Nikon D800 via B&H
Here’s some highlighted specs:
_36.3 megapixel, full-frame sensor (FX)
_up to 5fps still image shooting
_1080pHD video 24 or 30fps
_ISO Range 100-6400 (extendable from 25,600)
_Live View + External Monitor viewing for professional video applications
_Built in external microphone with audio monitoring capabilities via external headphones
_Twin card slots – one Compact Flash and one SD
_weight = 2 pounds 3 oz
The curve balls for me? The megapixels. There’s a lot of em. Also, this is geared a lot more toward video than I would have anticipated. But beyond that… Please note I HAVE NOT touched one of these cameras, and like the D4, NO I didn’t shoot the campaign. I haven’t yet spent time with the camera to tell you any gory details, although I’m assuming I’ll be able to chat more soon.
Aesthetics? Click thru a range of images of the camera via the above tabs.
So.. I (we) knew this was coming, but rather than me spouting off about having played with the system (I can’t – although some of you journalist types have I’m sure), or telling you what your feelings about this system should be (I won’t), I’m turning the tables on you.
What’s your take? Love, hate, indifferent? Insights?
[Reminder that Nikon plays close attention to this blog, so your comments on this post – glowing or otherwise – might help inform Nikon about what your thinking.]Link to all the Nikon D800 details and/or purchase here via B&H.
I made my deposit yesterday! Good bye D90… Hello D800! (when ever it gets here)
I shoot with two D700s which I adore. They are great cameras. I think that Nikon hit it out of the park with this camera – a small D3. I was hoping for an upgrade camera that would be a small D4. I am disappointed. I can see the 36mp files from the D800 slowing my work flow considerably. Not to mention filling up storage very quickly. I shoot for print and the Web. The quality and resolution of the D700 images are great for these purposes. Also, I am a photographer not a videographer and I really hate having to pay for features that I will not use. There are some great features on the D800 but the above mentioned downsides will negate any purchase. For the future, I see that the price of the D3S is already beginning to come down. So maybe I can sell one D700 and pick one up – maybe a refurbished one. (Yes, I know it has video but you just can’t avoid it.) My D700s will last a long time so I do not have to make any immediate decisions.
I don’t think so. 36 mega pixels so what? I will get my 36 mega pixels when D4S comes out. D4 is the definite way to go.
My next camera. The D800 is pretty much the camera I was waiting for. I would have preferred it to have no flash. My big complaint is using two different kinds of memory cards.
I do like the idea another FX camera in this size, that has fast frame rates and excellent high ISO performance – a D4 lite if you will.
Yeah, it works for me…great price point. 36 mp for me as a hobby landscape (panos) and garden, and still-life photographer…this will be nice. I just developed a 50″ x 35″ enlargement w/over 9700 pixels on the long side which was a photo merge of 10 frames. This will help me get that large w/o loss of resolution and w/o a lot of photo merge efforts. Workflow…I shoot 20-200 frames at a typical day hike or session. And the same for portraits and family events (no, I am not a pro) . So the processing does not spook me, though I just upgraded to 16 GB ram. I ordered the 800E.
Forgive me if I am wrong, but a 36MP image sensor is all very well and good, the question is, do the current lenses on offer for Nikon camera have the optical resolution to justify it?