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Alotta Fagina wrote:
> In message news:bXiak.20474$, Paul Furman
> <paul-@-edgehill.net> done wrote:
>
>> don't want a huge D3.
>
> D700 is 35 oz, about halfway between the D200 (29.3) and D3 (44).

What about size? Is that just internal differences? I guess it does have
to be a whole different design, not just dropping a bigger sensor in a
D300 body. $2,000 less is also a pretty big deal.

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Paul Furman wrote:
> Alotta Fagina wrote:
>> In message news:bXiak.20474$, Paul Furman
>> <paul-@-edgehill.net> done wrote:
>>
>>> don't want a huge D3.
>>
>> D700 is 35 oz, about halfway between the D200 (29.3) and D3 (44).
>
> What about size? Is that just internal differences? I guess it does have
> to be a whole different design, not just dropping a bigger sensor in a
> D300 body. $2,000 less is also a pretty big deal.

Looks much smaller than a D3:
http://a.img-dpreview.com/previews/n...ges/d3d700.jpg

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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:46:39 -0700, Paul Furman wrote:

>>> You don't have to keep the D200 for telephoto. Nikon gives their FX
>>> comeras a DX mode. Just flip it on for telephoto.
>>
>> And lose 4MP.
>
> Hmm, 8MP is not as bad as I was thinking. I do a lot of time lapse also
> and it would be nice to have a camera to use while the other sits on the
> tripod working away for an hour.

It's probably as bad as you were thinking. The D700's Large,
Medium and Small resolutions in FX mode are 12, 6.75 and 3mp. The
corresponding resolutions in DX mode are 5.1, 2.9 and 1.3mp. So
only about 4mp are lost when switching from FX to DX in Medium
resolution mode. For Large resolution, the loss is almost 7mp.


http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Ni...l#Tech%20Specs

Paul Furman wrote:
> Paul Furman wrote:
>> Alotta Fagina wrote:
>>> In message news:bXiak.20474$, Paul
>>> Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net> done wrote:
>>>
>>>> don't want a huge D3.
>>>
>>> D700 is 35 oz, about halfway between the D200 (29.3) and D3 (44).
>>
>> What about size? Is that just internal differences? I guess it does
>> have to be a whole different design, not just dropping a bigger sensor
>> in a D300 body. $2,000 less is also a pretty big deal.
>
> Looks much smaller than a D3:
> http://a.img-dpreview.com/previews/n...ges/d3d700.jpg

Better comparison: http://edgehill.net/1/temp/d300-d700-d3.jpg

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"Alfred Molon" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> In article <_riak.636$>, Paul Furman says...
>
>> What does a D3 sell for in Euros?
>> 2800 Euros = 4400 U.S. dollars
>
> That is because Europeans are stupid and will happily pay 50% more for
> cameras than Americans. All camera manufacturers know that.
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>

As, I'd remind you, do American software companies' pricing policies for
sales to those outside the US - oh, and don't confuse stupidity with lack of
choice...

RM - France

"ASAAR" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:46:39 -0700, Paul Furman wrote:
>
> >>> You don't have to keep the D200 for telephoto. Nikon gives their FX
> >>> comeras a DX mode. Just flip it on for telephoto.
> >>
> >> And lose 4MP.
> >
> > Hmm, 8MP is not as bad as I was thinking. I do a lot of time lapse also
> > and it would be nice to have a camera to use while the other sits on the
> > tripod working away for an hour.
>
> It's probably as bad as you were thinking. The D700's Large,
> Medium and Small resolutions in FX mode are 12, 6.75 and 3mp. The
> corresponding resolutions in DX mode are 5.1, 2.9 and 1.3mp. So
> only about 4mp are lost when switching from FX to DX in Medium
> resolution mode. For Large resolution, the loss is almost 7mp.


Why I wonder. You lose a lot less than that by simply cropping later in
Photoshop. That would be my preferred option in any case.

MrT.

On Jul 1, 2:20 pm, Alfred Molon <alfred_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <_riak.636$zv7....@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>, Paul Furman says...
>
> > What does a D3 sell for in Euros?
> > 2800 Euros = 4400 U.S. dollars
>
> That is because Europeans are stupid and will happily pay 50% more for
> cameras than Americans. All camera manufacturers know that.

Takes a special kind of people to let their governments decide how to
spend 60% of their income for them.

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, RichA <> done
wrote:

> On Jul 1, 2:20 pm, Alfred Molon <alfred_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In article <_riak.636$zv7....@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>, Paul Furman says...
>>
>> > What does a D3 sell for in Euros?
>> > 2800 Euros = 4400 U.S. dollars
>>
>> That is because Europeans are stupid and will happily pay 50% more for
>> cameras than Americans. All camera manufacturers know that.
>
> Takes a special kind of people to let their governments decide how to
> spend 60% of their income for them.

As opposed to 50% in the US.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:11:44 +1000, Mr.T wrote:

>> It's probably as bad as you were thinking. The D700's Large,
>> Medium and Small resolutions in FX mode are 12, 6.75 and 3mp. The
>> corresponding resolutions in DX mode are 5.1, 2.9 and 1.3mp. So
>> only about 4mp are lost when switching from FX to DX in Medium
>> resolution mode. For Large resolution, the loss is almost 7mp.
>
>
> Why I wonder. You lose a lot less than that by simply cropping later in
> Photoshop. That would be my preferred option in any case.

Two reasons come to mind. First, more camera-cropped images can
fit on the card, and second, it allows Nikon to advertise a
'feature'. Namely, that you can still use your old, DX lenses with
the FX body. Which isn't to say that (as you said) a little
cropping on the computer wouldn't also allow the DX lenses to be
used.

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems RichA <> wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2:20 pm, Alfred Molon <alfred_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In article <_riak.636$zv7....@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>, Paul Furman says...
>>
>> > What does a D3 sell for in Euros?
>> > 2800 Euros = 4400 U.S. dollars
>>
>> That is because Europeans are stupid and will happily pay 50% more for
>> cameras than Americans. All camera manufacturers know that.

> Takes a special kind of people to let their governments decide how to
> spend 60% of their income for them.

Since most people live in the country they were born in I doubt it
very much. But I would agree that sneering at the weird ways of
foreigners is a matter of choice.

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