Nikon D700

I wanted to post a shot of my son so this is a good excuse :-)  OK, so I've been shooting with the D700 for over a year and never really bothered to do a write up since there was so much info about the camera online, plus i had nothing new or different to add. Anyway, even though we all pretty much know about the high ISO performance capabilities of the 12MP Nikon FX sensor, we don't automatically go shooting at high ISO's. So the other day, I was shooting my son indoors with just a tungsten light bulb overhead and to get a decent exposure had to pump up the ISO to 5000. I knew there would be some acceptable noise, but i was in for a surprise, i mean those shots were incredible!! And to think that for my commercial work I have limited myself to ISO 3200 just to be safe.
Check this shot out: Nikon D700 and AF 50mm f/1.4D @ ISO 5000, f/2, 1/500sec

and a 100% screen grab

I know, old news, but being conservative for so long on my previous assignments helped to be once again shocked by the high ISO performance of the D700!! OK, so the above shot had some "decent" tungsten light, what about a backlit portrait totally in shade after the sun had dipped over the horizon and in a dark alley? I took this shot with the manual focus Samyang 85mm and could barely focus on the eyes!! The next shot was shot @ ISO 6400, f/1.4, 1/80 sec.