D700 Nikon Digital SLR

Nikon’s new D700 essentially a D3 squashed and squeezed into a case roughly the same size as a D300. The D700 is Nikon’s first ‘compact’ professional standard SLR, and will be up against Canon’s replacement for the EOS 5D.

Imaging wise, the D700 is pretty much the same as the D3, sharing the 12.1MP full frame (‘FX’) sensor and processing engine. The main differences apart from physical are a different shutter which is good for 150,000 exposures and a different viewfinder prism and a slower burst rate.

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