Nikon D700 Digital Camera Review

Nikon D700

Digital Camera Review

Sep 10, 2008 - By Steve Morgenstern
4.3 Is it rational to call a $3000 camera a bargain? It is when it delivers nearly all the features of the company’s revered $5000 pro model, which is precisely the case with the Nikon D700. Basically the D700 takes the best parts of two established cameras and blends them seamlessly. The $5000 Nikon D3 contributes a full-frame 12.1-megapixel image sensor with low-noise performance that makes previously impossible photos as simple as pressing the shutter. From the Nikon D300 comes a nearly unchanged body that’s hefty but nicely balanced, tightly sealed against the elements and nearly 20% lighter than the D3. For the full rundown on one of the year’s most important cameras, read on.
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Shooting an on-screen stopwatch lets us determine burst mode performance.
Speed/Timing
All speed tests were performed with a fast SanDisk Ultra II 2-gigabyte CompactFlash card, to minimize the effect of any memory bottlenecks.

 

 
Startup to First Shot (8.5)
We clock the time it takes to turn on the camera and grab your first shot. On average, it took about six tenths of a second between sliding the power switch to the right and having the shutter click, a good result.

Shot-to-Shot (4.9)
Nikon promises 5-frame-per second JPEG performance in high-speed continuous shutter mode, and they delivered on their promise: our measured result was 4.90 fps.

Shutter-Shot (3.38)
The time it took to trip the shutter and take a photo once auto focus had been achieved was far too short to measure accurately. However, shooting our full-screen digital stopwatch with a full shutter press, including focusing, took just over half a second on average.
Processing (5.15)
From the moment we pressed the shutter to the appearance of an image on the rear LCD screen took about 1.6 seconds on average, not an unreasonable wait to admire your handiwork, but not as fast as some models we've tested.


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