Nikon D700 or stick with the D90?

[Gremlich]

Not to say I do not regret not getting the D700, a friend of mine in Norfolk VA, got that camera and has relegated his D90 to be his back-up.

Still have the itch.........

[yarmy]

Nikon D90 is a fantastic camera it has better technical image quality compare to other cameras actually im very addicted to capture best snaps at right time.

[in00bz]

D90 is great
D700 I more that awesome

if you have enough pennies
go for sure with the d700 you wont regret it

its basically a D3s with no bottom grip

[Gremlich]

I've been talking to a few photogs with the D700. It is really hard to keep saying "Maybe later".

[Michaelaw]

I relied to this thread earlier but closed before posting as it was eight pages long and reading like a D-700 commercial I agree with Marko's comment and would only add that IMHO, your vision, where perhaps you want this camera to take you or you it. Know exactly what you intend the device to do. If your conclusion to this query is "Damned near anything" then the D700 is a wonderful choice sure it's heavy but that's just security in rough neighborhoods and a month of heavy wrist pain I think the choice between sticking with a D90 or going the distance hangs in the balance of vision if that makes sense

[thoughton]

I'm very happy in Pentax land, but if I was to switch brands it would be for a D700. Great low light, full frame DOF, and a sensible number of pixels. The only problem is the size of the beast!

Since I got the K5 (same sensor as the D7000) my hankering for the D700 has subsided somewhat, but even though it's a couple of years old it's still got at least a one stop advantage over the very new K5/D7000. Will be interesting to see what the D800 brings.

[Andrew]

I'll give you a concept I always use when making expensive hardware purchases whether it be camera, lenses, computers, tools, etc. They are all tools for one reason or another. Ask yourself two questions with the first one being the heavy weighting.

1. Are my skills better than the capabilities of the tool I already have and it's holding me back?
2. Does the new tool do something that I NEED to do often and have no other way of doing it?

When I do buy a new item I always make it the best I can afford at the time. Quality will make it last longer in most cases and also continue to answer NO to questions 1 and 2 for a longer period of time. Emotion and envy still come into the picture but play a much lesser part than the logical questions. There will always be the jus-cuz-i-want-one crowd who have the free cash to move around as they wish but don't mistake the quality of their gear with the quality of their knowledge or capabilities.

Listen to yourself honestly and YOU WILL make the right decision.

[Marko]

I'll give you a concept I always use when making expensive hardware purchases whether it be camera, lenses, computers, tools, etc. They are all tools for one reason or another. Ask yourself two questions with the first one being the heavy weighting.

1. Are my skills better than the capabilities of the tool I already have and it's holding me back?
2. Does the new tool do something that I NEED to do often and have no other way of doing it?

When I do buy a new item I always make it the best I can afford at the time. Quality will make it last longer in most cases and also continue to answer NO to questions 1 and 2 for a longer period of time. Emotion and envy still come into the picture but play a much lesser part than the logical questions. There will always be the jus-cuz-i-want-one crowd who have the free cash to move around as they wish but don't mistake the quality of their gear with the quality of their knowledge or capabilities.

Listen to yourself honestly and YOU WILL make the right decision.

Nicely written for sure!
+1

[Gremlich]

This advice does still make it hard to choose. If you look on my deviantart galleries, you'll see that I am all over the place with what I shoot. (everything but landscapes and self portraits) Most of my photog friends recommend the D700, but then they start looking at my images. All of them are more technically skilled than I am, but they consistently say my compositions are better than theirs despite the knowledge difference AND shooting a D90. Dunno, maybe it's because I am not thinking about the exposure details so much. I like to think that serendipity has been my friend and I don't think my results would be that much better at this point with the expenditure of between $8k-$10 worth of equipment (surplus income? Not!) and I think (and they tend to agree) that more glass for the D90 is where I should go. For now. Still awaiting the 10-24mm (the Sendai plant got whacked)

Of course, if someone were to gift me the funding........

Maybe I should start a "Help Mike get a D700" fund with $1 contributions made through paypal. Hmmmm.......

can I +1 everybody here?

[canonjen]

i have both the d90 and the d700

i use the d700 most of the time because the d90 cant compare to the quality and high iso performance of the d700 with the same glass used