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From the early use of infrared (IR) films, an IR photograph almost always tends to have a very soft, misty or gloomy look. This has been considered as a distinctive feature of the traditional IR photography, and has also influenced the later creation of many IR images through a digital approach.

Since I got my first digital camera, I have been enjoying the adventure of taking IR pictures. I was amazed by how easy an image due to the invisible IR light could be seen right there on the LCD panel, and was further amazed by how striking it could turn out to be after some straightforward post processing.

What I have been experimenting with shooting IR is, however, toward the opposite direction of the traditional IR avenue while retaining its fantasy. I do appreciate the attractiveness of an IR image by its well recognized dreamy appearance. On the other hand, I also found out that an IR image can appealingly wake the viewer up by the possibility of great clarity and crisp sharpness …..full article.

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May I say why it was not be there earlier? Is that because of technologies barrier or Nikon did not response promptly to the market? And may I say that is the camera I have been waiting for long? That is built with a balanced set of state-of-the-art technologies and convenience design in mind, a merge of D300 body and D3 features, that really looks perfect to me.

I have been busy shooting with my Canon system (Get the Most from Your Camera & Lens Collection) in the past year and my Nikkor lenses collection (Nikon Nikkor Lens Mini-Review) were kept in an electronic dry box with humidity control for a while, now I would expect that is going to change because of the D700, my Nikkor will work in their full wide capabilities (though I already have a DX lens Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED) that is important to me as I do most in wide and ultra wide shots.

In additional to my existing Nikkor primes, I will be interested in adding a general-purpose zoom lens with the D700 into my Nikon collections, this is a native move to preserve my previous investment. The D700 calibration features for separate lens settings and high-iso capabilities means additional convenience and productivities.

I would hope the D700 comes with 16M pixels size, but I realized that Nikon would probably want to keep that cost down with an optimized 12M quality output instead of chasing up the pixel count war.

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