[Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Gene,
I have never had the shutter noise of the D700 ever distract anyone and
cause me to lose a photo opportunity, and I shoot a lot on the streets,
inside temples, wildlife, etc where you would think that such noise might be
an impediment. IMHO, this is irrelevant - most subjects do not care a whit.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I have also looked into the D700, which seems to be unfortunately very hard
> to find in dealers shelves, outside of the occasional demo.  My big gripe 
> is
> the loud mirror noise, seems they save some bucks by using the low end
> mirror box mechanicals over the quieter high end parts.  It sounds like
> several mouse traps going off at once, IMHO.  Outside of that I like the
> cameras performance.  As to the D7000, I have not looked at it since I am
> only interested in a FF body.  I have looked at the Sony A900 & A850 FF
> bodies, and while quieter than the D700, they are still noisier than my
> R8DMR.  But they do offer quite a few interesting features.
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com>
> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:31:02 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
>
> Today I was at Glazer's in Seattle, and had a chance to handle two
> cameras that interest me--the Nikon D700 and D7000.  I've long had a bit
> of D700-lust, as it is one of the best available-dark cameras out there.
> I liked the big viewfinder of the D700 But after hefting them both, I
> looked at the D700 and thought, "would you really carry that around
> much?" Hmm--maybe not. Still, the ability to shoot at ISO 3200 like I
> shoot the M8 at 800 is very tempting.
>
> On the other hand, the D7000 seems like a "Goldilocks" camera--a lot
> about it is "just right." It felt good in my hands. The viewfinder is
> not as spacious as the D700, but quite usable. The new sensor (also in
> the Pentax K5) has previously unheard-of performance (for an APS-C
> sensor) in both dynamic range and low light ability. There are buttons
> for the commonly-used functions. The shutter is relatively quiet (the
> D700 is MUCH louder). Dpreview and DXOMark comparisons indicate it might
> have a 1-stop low-light advantage over the M8, compared to the D700's 2
> stops or more. But that's lab tests.  How about in real life?
>
> So...  I would be interested in anyone's experience with the D700 and/or
> D7000--particularly those who can compare it to the M8 or M9.  I know
> the difference between an SLR and a rangefinder. I'm most interested in
> image quality, handling, and real-world available-dark performance. K5
> users are welcome to chime in, too.
>
> --Peter
>
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