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<blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 120318" data-attributes="member: 13076"><p>I had a D700, and loved it. But then I got a D7000 (actually it was for my wife since she kept wanting to use my D700). I sat around one day taking photos with a new 55-200 DX VR lens I got for her camera testing the VR function. Then I switched the lens to the D700 and took exactly the same photos. And I was surprised. The D700 gave a richer image somehow, but the D7000 had better resolution. I was surprised that one could have less resolution but a better image in terms of the quality of the image, the depth. </p><p></p><p>And here are the actual comparisons. D700 on the left and D7000 on the right, same lens, same distance, same lighting. Keep in mind that the stuffed animal was sitting inside a plastic box so the sharpness isn't that great. The D7000 image is downscaled to the size of the D700 image. (click on the images to enlarge to full resolution)</p><p></p><p>First, the nose area. Somehow the fur seemed to be resolved better on the left image, the D700 than the right image, the D7000.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Next, I photographed the eye which gave me a dark object against the light background. Notice how you can see more fur on the D700 left image than the D7000 right image even though the D7000 has higher pixel resolution. The "sparkles" are also clearer on the D700 image. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>But then, I looked at higher resolution at just the eye area. And then everything was clear to me on how these two cameras differed. On the left, the D700 image had better optical resolution, but less pixel resolution, whereas on the right for the D7000, there was better pixel resolution, but poorer optical resolution. This is especially apparent when you look at the fur just behind the eye. It is much clearer with the D700. The eye itself is better rendered with the D700. And yet, when you look at the individual fur hairs just in front of the eye, the D7000 renders each individual hair better than the D700. </p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, in this case for me the D7000 won because I preferred having each individual object rendered more clearly with pixels than having superior optical resolution that didn't really matter on account of there not being enough pixel resolution. </p><p></p><p>So at this point, with some disappointment in the D700, I sold it in order to get the D800. I loved the D700, but the D7000 focused faster, it gave consistently good exposures time after time, and was just quicker overall. I couldn't justify keeping the D700 when the D7000 would perform better overall, so at that point I decided on getting the D800.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crycocyon, post: 120318, member: 13076"] I had a D700, and loved it. But then I got a D7000 (actually it was for my wife since she kept wanting to use my D700). I sat around one day taking photos with a new 55-200 DX VR lens I got for her camera testing the VR function. Then I switched the lens to the D700 and took exactly the same photos. And I was surprised. The D700 gave a richer image somehow, but the D7000 had better resolution. I was surprised that one could have less resolution but a better image in terms of the quality of the image, the depth. And here are the actual comparisons. D700 on the left and D7000 on the right, same lens, same distance, same lighting. Keep in mind that the stuffed animal was sitting inside a plastic box so the sharpness isn't that great. The D7000 image is downscaled to the size of the D700 image. (click on the images to enlarge to full resolution) First, the nose area. Somehow the fur seemed to be resolved better on the left image, the D700 than the right image, the D7000. [IMG]https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest2.jpg[/IMG] Next, I photographed the eye which gave me a dark object against the light background. Notice how you can see more fur on the D700 left image than the D7000 right image even though the D7000 has higher pixel resolution. The "sparkles" are also clearer on the D700 image. [IMG]https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest1.jpg[/IMG] But then, I looked at higher resolution at just the eye area. And then everything was clear to me on how these two cameras differed. On the left, the D700 image had better optical resolution, but less pixel resolution, whereas on the right for the D7000, there was better pixel resolution, but poorer optical resolution. This is especially apparent when you look at the fur just behind the eye. It is much clearer with the D700. The eye itself is better rendered with the D700. And yet, when you look at the individual fur hairs just in front of the eye, the D7000 renders each individual hair better than the D700. [IMG]https://p8.secure.hostingprod.com/@darthvaderhelmets.com/ssl/D700lD7000Rtest3.jpg[/IMG] So, in this case for me the D7000 won because I preferred having each individual object rendered more clearly with pixels than having superior optical resolution that didn't really matter on account of there not being enough pixel resolution. So at this point, with some disappointment in the D700, I sold it in order to get the D800. I loved the D700, but the D7000 focused faster, it gave consistently good exposures time after time, and was just quicker overall. I couldn't justify keeping the D700 when the D7000 would perform better overall, so at that point I decided on getting the D800. [/QUOTE]
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