Originally posted by henkvanzuylen Is it possible that a Nikon D700 lacks that type of filter?
The colors straight out my Nikon are beautiful as well i must say
No, it's that the older filters gave more pleasing colors (I refrain from using accurate because a lot of times that is down to processing). To do that, the filters absorbed more of the light, before the light hit the sensor. The D700 is definitely part of the era.
But like I said, while some say "it's just the filters in front of the sensor", from what little I know, that's over-simplistic. There's a lot of factors including pixel size, sensor technology (CMOS, MOS, CCD), and even the placement of the sensor processors, reducing signal path (Pentax is supposedly amazing at this by the way, which explains why Pentax cameras test better than others that use the same sensors).