@mikew well for me I can go with both of them, The only thing I'm looking for is the High ISO capabilities. Both of them have High ISO right? but which is better? I don't care much into video coz I don't use that a lot. and d7000 is newer, but do you think d700 will have much higher resale value? like 2 years from now?
The big difference will be focusing. The D7000 doesn't focus as well in low light as the D700. But the D700's 51 focusing dots are very concentrated in the center of the frame which is annoying when you want to focus on something on the edge of the frame. The D7000's 39 focusing dots are spaced across the frame a bit better.
The difference in high ISO performance between the two is slight, but noticeable. The D700 is better.
I had a D3, but sold it went with a D7000 while the D3 still had some value. I'm hoping that Nikon splits the D800 line and releases a FX camera that has low light performance at least that of the D3s, is a little faster than the D800, and is just under 20MP. But I think it'll be at least a year before it happens.
I had the same decision to make a couple of months ago. In the end I went with the D700 and am really happy that I did. It is amazing and I feel like I would probably second guessing my choice if I had gone with the D7000. (Though I might have loved that too!).
However, if you do go with the D700, make sure you have lenses (or at least one) that will work with it as DX lenses will not.
Turns out the D700 and D800 will work with DX lenses. They have a crop mode. Mount a DX lens and it will automatically switch to crop mode and produce a lower resolution image without vignetting.
On the new D800 (36MP camera) the "DX" mode gives you a 15MP image. On the D700 (12MP camera) you only get a 5MP image.
Might be useful (especially with the D800) if you had a telephoto lens and wanted the crop factor magnification
hmmm I might stick to d7000 for a while. :D Can't afford yet all those FX lenses for my needs. I will just buy another lens for whatever I will save from buying d700
If you switch from DX to FX, I'd say it's a long term commitment due to the cost of the lenses. I made the switch a few years ago and have a nice collection of FX lenses that I will probably have the rest of my life. Both are great platforms and you can't go wrong with either. The D7000 is a fantastic camera. I still love my D700, and will probably get the D800 after it has been on the market a while and thoroughly field-tested!
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D7000 = video, will take cheaper DX lenses, 1.6x crop factor if you use tele lenses a lot
The D7000 being much newer, it will have improvements, but won't quite match the D700 in low light.
If you have FX lenses I'd go with the D700, but if you have DX lenses I think I'd be happy enough with the D7000.
The D7000 is a $1000 camera, the D700 was a $2500-3000 camera. Pro vs "prosumer".
The difference in high ISO performance between the two is slight, but noticeable. The D700 is better.
I had a D3, but sold it went with a D7000 while the D3 still had some value. I'm hoping that Nikon splits the D800 line and releases a FX camera that has low light performance at least that of the D3s, is a little faster than the D800, and is just under 20MP. But I think it'll be at least a year before it happens.
However, if you do go with the D700, make sure you have lenses (or at least one) that will work with it as DX lenses will not.
On the new D800 (36MP camera) the "DX" mode gives you a 15MP image. On the D700 (12MP camera) you only get a 5MP image.
Might be useful (especially with the D800) if you had a telephoto lens and wanted the crop factor magnification