Is the Nikon D700 Still a Good Landscape Photography Camera

[@outfield1988]

Love your pictures . Took out my Nikon D 810 today. I don’t have a 700 but have a D 750.

[@Monique_Johnson]

The clarity of the pebbles is inspirational and I look forward to gaining such skilled precision.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

I'm certain you'll be fine :-)

[@srirahulpremkumar1600]

These pictures look like they should be on an album cover man. Amazing.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

wow that is incredibly kind of you to say - thank you :-)

[@Monique_Johnson]

My take away inspiration is that I could start on landscape photography as practice which would allow me to understand the various effects of the manual setting.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

landscape photography is a great way to learn your camera as it forces you to slow down and really think about composition and then the settings you want to use for the effect you want :-)

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Good job Nick I fully agree, the 12 Mpx of the D700 are far enough for any social media content up to A3+ print let’s say. A2 starts to be the limit. Your images are very nice, it’s clear one need to master some rules of composition and exposure before aiming for the highest mega pixels camera 👍

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thanks Didier - always great to hear from you 🙂 be nice to see an update on how you're getting on since your last video 🙂

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

@ thanks Nick for your encouragement ! I need to sit down and think of it for sure 😊 I wan to speak about the D3X maybe …

[@ΝικοςΖωχιος-χ8π]

Any upscalling software nowdays can turn a 12 mpx camera to a 47 or 60 mpx. A lot of sample on the internet and on reviews. Incredible details and results. A lot of comparisons of the final results between Z7ii and D700!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@ correct :-) I use the one in Lightroom.

[@KenJencks]

Thank you for sharing this. I have the D700 and I enjoy learning more about it's capabilities. I do not have a printer as of yet. As pensioner I am on a budget. Not sure if you have ever made a video about printing or printers. I would enjoy to learn of your experience in that. Cheers my friend.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thank you Ken. I'll certainly make such a video in the new year 🙂

[@musicisajourney]

My comment vanished! Ahem! I love that image at 2:28!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

not sure what happened there Peter. YT glitch maybe? anyway, thank you 🙂 that image you mentioned is one of most favourite I've ever shot. it's at a place our family calls "Paradise". it's in the upper Swansea Valley in the southern Brecon Beacons 🙂

[@musicisajourney]

@ I’d love to visit! I haven’t watched to the end yet. I ran out of time just when the image was done printing.

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

The camera is good, the lens is good, you’re good, the image is beautiful and it printed really good. Be well.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

I hope I've been good. Christmas is coming after all!

[@musicisajourney]

You’d have a hard time getting me away from those rocks and cliffs in the background. It’s interesting to watch all the steps you take to perfect the image.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

I'm sure I replied to this before Peter? YT is playing silly games these days. It is a lovely location with hundreds of different compositions to be found there. my seascape / landscape workflow is really rusty these days. years ago I was far quicker when in the field 🙂

[@outfield1988]

Hope you are feeling good today. I like to shoot landscape with F 11. I have a D 3 which is my all time favorite of all my Nikons.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

that's some collection of Nikon cameras you have there :-). making me jealous!

[@outfield1988]

@@duringthemeanwhilst Yes sir my collection D40 40X 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 5300 D3 750 810 Z 50 and love them all.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@@outfield1988 that's not a collection, that's a Nikon DSLR museum!!

[@outfield1988]

@ Fixed a bunch of them myself.

[@TC_Conner]

Loved all the images Nick! And Ingrid Witt wasn’t bad either! 👍🏼💜👍🏼💜👍🏼

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thanks TC. yes she does sound good 🙂

[@j.r.bohnenblust1084]

Great video! Yes, the D700 still makes the grade. The sensor is solid. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your edIting process and hearing your thoughts. Thank you for posting. Be well, stay safe and strong.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thank you for the kind comment sir 🙂

[@outfield1988]

Would love to take some pictures were you live.

[@onemanandhisdogphotoadvent1242]

Hiya Nick finally got a couple hours so gonna try and catch up on some videos. Rosie likes Dexter, she just sat in front of the TV watching him ❤

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

aww nice one - hi Rosie, Dexter watched your training video and just said that's not for him!!

[@onemanandhisdogphotoadvent1242]

@duringthemeanwhilst haha I don't think it's for Rosie either but she's gotta do it 🤣🤣

[@MoeMorales]

Great video my friend. Can’t wait for a daily dose

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thanks as always Moe. just hope I got it in me!!

[@keithavarney170]

I picked one up used not too long ago. Haven't used it nearly enough yet. Thanks so much for the video - going to charge the batteries up right now! Inspiration accepted! 👍🤘

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

nice one Keith - get out and enjoy it 🙂

[@kevinjones6328]

KZbin has this thing about whether an older camera sensor is still up to a specific style of photography. Unless sensors degrade over time then whatever the camera could do on release it can still do now, and if you take into consideration firmware upgrades then it is technically a better camera now than it was when it was released. I've still got my D700 from new and although I now shoot with the Fuji XH2 the limiting factor with both cameras is my ability rather than the age of the sensor. If my photos are better with the XH2 then it's because I'm a better photographer now than when the D700 was my primary camera it's not because the Fuji is better than the Nikon, even if it is in just about every way. When I first started shooting with a proper camera it was with film and the perceived wisdom was that the glass was always more important than the body. You showed that with the old Nikon lens struggling with sharpness on the 12mp sensor, and had you used a more contemporary lens then your image would have been sharper from the off. The biggest issue with the D700 these days is that the EVF on a mirrorless camera does so much heavy lifting for us so getting a great exposure from my XH2 is a lot easier than with the D700. To nail a great exposure first time with the D700, especially in changing light, you need to understand how the camera 'sees' the scene so you can expose for it. I used to be able to identify an area to spot meter from with the Nikon and more or less nail the exposure, and that took time and practice and knowing the Nikon inside out, whereas it's easy on my XH2 as the EVF and the exposure compensation dial does all that work for me. Great shot in challenging light.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thanks for the great comment. I do find shooting the D700 a challenge now, but only because my workflow has changed so much. as you say, we are so spoilt with mirrorless cameras. I never used to trust the average or evaluative metering on my D700, and would always take several spot readings and meter an average scene. I can no longer imagine having to do that these days!!

[@grahamniven]

You can do pretty much anything with a D700, even 4k time lapse video. Am waiting on delivery of a battery grip for mine to boost the burst rate which I hope will help with equine and bif fotos. Nice landscape print, could easily have been bigger. 12 is plenty but 13 is more 😁

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

13 is indeed bigger. but I had so much trouble getting the printer to work at all I was happy to just get something out of it!!

[@grahamniven]

@@duringthemeanwhilst printers are the devil's work, I have an ongoing war with ours. Last major battle was when the wife's PC went from Windows 10 to 11 and her printer drivers just stopped working. HP offered to sell us a new printer. You can imagine the language... Got it going in the end but it took a couple of days.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@@grahamniven oh yes. they are indeed the devil's own work! and don't get me started on ink!

[@Βόρειο_Σέλας]

"It may be nearly 20 years old soon, but is Nikon's legendary D700 still good enough for shooting detailed landscapes?" - The answer is yes. When it came out photographers were shooting great landscapes and great photos in general. I have my D700 and still shooting great photos since I bought it in 2010. I was shooting great landscapes with my Nikon FE and F90x during the film days. So, it all comes down on how to you use the "tool".

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

yep agree 100%. I think I proved in the video that it's still very much got "it" 🙂

[@Βόρειο_Σέλας]

@@duringthemeanwhilst I agree! BTW I love your waterfall shot.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@@Βόρειο_Σέλας thank you. that might even be a D90 shot. I can't find the original raw file to check, but it was taken around the time I traded my D90 for a D700. Still just the 12MP though 🙂

[@photographyforenjoyment]

It's no good! I'm going to have to get my hands on one 😎

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

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