Nikon D700 Pictured | New Illustrator Tutorial Posted

By RC Concepcion in Layers Blog
Monday June 30, 2008

Hey everyone. How about starting the day on a money-draining note, shall we?

Nikon D700 Info Released To The Wild
Coming hot on the heels of the groundbreaking D3, you would think Nikon would just sit and revel in the fact that everyone is drooling over the new camera – but noooo. They can’t leave well enough alone, can they.

The Nikon D300 is an amazing camera, but the high ISO has left plenty a D300 owner (including yours truly) on the wishing well of the D3. I look in the well and say, “Some day, little buddy.. some day.. ”

Imagine now, taking a D300 and throwing the FX sensor in it — presto! Enter the Nikon D700. This would normally have me running to pitch the tent and wait for the doors to open over at B&H, but there were a couple of things that made me stop in my tracks:

• Yes, it does have the High ISO, but the viewfinder is only showing 95%, unlike the 100% view on the D3
• It’s going to be about 4 Grand!
• You don’t get the dual card slot like with the D3

With that much outlay, I think about just sitting and waiting to save a couple of dollars more and getting the real deal D3. Still, all in all, I’m sure I will be drooling over the D700 soon enough. I wouldn’t toss it to the curb if it showed up in a box.. addressed to me.. like.. tomorrow..

For more information on the Nikon D700 check out the Press Release here.

Illustrator Mesh Tutorial – Bert Monroy
The Diffusion Curves movie that I covered yesterday made me think of Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh. Having said that, I was happy to see that the incomparable Bert Monroy has a Gradient Mesh tutorial ready for you guys in the Tutorials area.

Click here to see Bert’s Illustrator Gradient Mesh Tutorial

Corey Barker on Photoshop User TV
Make sure you stop by the PhotoshopUser TV website to check out Corey Barker’s special guest spot. While Layers TV keeps us busy with all of the Adobe applications, we are still Photoshop Guys at heart.

Click here to see Corey on the latest episode of Photoshop User TV

That’s going to do it for me today. Make sure you stop on in tomorrow for another dose of the Creative Suite.

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Author: RC Concepcion Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.