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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
I got a Nikon refurbished D3 from B&H with only about 1000 shutter actuations on it. I saved some serious bucks that way, but the warranty was only 90 days. The D3 works with all of my lenses, some of which are non-cpu manual focus. I can program their focal lengths and maximum apertures and then pick which one manual focus lens I'm using from a menu to get more compatibility with metering modes and such. I have confused myself a few times wondering why I cannot change the aperture setting with the front command dial when I'm using a manual focus lens and then remember that I have to use aperture ring instead. Not that I like or use flash that much, I was surprised that my old SB-25 flash would not work with TTL metering on the new camera. I guess they only do backward compatibility so far with older flashes. I think the SB-25 was current technology at the time that the F5 came out.
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I had my eyes on the D3 and was about to spring for one when they announced the D700. It's the same sensor but the body is the same size as the D100 - about 1/3 less weight and bulk.
I have some non-CPU lenses too (one of my favorites is a 43-86 zoom) but I'd gotten a Nikon 8008 to take on some Grand Canyon trips and ended up with most of the lenses being CPU - I replaced the 35mm and 50mm with CPUs over time. They worked with the D100 too.
My SB24 also worked with the D100 and D700 but I got a SB800 for Christmas because the SB24 didn't have TTL flash.
With that combination I haven't looked back to the F2 or 8008 since the D700.
The D700 even have a PC sync cord socket for my old Vivitar flash! My Honeywell Strobonar (the best flash ever made) gave up the ghost years ago - it got hard to find replacement cells (the battery packs were discontinued long before) and the capacitor eventually decayed.