![]() Even today, the D700 remains an excellent camera – mine has over 70,000 frames under its belt and hasn’t missed a beat. The D700 and D3 were turning points in Nikon’s history: first full frame, and first time in recent memory the noise advantage shifted decisively away from Canon. At this point, however, the technology inside the D700 was five years old – an age in the digital world, and possibly the oldest sensor architecture still purchasable new (with the exception of the Leica M9, whose photosite design was inherited from the 2006 M8). The older model continued in the lineup together with the higher spec (and higher priced) D800 pair. ![]() I think two questions were on the mind of the Nikon enthusiasts and pros after the launch of the D800 ( full review here) and D800E (which curiously, I’ve never actually reviewed): firstly, was this the D700 replacement, and why the enormous resolution? The D800 snuck in at the same price point as the D700 back in 2008 subsequent erosion of the D700 saw prices fall to the US$2200 level or thereabouts, at least for street prices in this part of the world. Subjectively, it’s lighter but you don’t really notice in use it feels about the same weight because the square handgrip design requires you to exert more pinky pressure, which makes the whole thing feel a bit heavier than it is… Smaller than the D800, but you’ve got to put them side by side to see it. This is not to say that it’s a bad camera far, far from it. Not quite what you expected me to say in the first paragraph, I bet. ![]() The camera itself breaks almost zero new ground technically – it doesn’t push boundaries in any way. Although the Nikon D600 falls squarely into the last category, I think photographers in the world were pleased when it finally broke official cover. Some cameras launch with a huge amount of anticipation and fanfare, some are surprises from far left field, and some are simply such poorly kept secrets that the manufacturer might as well just have skipped the announcement.
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