you can :)
a piece of advice: between a Nikon D3 with 150.000 clicks and a Nikon D700 with 10.000 shoots, both with the same price, where would you go your money? Thanks in advance. Regard
Regret getting the D3. Should've waited for D3s. It's history now. Both are. Still work well though. My D1 works fine too.
With the dropping prices of the D 800’s, and the even lower prices for good lightly used D700’s, which way would you go? Wanting to make my first FX decision. Don’t care about video. Want to shoot landscapes, outdoors.
lmao wrist strap on a D3. if you dropped it and your wrist caught it, it would snap your wrist :p
Aloha Ken, D700 for $700, is it a good price for 2016? Thanks!
how many clicks….box…….MORE INFO
3022 clicks and 1 extra battery.
very good price, if it has box too
Hey
Well the audio of this video is really not that great, but i think it's a problem with level, not the mic. :)
P.S. Im waiting on my D700, got it for ~700$ with the grip, box and 3 batteries. Oh and an extra 35-70mm. Dont know if its any good or not. :)
I'm primarily shooting high school sports using my D7100. I'm trying to decide between the D3 and the D700, I've been able to find a D3 in my budget. What's your recommendation.
And I shoot high school dropouts with a D5000.
Ken, i don't know if you can buy rechargeable batteries from the german brand PATONA, i do use them for >5 years, and they're really great, for 1/3 of the original item price.
Is there a disadvantage to buying on eBay the d700 packages from Japan that have the manuals in Japanese?
+douglas nilles nah, cause you can download the english manuals heheheheh!!
I consider the D700 as the sophisticated brother to the D300.
D3 is a Military spec version of the type
again thanks for the video !!
would you say there is a ISO sweet spot on the D700 ?
+Gavyn Tillison 800
Thanks heaps for the reply
I will keep that in mind
i have 2 D700s, id never sell either one! ;P
Can't say i blame you there ! That said my D5300 performs well
I do concert photography as a hobby,which one would suit me best the 700 or D3?
Depends on your strengh and stamina ( to carry those mega and mini monsters )
Hey I love your videos and have to tell you that I was able to find D3S for 850.00 Canadian with 64890 clicks
I have them both. ISO performance is IDENTICAL in both of these DSLRs. 2017 and still great cameras. Beetween the two, i would chose the D3, who shoots with the built in flash anyway...
I haven't been able to find a D3 that didn't look like it was used as a soccer ball...
+ManyDoors777 i knoooooow man, all this is VERY TRUE
Hi Ken, I need some advice on buying a camera body.
Bought a 80-200 2.8 from one of your video and very very very happy with it, Thanks alot.
but now I'm upgrading to FF. I'm deciding between a used D600 and a used D700, in my area I found both exactly the same price. ($700)...
which would you recommend?? I mainly do weddings (always around iso 3200 or more) and landscapes (occasionally prints at 15' x 12').
+engsoon3838 as much as i despise the D600, given what youre gonna do, i had to say the D600
i need to be objective and look to YOUR needs :)
+Theoria Apophasis Thanks alot!!
Hi Angry Photographer,
Love all of your vids. I purchased almost mint condition of Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 after watching your review and I could not be more happier. Thinking to get Tokina 100mm f2.8 too next year.
I have a question regarding D7100 so it might be out of topic (sorry :( ). I have been using D7100 for about a year now and for the last few months I have been getting err message a lot recently when changing the aperture for every lenses I have. Only maximum aperture works for example I can shoot with f2.8 with my 80-200mm no problem but when I changed it to f4 or other aperture it started to gave me err message. After 10-15 minutes it seems ok but then the same problem occurred.
I have been asking around repair shop and they offered me half the price of my D7100 to fix it. So, do you have any idea what's wrong with it? I trust you since you have tremendous experience with cameras and lenses.
Cheers,
Ilham
+Ilham Nandana Try cleaning the contacts in the lens mount. If that doesn't work, send it to Keh for repair. Since it's happening on all lenses, the problem is with the body, so concentrate on that. Use a good electrical contact cleaner applied with a Q-tip. I use CRC 2-26, available from Home Depot and possibly Lowe's in the US. Good luck!
Thanks again I just got my d700 with the mb-d100 for $450.00 ... My question now is:: what lense .... For the money .. Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro Or nikkor d 60mm micro 2.8.
I already have a D3 but a second one has come in my local store for 350 British pounds! It has 70k clicks, comes with box etc. 2 batteries! and it is in great condition!! I’m so tempted :)
Hope you picked it up!
@@jd5787 I came very close to getting it but didn't really have the money! then when I popped in a few days later, it was gone :) still using my other D3 to this day, just did an event, had no worries about weather or battery life. its a legend
@@Gibson1976uk the entire D-series is designed to take severe punishment I think hehe 😀. Glad you find success with your D3!
@@jd5787 I actually look after mine very well :) even if it rains, I will get under and umbrella with it :) the D3 has never slowed down under cold or hot conditions. always a beast
What would you get- D7100/200 or D610
Really stuck for choice
+brown suger D7100 or D700 u choose
i was wondering if a D700 is still worth buying now,after 10 years...
depends on the price
Just watched this, and to let you know it’s 2022 and I have a D3 with just over 3000 shutter clicks