Nikon D700 and Nikon D7000 comparison shots part 1 | London Portrait Photographer

Yesterday was a pretty important day. It was the first time I held and looked through the viewfinder of a Nikon full-frame camera. I decided to make a comparison of the shots between the professional camera D700 which has a full sensor and the professional-standard camera D7000 which has a crop sensor.

My settings were exactly the same for all the shots. I was 2 feet away from the set-up and did not change my position at all. For my own personal purposes, I wanted to test two differences: angle of view and noise. So while the following settings are the same, it has to be said that the different sensors make the lenses behave differently on each camera so that the results are not really 100% comparable. But for my purposes, I wanted to see the visual differences.

The constants: Speed 1/160. Aperture f3.2. ISO 2000. Spot meter. Exposure Compensation +0.7. White Balance Auto. Single Focus set on the archer figure at the bottom of the book’s spine. All images are SOOC. All I did was to resize and sharpen for web using the same settings. The set-up I decided on was deliberate: evening, indoors with just a lamp and normal room lighting and objects with light and dark areas.

Nikon 50mm 1.4 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Nikon 35mm 1.4 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Nikon 105mm 2.8 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Noise visible at 100% crop

Lens: 50mm 1.4 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Nikon 35mm 1.4 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Nikon 105mm 2.8 G

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

My verdict:

The D700 is still much better at handling noise despite being a few years older. I didn’t use a grey card for these shots so I didn’t expect the colours to be accurate. My wall isn’t white, it’s more of a light beige {hessian to be exact}. Neither camera got the colour right. The D700 images are too green while the D7000 images are too pink; the actual colour is in between, but the D700 is closest.

Up next is part two – more comparison shots taken during the day, 2 different distances, 2 different subjects and the same lenses as above. Stay tuned! Here’s a teaser:

Top image D700 and 50 mm 1.4 G
Bottom image D7000 and 35mm 1.4 G {equivalent to 52mm on a a crop body}

You can find my first impressions review of my Nikon D7000 when I got it nearly a year ago on this link.

In case you are looking to get any of the equipment I use and mention on this review series, you can find them here Nikon D700 and Nikon D7000 Nikon 50mm 1.4 G Lens Nikon 105mm VR 2.8 G Lens Nikon 35 mm 1.4 G LensNikon D90 Nikon D800

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