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Too many exposures. However, a new shutter would run you between 3-4 hundred dollars. The D610 is an good full frame camera, the D750 would be a much better FF camera.
A warm camera isn't going to fog up as it cools in use, It will fog up when you return to your nice warm car, put your camera up by the defroster or down by the heater, It will defrost and warm the camera and there you go, now summers are a different story, I leave off the ac. at the beach...cold cottage to hot beach not so good, that's when I leave it outside but protected in just a Domke Bag, never a problem with a Nikon.
I have heard that Panasonic has a different layout. May be better for me, if I decide to try again. The menu/controls on my Fuji camera is the best. So intuitive, I didn’t open the manual for a couple of weeks.
I see you have the XE-2, D700 & D300s, How does the XE-2 compare? image quality or use
User interface is a big issue with me. You can get great images with just about any camera. When you’re shooting an event, or something that requires ability to change things fast, that’s an issue. I much prefer the button layout of the D700/800/810. (and D300, 500) The critical controls are easily accessible.
Had the same issue with the Olympus EM-1that I so much wanted to love. Jewel of a camera. Fantastic glass. Great image quality. Spent a lot of time scratching my head. I gave it three months and sold it.
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Haha, that was my same experience with MFT, I ended up trading my E-M1 for the D700, couldn’t get used to the haptics
The question is D700 versus D610. Both are full frame cameras and both use CMOS sensors.
The D700 is a semi-pro quality, 12MP camera from 2008. Very good for its time.
The D610 was introduced in 2013 and is a more entry-level, consumer grade 24MP camera.
A lot changed in five years time.
Besides double the resolution, D610 also has greater color bit depth, wider dynamic range and higher usable ISO (tho essentially the same range).
D610 has a few less AF points, but some of them are "f/8 capable", meaning that more lens/teleconverter combos are possible. The D700 is "f/5.6 limited".
They have similar continuous shooting rates... D610 slightly faster with 6 frames per second, D700 with 5 frames per sec.
D700 is more robustly built with better sealing for weather resistance. It also has a higher specification shutter..... 1/8000 top speed compared to the D610's 1/4000.
D610 is lighter weight and a bit smaller.
Several responses mention D750, which is considered a more direct update from D700.
Both D610 (2013) and D750 (2014) have been in the Nikon lineup for a while and are sort of due for replacement soon. As such, there may be some favorable sale prices on them. They're also pretty widely available used or refurbished.
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Best reply yet, Thank you, my biggest concern is reliability and for the price I may be better off with the D610, as its newer, whereas the D700 while more robust, is older and less feature rich.