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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 124729" data-attributes="member: 13076"><p>What lenses did you use to compare? All FX? If I just used a 50 mm 1.8D lens, the 7000 just spent less time searching than the 700. Do you use the focus assist light in low light? I did extensive testing without the focus assist light and tried to focus on either pure white or, especially, a pure black background (with some minimal detail), and the 700 had more trouble than the 7000. I tried different focus modes as well. I did not test as much with longer focal lengths, but from what I recall with a 55-200 dx lens the 7000 still performed better. It was just quicker and more intelligent in terms of being able to pick out the right part of the subject. Often the D700 would miss someone's face in favor of a foreground object and the D7000 would always nail the face, never miss it. That's one of the main reasons I got rid of my 700 was because I knew the 7000 had more advanced focusing and I wanted the quality of the 700 with the focus ability of the 7000. The 800 is just more of everything one could want in a camera. Plus I missed having the ability of taking the odd video that the D7000 gave me when I was out shooting with the D700. But this is all just my own experience with the two cameras. My D700 had low actuations on it when I got it, so it wasn't an old beat up camera, it should have performed like new.</p></blockquote><p></p>