Probably this camera is the most highly anticipated camera and rumors around it has been online for the past few months and some started even last year. The Nikon D800, showing off with its 36 MegaPixel full-frame sensor & Full-HD video capabilities all comes at a price tag of $3000 . Targeting mostly professionals and top-end enthusiasts.
Nikon say it's not a replacement for the Nikon D700 model, but sit alongside with it.
What's new with the Nikon D800?
Nikon say it's not a replacement for the Nikon D700 model, but sit alongside with it.
What's new with the Nikon D800?
36 Mega Pixel of details, almost similar to some of the medium format cameras. Cropping is not a matter and large prints with rich details, I would assume that landscape photographers will love this camera for this fact. Yet I believe it will create an issue in terms of storage as the 14-bit full size photo will be around 74 MB in size. Which will mean, the need for more storage, longer time to transfer the photos and longer time to post-process the images. Yet, It seems like the megapixel count still dazzles the photographer's heart and it will satisfy the never ending crave for more and more details and quality.
Check the sample gallery provided by Nikon
Check the sample gallery provided by Nikon
Full HD Video with Broadcast quality:
I will not go into details with this one, but the camera video samples show that its a promising camera in this field, and I am sure it will compete head to head with the Canon 5D Mark II.
* Full HD 1080p at 30/25/24p or 720p at 60/50p in AVC format
I will not go into details with this one, but the camera video samples show that its a promising camera in this field, and I am sure it will compete head to head with the Canon 5D Mark II.
* Full HD 1080p at 30/25/24p or 720p at 60/50p in AVC format
Nevertheless, Nikon claims that the Nikon D800 has 36 new features/improvements compared to the Nikon D700. Personally I think that the additional MP count and the HD video are the two main improvements that Nikon users were waiting for. Although, I was craving for higher performance at high ISO, performance close to the D3s or D4.
Built-in HDR??!!
This is something I personally thing it's going to benefit landscape photographers the most, it will make their life much easier. The camera can combine 2 exposures at up to 3EV.
This is something I personally thing it's going to benefit landscape photographers the most, it will make their life much easier. The camera can combine 2 exposures at up to 3EV.
Finally, Nikon has decided to introduce another model which is the Nikon D800E and Nikon claims that the E version give a little bit more sharpness then that "standard" model. The difference is that the Standard model comes with an Optical Low Pass Filter (OLPF) in front of its sensor to slightly blur the image at a pixel level in order to reduce the occurrence of false colors and moiré that can appear when shooting repetitive and/or fine patterns. (Click here to know more about Moire` And false color)
The E version is specifically targeting landscape and studio photographers who aim for that extra bit of sharpness, but as a tradeoff it increased possibility that moiré and false color will appear. And Nikon decide to include a new filter in its CaptureNX application to remove the effect. So, which one is for you, it's your decision.
Nikon D800E Sample Gallery from Nikon
The E version is specifically targeting landscape and studio photographers who aim for that extra bit of sharpness, but as a tradeoff it increased possibility that moiré and false color will appear. And Nikon decide to include a new filter in its CaptureNX application to remove the effect. So, which one is for you, it's your decision.
Nikon D800E Sample Gallery from Nikon
100% crop you can see the additional sharpness and moire` effect and false-colors.
In conclusion,
Many will be dazzled by the 36 Megapixel sensor the D800 provide and many others will buy it for the HD video capabilities. It's a great camera and an impressive addition to the Nikon DSLR family.
Many will be dazzled by the 36 Megapixel sensor the D800 provide and many others will buy it for the HD video capabilities. It's a great camera and an impressive addition to the Nikon DSLR family.
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