well after much debate about the D700 (D300 with an FX sensor) the rumors turn out to be true.

http://www.europe-nikon.com/product/en_GB/...1627/views.html

The specs look awesome. $3000 body only--they're damn serious about going against the 5D II.

SB-900 also: http://www.europe-nikon.com/product/en_GB/...2/overview.html

Dpreview has got a preview: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond700/

Is this nikon's big announcement for the summer? No D90?

Photokina, don't give up hope!

Some new tilt shift lenses as well: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08070102...cro45mm85mm.asp

sweet! new flash! I've seriously been wondering when they would come out with a new one...

Don't really care about the camera since I can't afford it...

perhaps you dont under how serious this is for NIkon, now the previously unrivaled 5D has just got a swift kick in the A. Albeit the 5D is alot cheaper (especially used) but the D700 has all the stuff the 5DII was supposed to have

Why not just tilt the camera?
How are these lenses different?

Mmmmm.....finally a reason to get a second body........

If you do that, then you'll change the perspective of your shot.

Tilt shift (TS) lenses actually change the area of focus in the image, not the composition of the image.

http://flickr.com/search/?q=tilt%20shift&w=all


You can also fake it using Photoshop.

Damn now I will have to sell my wife to get one haha
gimme gimme gimme

Well, I was originally planning on scoring a D300 but plans have changed with the announcement. Anyone need a spare kidney? The SB-900 is a beast in size, especially when compared to the SB-800 and some of the new features look really promising. The SB-800 appears to have a better GN though from what I can dig up but being able to upgrade the flash firmware via the body (D700 & D3 only) is a nice touch too.

So what makes the SB900 that much better?

Not enough to justify upgrading to it from my SB-800. It has plenty of power for what I need and I wouldn't mind having 2 more of them for a total of 3. Apparently there are also some new radio transmitters that can also trigger wireless flash in TTL that look pretty nice but I am going to do some more homework on those first.

Nice camera. Too bad I have Canon glass. NO way am I gonna give up my 70-200 L. I am sure Canon will make some surprises with the new 5D replacement. Competition is good.

The D700 will be a good camera. I would consider it if I didnt just get the D300. But i dont think i really need the FX sensor anyways. THe SB900 i cant justify. It doesnt have enough on it, it will bring down the cost of the SB800 and thus ill go for one of those.

Is the D900 any better than the Canon 580?

i believe you meant to say "SB 900" and Canon ex 580.


If so, The EX580 would be comparable to the SB800. The SB900 is better than the ex580...so yes. I believe it is better.

My bad, yea that's what I meant.

Mind you, the SB-800 has a higher guide number than the SB-900. (and the 580 higher than the SB-800)

The SB-900 is a more creative flash though with a better user interface compared to the 800. (no more d-pad) They finally made the Master/Slave switch physical now.