Nikon Officially Discontinues D700 and D300S DSLRs

Three and a half year after being made official by Nikon, the D700 full-frame digital SLR camera has been finally discontinued by the Japanese company together with the DX format D300s.

Both of the cameras were added by Nikon Japan to its list of discontinued products, and according to the Nikon Rumors website the D700 is no longer on display at the Nikon flagship store in Ginza.

The retirement of the D700 was to be expected as the Japanese camera maker will soon introduce its successor, but the retirement of the D300S comes as a bit of a surprise since no rumors regarding a possible D400 made their way to the Web so far.

As far as the D800 is concerned, this camera is said to make its entrance at the CP+ Photography show which will be taking place in Japan at the beginning of February and rumors say it will sport a 6MP full-frame image sensor.

This is seconded by an Expeed 3 image processor, the combo enabling Nikon to offer a 100 to 6,400 ISO range (expandable to 50 – 25,600).

Furthermore, the D800 uses the same 51-point AF system found in the D3s, but this time it will get a new face recognition mode. The video recording capabilities of the camera were also enhanced to allow for shooting 1080p at 30fps, while for getting 60fps users will have to drop down to a 720p resolution.

Other features that will make their way in the D800 include a 100% coverage viewfinder, dual memory card slots (most probably CompactFlash and SD, but XQD is also a candidate), a built-in GPS and an USB 3.0 data transfer port. 

The Nikon D700 is currently out of stock both at Adorama and B&H Photo Video, although Amazon still has some supplies left for $2,696.95 (2,051 EUR), body only.

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