Nikon D700

The Nikon D700 has been released about half a year now. At this price point (US$2300) it feels almost a steal compared to the Bigger and very similar D3 professional Camera costing double. As far as quality is concerned the D700 is great as a full frame sensor digital camera and for low light photography with its low noise, high ISO, and wide Dynamic Range, with images that cannot be differentiated even upon close up inspection compared to the D3.

When comparing the DX camera the D300, the D700 is still a far better quality camera with regards to image quality and the level of photos you can expect to achieve with a pro-camera, this is after all what you are looking for.

With all the FX lenses available to the D700, you are looking to spend US$4500 total on the three best available FX lenses to date, covering wide-angle, standard and telephoto zoom lenses. Anyone expecting to move to the FX should be expecting this, given that costs is no concern, however, lesser and more inexpensive lenses are also available, especially in today's economic state.

If quality is what you are looking at for someone who's serious at Photography, I'd say the D700 is your pick, and the closest alternative is the Canon 5D Mark II. For the Professionals, I'd doubt they're settle for anything less than the D3 or even the D3x and 1Ds Mark III for Canon. Pros using the D700 as a second body as a lighter backup for images that are almost identical and a camera body that is similarly as tough as the flagship D3.