Buying a Nikon D700 Today? - A Cheap Professional Full-Frame Camera!

While most people are in line for Nikons first mirrorless full frame camera, I decided to checkout the ten year old D700 instead. It is an extremely affordable Full Frame camera with pro features. And it definitely holds up by todays standards.
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Many images in this video are heavily cropped. But the 12mp sensor can still hold its own.

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[jamesgranberry]

I own a D850, and recently bought a D700. It was my dream camera when it came out in 2008, but I couldn’t afford one at that time. I keep my Nikon 50mm F/1.8 mounted and enjoy all manner of mostly travel photography. Fantastic body! Save your money, folks, all you need is one of these and you’re done.

[maximilianlindner]

I love my 370k+ clicks D700.
However, I completely disagree with you concerning the colors. I think the D700 still has the best straight out of camera color output out of ANY Nikon.
You should have also mentioned, that it shoots with a very respectable 8 fps with the extra grip + EN-EL4 Battery (and having infinite battery life that way as a bonus)
:)

[andrefelixstudio]

I am a working professional photographer for 30 years and I am so not interested in the mirror less cameras, Long live SLR. My hard earned money is in my bank! Not in my camera bag!

[brad-scottgirod]

It’s 2022 and I’m shooting a 14 year old Nikon D700 and carrying My Nikon D7100 since 2014. I consider myself fortunate and well-armed as they say. It was all film before I was able to go digital, I know nothing about photography and I have been shooting all my life so I get to keep learning and growing at 72. I am a real fan of your videos and thank you for all you teach me and others. I am probably the only one out there that likes a bit of noise from the D700, the photos come out more like paintings with it’s wonderful sensor. I was under the impression that Nikon engineers developed it and either Panasonic or maybe Sony produced it but I have not found that identical sensor in the following models. Please correct me. I am disabled after three spinal surgeries that left 8 screws in my back but that’s not going to stop my joy of photography. I would love to someday get a DF but I don’t see that coming (without getting a mortgage on one) in any near future. Good thing I have no “RAGE” and grateful for what I do have. Brad

[vitorguimaraes]

I bought a D700 in 2021 even though I already have the D850, and I was amazed by the image quality in 3200 iso, after treating the image and the quality is fabulous

[raksh]

On DPReview many years ago, there was a woman who's husband had been terminally ill prior to the birth of their child. As a part of preparing for his passing, he bought her a D700 so she would be able to take the best images of the baby he would not be alive to see. He set it up for her so she wouldn't have to worry about changing things. It has been years, possibly 9. I wonder if they still use this camera, and I marvel at the sentimental legacy that it may have produced.

[eddiek]

Bought me a D700 used back in 2013 as my first Full Frame camera..paid $1, 300 for it back then. I was skeptical about it becoming soon “outdated” but fast forward 6 years and my D700 is still going strong. It’s carried me through tons of weddings, events, trips, and portrait sessions without any problems. A true tank and I’ve decided to never get rid of it!

[TheMetroPhotographer]

By far the hardest working cameras I've ever used. They've out lived my Nikon D4s and my D810.

[HonJazzz]

I love the image at 3:32! I feel like the D700 has more of a “commercial” high saturation feel to it vs the 5d which feels a bit more filmic to me. I’d say both are great to have for different situations.

[lylestavast]

be still my heart... I've never regretted buying this camera 9 years ago... I bought a D750 last year for some video capability - much prefer the feel of the D700... and using both almost daily.

( One thing I wish the D750 had in addition to the highlight preserve metering mode, is the reverse - preserve shadow depth - then they could add a 2 picture bracket mode with the 2 in sequence and we'd have a full dynamic range capture suitable for some "hdr" work. As it is, I shoot one on the preserve, then +2.5 to get the range I need)

[blakegirouxphotography]

I bought a D700 last year and have used it on many pro shoots and it is what I choose every time I go out instead of many other more modern full frame cameras

[markthomas]

Still use one today. Built like a tank too.

[TheGlennLife]

Still a fantastic camera that holds its own today :) I did my first shoot on one of these that was borrowed from my university's music department. I was completely blown away and just using it was one of the reasons I got so interested in photography in the first place.

[JamieMPhoto]

This is my favorite camera of all time. If I could just add a few megapixels to the sensor, I'd be happy. I mean, I'd still have to use medium format stuff, but as far as 35mm goes, I'd be set.

[cfinlay]

At one time I had the D7000 & D700. Had to sell one of them. When it came down to it there was no real choice, it was goodbye D7000. The D700 just gives me the image quality I like, even though it only has 12MP, but that's all I need now. I'm happy with the choice I made and hope to go on using my D700 for many years to come.

[tc]

I bought my D700 from a colleague of mine almost 9 years ago. Beautiful camera it is and i still lug it over over the place even on international trips. I typically mount my Nikkor AF 35mm f2 lens with me on long trips to shoot landscape and street photography. Considering it is an 11 year-old design, I simply cannot fault the image and color quality of my D700. The auto-focus and low light performance are more than competent for an old pro DSLR.
I would highly recommend this DSLR to anyone who would like to have an affordable and robust camera to shoot anything. There are some very affordable Nikkor AF lenses on eBay as

[dimitristsakiris]

I bought my D3s in 2018!It was my dream camera and still is!What a great era of dslrs!

[erichartke]

The D700 is a die hard reliable beast and I actually really like the colours. Nice video.

[aetibaar]

D700 is the only camera I came across which literally made for pure photography. every time when you use it, it pushes you to capture images which is not easy to take because it doesn't have those fancy features which modern day DSLR have like focus peeking and stuff like that. ones you start using it, it elevates your photography skill set by miles away. I own three D700 (one I bought zero meter 7 years ago and other 2 are used). I ordered a 04th one few days ago because I found it only 1500 shutter counts. 

This machine is connected to my SOUL ....