Body & Controls
Controls
D700 Controls, back view
D700 Controls, top view
D700 Controls, front view
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Ever since the D70, Nikon have been slowly but surely breaking their exposure bracketing function. Why do I say this? Take a look at the controls here:
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Notice what’s missing on the D700? That’s right — there’s no “BKT” button.
The D70 allowed you to bracket in increments of several stops (eg -3.0, 0, 3.0). This was great for HDR images, where you want to capture detail in the shadows and highlights. Nikon broke this with the D200, where you can only bracket in 1-stop increments - so you have to take 7 shots to get the ones you need, wasting 4 of them (ie -3.0, -2.0, -1.0, 0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0).
With the D700 the bracketing button is gone completely. This means you either need to assign the FUNC button (which everyone already uses for something else), or dig through the menus. In our opinion, this is a
bad move on Nikon’s part.
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November 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Thanks for the bracketing comments. I use bracketing a lot, even for situations where I am not going to do HDR.
It helps when there is a quick oppurtunity and you do not have time to tinker with setting exposure settings. So just hitting the bracket button is a real convenience. I use the D80 right now and I am thinking about moving up to a full frame camera, and with the cost involved, it would be nice to have the BKT button available.