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Nikon DSLR Cameras
Out of Production DSLRs
D700
manually working with the D700
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 112422" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>I guess I am just too "old school", that "old dog, new tricks" thing but when you have been doing things very successfully for the last 40+ years I tend to go with the 'if it is not broken, no need to fix it" philosophy. I do not shoot in auto anything with my D700 except in the most infrequent of circumstances. In fact, I rarely use the camera's meter either. I prefer to use a Sekonic L-358 flash/ambient meter and my venerable 30+ year old Pentax Spotmeter V. In fact, all I shot was film until about 2 years ago when I finally got the D700. All of my lenses are AI or AIS and I doubt I will ever change away from that. I can get used AIS on Fleabay for a fraction of what they cost when they were new (taking account inflation). For my personal work I still shoot film about 75% of the time and about 66% of the time it is with my Hasselblad unless I nave a need for a very wide or long lens. I would be the first to admit I really know very little about all the capabilities of the camera because I would never use them. For me it is little more than a digital F2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 112422, member: 12827"] I guess I am just too "old school", that "old dog, new tricks" thing but when you have been doing things very successfully for the last 40+ years I tend to go with the 'if it is not broken, no need to fix it" philosophy. I do not shoot in auto anything with my D700 except in the most infrequent of circumstances. In fact, I rarely use the camera's meter either. I prefer to use a Sekonic L-358 flash/ambient meter and my venerable 30+ year old Pentax Spotmeter V. In fact, all I shot was film until about 2 years ago when I finally got the D700. All of my lenses are AI or AIS and I doubt I will ever change away from that. I can get used AIS on Fleabay for a fraction of what they cost when they were new (taking account inflation). For my personal work I still shoot film about 75% of the time and about 66% of the time it is with my Hasselblad unless I nave a need for a very wide or long lens. I would be the first to admit I really know very little about all the capabilities of the camera because I would never use them. For me it is little more than a digital F2. [/QUOTE]
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