d7200 vs d700 compare but cant made up my mind..

[gckless]

A lot of good information here. I'm in the camp of not understanding why you would not take a D610 over a D700, other than simply local support. But I think the envy tables would turn if you had the D610 in your hands and showed your friends the images.

 

[Braineack]

if the concern is IQ, then you'll pick the D610 over the D700 every time.


just look at the dpreview studio comparison:

do you want to see individual strands of feather, or blurry mush?

do you want to see detailed etching marks and texture, or a blurred face?

 

[sleist]

I shoot with a D700 and a D7100.
My next camera will be the D500 and I will give the D7100 to my son.

There is nothing magical about the D700. If you feel the need to shoot FX, every other FX camera is technically better than the D700.

When I add the D500 to my D700 I will have the perfect pair of cameras for me.
At least until Nikon puts the D5 sensor in the D500 body and calls it a D900.
Then I will retire my D700.

Until then I will suffer with my D700.

 

[sleist]

To be honest though, it really doesn't matter what you shoot with because 90% of what you shoot will be total garbage regardless of the camera and the remaining 10% will be awesome because of you - not the camera. Buy what you can afford and what makes you happy. If you aren't printing big, then the pixels really don't matter. A technically perfect, boring shot is still a boring shot.

 

[lance70]

Good advice above and all the camera bodies mentioned will work great....One will have the ISO advantage, another will shoot at higher FPS, better weather sealing, but in the end as many people pointed out it's the person using the equipment and what type of lens you attach to your body....I have friends using the D300, D90 & D700 with amazing shots. You can't go wrong with the D700 or D610 body but it will be up to you on the results you get. The pics I have on here in my gallery were taken with everything from a D90, D7000, D7100 & D610. The only equipment constant would be the lens I used.

 

[fmw]

but th d5200 raw unedited picture doesnt come anywhere near the d700 raw unedit images (let just pretend i never asked about d7200)..

I can't help but wonder if you aren't confusing "doesn't come anywhere near" with subtle. There are advantages to a larger sensor but if the difference in size is only 50% it is a subtle difference from my perspective. If the difference were 200% you might be getting close to "doesn't come anywhere near." I'm curious how you compared the raw files and what specifically made such a large difference.

 

[robbins.photo]

Well I'm guessing since the thread is 3-4 months old the OP has probably made a decision on this already.. but ok, sure...

 

[coastalconn]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

 

[astroNikon]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

Which 500 do you have?
I know the built in body focus motor is stronger on the d700 than the d600.
But I thought your 500 was AF-S so I'm curious what you mean by it driving the 500mm?

 

[coastalconn]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

Which 500 do you have?
I know the built in body focus motor is stronger on the d700 than the d600.
But I thought your 500 was AF-S so I'm curious what you mean by it driving the 500mm?

I have the 500 F4 VR G(so yes it is AF-S). On the D500 it is wicked quick, on the D600 it is slow and sometimes just stalls. I vaguely remember the same experience when I had the Tamron 150-600, it was faster on the D7100 and D800 then it was on the D600. It might be the AF module is more sure footed? I'm not really sure.

 

[robbins.photo]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

Which 500 do you have?
I know the built in body focus motor is stronger on the d700 than the d600.
But I thought your 500 was AF-S so I'm curious what you mean by it driving the 500mm?

I have the 500 F4 VR G(so yes it is AF-S). On the D500 it is wicked quick, on the D600 it is slow and sometimes just stalls. I vaguely remember the same experience when I had the Tamron 150-600, it was faster on the D7100 and D800 then it was on the D600. It might be the AF module is more sure footed? I'm not really sure.

Strange... I've tried lenses both with and without focus motors on my D600 and D7100, never really saw any appreciable difference in speed between the two. I wonder if maybe your 600 might need servicing?

 

[DarkShadow]

I put my sigma 150-600 on the D7000 AF 39 point system and the same thing the AF gets there but slowly and on the D7200 Af 51 point system its there in a blink of and eye.

 

[coastalconn]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

Which 500 do you have?
I know the built in body focus motor is stronger on the d700 than the d600.
But I thought your 500 was AF-S so I'm curious what you mean by it driving the 500mm?

I have the 500 F4 VR G(so yes it is AF-S). On the D500 it is wicked quick, on the D600 it is slow and sometimes just stalls. I vaguely remember the same experience when I had the Tamron 150-600, it was faster on the D7100 and D800 then it was on the D600. It might be the AF module is more sure footed? I'm not really sure.

Strange... I've tried lenses both with and without focus motors on my D600 and D7100, never really saw any appreciable difference in speed between the two. I wonder if maybe your 600 might need servicing?

Back in the day it was a different D600 body that belongs to my friend. I'm have the shutter recall done now and the camera is at Nikon so I can't try any other lenses. But there is a very noticeable difference with my big lens...

 

[robbins.photo]

Back in the day it was a different D600 body that belongs to my friend. I'm have the shutter recall done now and the camera is at Nikon so I can't try any other lenses. But there is a very noticeable difference with my big lens...

Whacky. Never saw much difference in the AF speeds between my 7100 and the 600, but the longest focal length I was using at the time was 400mm. Might be interesting to poke around a bit and see if anyone else had similar experiences with a longer focal length.

 

[astroNikon]

It's funny this thread re-surfaced today. I just bought a D700 for a back up to my d500. IQ on the D600 is phenomenal, but it doesn't drive my 500 F4 very fast. Figured I would change it up since the D700 is so cheap now..

Which 500 do you have?
I know the built in body focus motor is stronger on the d700 than the d600.
But I thought your 500 was AF-S so I'm curious what you mean by it driving the 500mm?

I have the 500 F4 VR G(so yes it is AF-S). On the D500 it is wicked quick, on the D600 it is slow and sometimes just stalls. I vaguely remember the same experience when I had the Tamron 150-600, it was faster on the D7100 and D800 then it was on the D600. It might be the AF module is more sure footed? I'm not really sure.

It's not your imagination.

When I got my d750 the AF drove me nuts as I was used to my d600.
The d600 is great on subjects in lower contrast subjects, such as when I was taking pics of aircraft up about 7+miles away. This is using center focus point.
The D750, well, it just didn't like that. It wanted more contrast.

This drove me nuts for a while as I was trying to use the d750 just as I use the d600.
If i move the d750 focus point out of the center area then the d750 could focus quick on those aircraft.

Conversely, bring the subject much more to the ground and the AF on the D750 is faster than the D600. on higher contrast subjects it locks on much quicker.

this is using the Tamron 150-600 f/8 which you're familiar.

I moved up from the d7000 to the d600. I didn't notice much of a difference though my skill at that time was less than now. The d750 is a recent addition after the d600 mount got broken and I was camera-less for a bit. I tried the d500 too and loved it but needed the FX.