the new d700 has arrived!

the d700 arrived yesterday and we are super excited to break it out this weekend for carrie and nick’s greeley, co wedding. rj will be sporting the trusty d300, while i, nicole, will be making some magic happen with this new beauty! i threw a few of our favorite lenses onto the d700 yesterday to check out the fx sensor and to mess around with the iso a bit since i have been a bit constrained by my little d80’s graininess at 1600. dash was my model as r.j. distracted him with the light reflection from his watch face... if only we could all be amused by such trivial things :)

i have yet to play around with it enough to give much feedback, but one thing i can say is, how ‘bout that eyepiece!!

a rare shot of dash with teeth.... he was panting a little from all of the reflection-chasing. and check out the bokeh! plus the fabulous focusing of the d700 allowed me to get those eyes tack-sharp even with a distractable, quick-moving vizsla as my model. (d700 with the 85mm at f/1.4, 1/640 sec, at iso 1600).


i dig the “wideness” (for lack of a better word) of the 50mm on this camera. and i love the detail of the furbag’s fur :) (d700 with the 50mm at f/1.4, 1/200, at iso 1000).


this is dash’s usual expression as he is a bit camera shy -- or he could just be feeling guilty about something he ate of our’s earlier in the day. plus a great shot of dash’s nose scar which makes him look tough for all the girls at the dog park. (d700 with the 50mm at f/1.4, 1/160, at iso 1000).


we’ll post photos soon of this weekend’s wedding along with more comments about our new creative tool toy!