July 1st, 2008
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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June 29th, 2008
Driving through mountain ranges the world over, you are bound to come across some sight (probably many) which you really feel must be captured on film. At this juncture you are faced with many decisions, not least “how can I do this sight justice?”.
The way I see it there are a few careful descisions which need making.
In this instance my sight was of this mountain, with the lake before it and plenty of other surrounding mountains all incredibly beautiful. Knowing I wanted to take a picture which would show it at its best I had to decide..
1. Which lens would work best
2. How much of the scenery to include
3. Portrait or landscape
4. Will my film/ file size cope?
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June 25th, 2008
I am a professor (experimental psychology, not entomology). I had started scanning images back in 1989 for incorporating into my lectures that I projected in front of the classroom. For my first camera I bought a Canon G1 in November of 2000 for family photos and to document dog behavior. I enjoyed it because it makes it easy to learn about photography quickly.

Given my background, I tend to think of the camera as a scanner that you point. If you don’t get the scan correct the first time, try again (and again). Compact flash is an endless roll of film. When I first got the camera, my (then) 5 year old son came into my office one day and suggested I photograph a bug that he had his eye on and we did. It was worse than terrible by my current standards, but it did allow us to see the bug in more detail than we could in real life. That is what got me started and what I enjoy so much about macros…..Full Article.

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