| Re: My D700 Battery is charging as I type!
That is great news regarding your impression of the high ISO images! Thanks for posting your findings. In my limited experience with my D3 (10,000 frames) I have found I do far less processing of NEF files, simply because I find a well exposed image needs far less help coming from the camera.
When I do process an image I use Capture NX. I know, I know it's a dog of an application, but time and time again I find it extracts every possible bit of detail and color fidelity, more so than any other processor and yes I have Aperture, Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One and DXO.
My intention with this post is not to start a "this Raw Processor is better than that Raw Processor conversation," but to encourage you to try Capture NX 2.0 for your D700 raw files. I think you may find the Color Control, U-Point technology useful and make some outstanding image files along the way. It's not the application to individually tweak then process 2000 image files one at a time. However, to work a file for offset print production or ultra huge enlargements I find Capture NX 2.0 does an outstanding job. After all it was made specifically for your camera.
Have fun with the camera and post some pictures when you can.
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