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The D700 is still a very nice camera, and at today's prices, it's a real bargain for an assortment of jobs. From a money making point of view, the buffer is really my only serious problem with it. High ISO and DR are obviously a bit 2008, but it's better than the D2Xs
It just might have been a blessing in disguise
Impossible to say, Jack. I would have known after a few years. I'll spend some of what I saved one faster cards for the D700, increasing the buffer capacity and shortening the flush time of that camera, and probably the 200-500mm f/5.6. Short term, those are more useful, and more profitable, investments anyway.It just might have been a blessing in disguise
I shoot RAW only. I often shoot under difficult lighting conditions, and need all the leeway I can get, like with the jetskiers where the skier is sometimes 2 stops underexposed, while the background is a stop or more overexposed. Plus, my lenses are sometimes too short, and jpeg compressions sometimes kills the details I need when cropping and enlarging the part of the photo that I need.
What, you're not a slide film shooter?
don't like the fear of not nailing each exposure? Totally understandable.
The last time I shot jpeg with a DSLR was around ten years ago, when a few thousand people, some in yellow, some i sky blue and the rest in red, white and blue t-shirts, marched across a large, new motorway bridge over the river in Bangkok, a huge suspension bridge with 4 towers, a few weeks before the opening. It was a grand occasion and can never be repeated. The designer of the bridge is a friend of mine. The sun was shining from a perfect blue sky, and I shot the whole event at 3000 KelvinWhat, you're not a slide film shooter?
But maybe, just maybe you should (once again) consider not shooting raw in rare occasions that demand more buffer than DR. Just a thought, which I'm sure you have had from time to time.
