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<p>Wouldn't you also need to have something to calibrate your printer?</p>

<p>Finally made up my mind and went ahead an ordered the D700 even though it did not have a 100% viewfinder. As in all of life one must make compromises. Thanks to everyone for your input, can't tell you how many times I read and reread your comments. Of course come next week I'm sure Nikon will release the new Nikon D700s lens with a 100% viewfinder and a 24mp sensor among other advances. That would be just my luck, but just can't sit and wait forever for something that might or might not happen.</p>

<p>I don't know how I missed it but I thought the D700 had a 100% viewfinder and that is really important to me. Now I am back to square one. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone, I am leaning on choosing the D700 but probably for the wrong reason. Besides for all of the compelling reasons you guys listed, I also just like the thought of having a full frame camera again like my old 35 mm film Nikon. Ok, I know, I know, call me shallow but when digital cameras started to take over film cameras I just hated the thought that the image was smaller than 35mm. I at one time was considering going to medium format because I thought 35 mm was too small. I'm not a pro and looking at some of the work you guys do I am certainly not as talented so I guess it just boils down to........I want it damn it. Thanks again for everyone taking their time to help me. I am truely amazed at how much talent there is on this forum and how quick you will reach out to help someone.</p>

<p>Thanks for all of your responses, lots of good advice but still mulling it over. Phil, yes the Nikon 35-70 is the F2.8 and I tend to use it a lot. It is really a sharp lens. And Matt, thats what I had planned to do if I went with the D300s. One other thing comes to mind, my son is into kickboxing and he goes to a tournament at least once a month and to capture the action I wouldn't have to use a flash with either camera. </p>

<p>I currently have a D70 with the following lens, Nikon 20 AF-D, 35-70 AF-D, 105 AF-D, 80-200 AF-D and a 300 AF-D. I am torn between a D300s or a D700. With D300s I enjoy turning my 300 lens into a 450 but I shoot a lot of landscapes and I miss not having wide angle lens. I am not a pro and I shoot mainly landscapes and portraits. The lenses that I have are made for a fx camera. I don't have any lenses for a dx camera although they work fine on my D70. I am also going to be taking a lot of photos of bicycle racing and autofocus on the D70 is really poor. Any ideas? </p>

If you are using a Mac computer be aware that Capture NX 1.3.0 is not compatible with Mac

OS X version 10.5 (Leopard). Image files, specifically NEF files, may be corrupted when saved.

Nikon says they are working on a fix for this problem but who knows how long this will take.

Sorry for the stupid question, I thought that Coloreyes was a product to calibrate my

monitor. Next time I will do more research before I waste anybody else's time. Thanks for the

quick response.

I currently have an Mac I-24 and I was going to purchase Coloreyes Display Pro for my color management

program but according to their website it is not compatible with Mac Leopard. Can someone recommend

another program that I could use. Thanks.

Thanks for the information but does anybody know of similar tutorials for Nikon Capture? I have their instruction book but to me it is very confusing.

If you have an interest in Waterfalls I would suggest you purchase North Carolina Waterfalls by Kevin Adams. He covers almost every waterfall in North Carolina, assigns beauty ratings, trail lengths and difficulties. Excellent book and great photographs as well.

Just purchased Photoshop Elements 3 for my new Nikon D70. This is my

first digital camera after shooting velvia for years in my N90S. Not

having too many problems learning the digital format but don't have

a clue about the digital darkroom techniques. I was hoping someone

could recommend a good book on the subject. I checked the various

chain bookstores in my area and there are so many books on the

subject I do not know which one to purchase. Thanks for any advice.

By the way this is my first post and I did try a search but could

not find anything useful so if I did mess up and there is in fact a

whole lot of posts on this subject let me apologize up front.