Camerarace | Nikon D700 – Review and technical sheet

The Nikon D700 is a DSLR camera launched on 10/07/2008.

Technically speaking, the Nikon D700 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 56 overall. The Nikon D700 weights 1074 gr and spans 147 x 123 x 77 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Nikon D700 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality – Score 64, ranks in the category best 18%.
• Speed Performance – Score 42, ranks in the category best 38%.
• Versatility – Score 67, ranks in the category best 48%.

On the contrary, the performance of Nikon D700 is below the category average in:

• Comfort – Score 42, ranks among the worst 13% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait – Great, score 60, ranks in the best 17% of its category. Nikon D700 is perfect for Portrait photography, one of the best in its class.
• Landscape – Great, score 63, ranks in the best 17% of its category. Nikon D700 is perfect for Landscape photography, one of the best in its class.
• Sport – Good, score 56, ranks in the best 30% of its category. Nikon D700 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street – Good, score 51, ranks in the best 62% of its category. Nikon D700 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday – Good, score 53, ranks in the best 58% of its category. Nikon D700 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.