A pro friend of mine has a D700 on order. He's shooting with a D3 now but wants the D700 as backup. He was shooting Canon until recently. Sold all his Canon stuff. Has the full set of the Zeiss primes for his Nikon and a Brightscreen for focus. A nice kit. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think the equation will be different for the D700. The 5D was less > camera than a 30D with a much better sensor, unless you needed the > better sensor (or improved low-light AF) the 30D/40D run rings around > the 5D for most people, for 1/3 the money. But the D700 essentially > gives you slightly more camera than a D300 (you give up 1fps without > the grip and the 100% finder, but gain an improved UI, built-in level > and a much bigger finder) and a D3's sensor. Nikon's going to sell a > metric buttload of D700's. Frankly, I expect its going to seriously > canabilize D3 sales as the pro market that doesn't need the marginally > faster AF or extra couple fps or 100% finder will much rather pay > $3000 for a D700 than $5000 for a D3, given the identical IQ and the > D700 having the anti-dust feature the D3 lacks. > > -Adam > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:23 PM, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't really think it matters. I very much doubt if a "full > > frame" camera will account for a significant proportion of sales > > in the next five years, let alone two. I'm sure Canon sell at > > least one hundred 40Ds for each 5D or 1Ds. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:12:44AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Yeah, I don't think it will take that long. There may well be an > >> interim product that will spur sales a bit -- a K30D. And of course > >> more DA* lenses. They'll survive as a second tier player. > >> Paul > >> On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:53 AM, David Savage wrote: > >> > >> > 2008/7/1 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> If the Nikon D700 starts out at three grand and hits 2500 within a > >> >> year, > >> >> I'm guessing around $2000.00 for a Pentax full-frame in 2010. I'll > >> >> order > >> >> the first one that hits B&H :) > >> > > >> > If it takes 2 more years for them to release a FF DSLR they are going > >> > to be well and truly behind the 8 ball in the sales game. > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > > >> > Dave > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> > and follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow > the directions. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > the directions. > > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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