NIKON Announced First Mid Range Full Frame DSLR : D700

Last couple of days has been an exciting period of time especially for photography enthusiasts who use NIKON DSLR system. Ever since the launch of DSLR camera, it has been in my opinion that NIKON DSLR are somewhat a slight lag behind that of CANON's. And to add salt to the wound, CANON has got the first mid range full frame DSLR in its lineup - the CANON EOS 5D (To those who dont know what full frame means; its actually refering to the sensor size used in the camera. Full frame sensors are physically as large as the size of the conventional 35mm film).

July 1st was the day NIKON came out with their first mid range full frame DSLR - the D700. This would add many smiles on NIKON DSLR users. Personally, I've seen this coming along and thought it would be just a matter of time NIKON make this move. This is especially true when they launched the very successful D3 which sports a very very effective full frame sensor, which is capable of producing very low noise image at high ISO - and all these juice packed into a professional body. The D700 comes with the same sensor as the one found in its elder brother D3.


D700 is built around the similar chasis of D300 (the one which I am using). Its rigid magnesium alloy body would be solid and robust and would be able to withstand the work photoshooters put them thru. Anyway, the D700 specs which really impressed me is its speed. At stock, it can shoot up to 5fps, which to be honest isnt really a very high speed rating (the D300 could do 6fps at stock). However, NIKON came up with a very neat idea. Plug its battery grip, MB D-10 with some specific higher rating batts, and the D700 can be cranked up to 8fps! Thats right... 8 photographs taken in 1 second!

Full frames has always been favorite format to use for shooting bridal photos. The reason why they are being opted over cropped sensor is because of the amount of details it can retain, and also the creamier bokeh (background blur) generation which makes the photos to appear to have a softer touch to it; thus casting a very nice romantic feel to the whole scene. The details preserved are good to Since I am gonna venture into shooting bridal (on a more serious full time basis) pretty soon, D700 is surely within my radar scope.

At the moment, the D700 is being priced at a pre-order booking or RM10,300.00. I guess I'll just have to wait a little while and see the real thing before I can decide on further investment into this sweet baby :)