Nikon D700 Official
July 1st, 2008
Not only has Nikon replaced it's entire R&D department but also it's marketing department. R&D is busy churning out sensation after sensation making former big-boy-on-the-block Canon look so yesterday. After the D3, which really is a pretty revolutionary machine - much to the chagrin of some die-hard Canon-ites who can't stand being have-beens, and the D300 which is a pretty nice camera as well, now the D700 is finally official.
D700, an ultra low-noise full frame camera without the bulk and the price of the D3.
A dream come true!
The 'leak' of a Chinese printing press employee who was near the printed D700 marketing material and 'snapped a few pictures of it', published the pictures in an east Asian blog, and swiftly got picked up by photo blogs all over the world didn't convince me. I rather thought of this as a planned leak by Nikon's marketing department, which created tons of free buzz and anticipation to photogs all over waiting for a 'cheaper D3'. Well, it's here.
The D700 is official, and above is the picture.
https://www.nikon.ch/product/de_CH/products/broad/1627/overview.html
