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Testseek.com have collected 87 expert reviews of the Nikon D700 and the average rating is 92%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Nikon D700.
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The editors liked

  • Full frame
  • Smaller and lighter than the D3
  • Great noise performance
  • Virtual Horizon
  • Excellent focusing system
  • New shutter blade material and system
  • Full-frame sensor with superb high ISO quality
  • Tough build and great ergonomics
  • Quick 51-point AF and 5fps shooting
  • 3in VGA screen with Live View.
  • Rugged construction with magnesium alloy body and full environmental sealing
  • Gorgeous
  • High-resolution 3-inch LCD
  • Fast 5 fps continuous shooting
  • With a deep buffer
  • Optional battery grip improves performance to 8 fps
  • High resolution with excellent ...
  • Great image quality
  • Great high ISO performance.
  • Exceptional high ISO performance
  • Solid construction
  • Allaround high performance
  • Noise control
  • LCD screen
  • Overall image quality
  • Focusing system
  • Metering
  • White balance
  • Combines the “full-frame” low-noise performance of the D3 with the rugged portability of the D300
  • Small
  • Sturdy build feels like an F100 film camera
  • More accurate skintones from D3
  • Fast and accurate autofocus system
  • Comes with in-camera se...
  • Excellent photo quality with a quality lens
  • Out of this world high ISO performance
  • Full frame sensor means no crop factor to deal with (unless youre using a DXformat lens)
  • Dust reduction system
  • Built like a brick
  • Large
  • Super high resolution 3inc...
  • Excellent photo quality as high as ISO 6
  • 400
  • Fast focus and shooting
  • Even in low light
  • First-rate build quality and control layout.
  • Superb low-light performance. Stunning speed. Proven controls
  • Excellent high ISO performance. Extensive interface and features. Rugged
  • Durable body. Compatible with many accessories and all FX and DX lenses. ...

The editors didn't like

  • ISO200 is the lowest true setting
  • Portrait with flash is over exposed
  • High price premium of full-frame sensor
  • No Live Histogram in Live View
  • Anti-dust not particularly effective in our tests
  • PC control and RAW software not bundled.
  • 51-point Auto-area AF mode a bit slow for a camera of this caliber
  • JPEGs are a little soft straight from the camera
  • But respond well to post-processing
  • Auto white balance handles incandescent lighting poorly
  • Deep menu system (but hey
  • With so many ...
  • A little beyond the reach of D200/D300 users in terms of price.
  • Viewfinder only 95 percent
  • Shorter shutter duty cycle
  • AF times out a hair slower than the D3
  • But performs comparably in the real world
  • No DX masking
  • Very minor handling issues
  • Capture NX 2 only a trial
  • Flimsy
  • Plastic CF card door doesn’t lock
  • Only 5fps speed without battery grip
  • Helpful Active D-Lighting feature bogs down buffer.
  • Iderable drop in resolution with DXformat lensesPoor RAW image editing software included
  • Better RAW editor and remote capture software cost extra
  • Slow contrast detect AF
  • No live histogram in live view mode
  • Rubber cover over side I/O ports doesnt l...
  • Relatively heavy
  • Low resolution for its class
  • Viewfinder only provides 95 percent coverage and lacks interchangeable focusing screens
  • Occasional issues with automatic white balance under artificial light.
  • Nothing
  • DX lenses bring on the crop factor. Zooming in Playback gets pixilated. Viewfinder coverage is only 95%. ...

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  Published: 2010-06-08, review by: Kenrockwell.com

  • Abstract:  When I shoot Nikon in the field today, it's usually today's superior Nikon F6, which sells for the same price and weighs less than the D700. I'd love to own the fantastic D700; the only reason I don't is because Nikon sucked me into buying the D3, which came out a year before the..

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  Published: 2010-05-17, review by: ephotozine.com

  • Abstract:  The Nikon D700 was announced back in the summer of 2008. Two years on, with digital cameras having a rapid churn rate, you could be forgiven for thinking that it is coming to the end of its useful shelf life and will be superseded shortly. This is pure...

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  Published: 2010-05-14, review by: buy-n-shoot.com

  • Abstract:  For many professional photographers, the full-frame DSLR is a must when wanting to get the best results for their clients. The D700 has been Nikon’s doorway into this category for a little while now and, due to popular demand, we’ve decide to take a...

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  Published: 2010-02-01, review by: digital-photography-school.com

  • Abstract:  In this post Kim Brebach from Get the Picture shares his review of the Nikon D700.Full Frame becomes affordableMakers of Digital SLR cameras long ago settled on the APS-C sensor, named after a small film format that came in the late nineties and disap...

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  Published: 2009-08-28, review by: akihabaranews.com

  • Abstract:  In the world of DLSR there are some cameras really shine, and I am glad to say that both Canon with their 5D and now 5D MK II and the Nikon D700 are among these digital wonders that transform any of picture taken into pure art. And today I have the dif...

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  Published: 2009-08-13, review by: electronicsme.com

  • If you're a pro, or an advanced amateur with a big budget, you definitely need to give the D700 a test drive. The marriage of the large sensor and compact body puts this camera head and shoulders above the competition, and it's got all of the features ...

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  Published: 2009-07-28, review by: infosyncworld.com

  • Excellent high ISO performance. Extensive interface and features. Rugged, durable body. Compatible with many accessories and all FX and DX lenses. ...
  • DX lenses bring on the crop factor. Zooming in Playback gets pixilated. Viewfinder coverage is only 95%. ...
  • Regarding still image quality alone, the Nikon D700 is a prodigious force within the full-frame professional DSLR market. Its stellar high ISO performance propelled the camera above many of its competitors, including the Canon Eos 5D Mark II, and its...

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  Published: 2009-07-08, review by: mymac.com

  • Abstract:  Getting those images is challenging enough with learning how to use a new camera and thumbing through the manual to find out what this term and that term means. Many of them were totally unfamiliar to this old film winder. Then I got the book. The boo...

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  Published: 2009-04-15, review by: devhardware.com

  • No camera can ever be all things to all people, but from the currently available selection, the D700 is about as close as it gets. Nikon has successfully taken the best elements from its recent releases and combined them into one serious, sturdy, featu...

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  Published: 2009-02-26, review by: gizmodo.com

  • Abstract:  So for you it may be an interesting decision. The option to save a few hundred bucks and get a smidge less noise at high ISO is surely attractive. Either way, you've got an absolutely amazing camera. I would imagine most people..

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