Matt Granger on
his wishes for a D810 successor:
Highest priority:
1. Fokus: the new D5/D500 one
2. Match the D5 controls
Also wanted:
3. WiFi
4. GPS "to a lesser degree"
5. Better SRAW
6. Touchscreen and Touchscreen functionality
7. Dual matching cards
8. 4K Video
Unlikely:
9. Split screen for lifeview (Focus point at 100% mag plus original frame)
10. Long exposure bulb mode
11. Lower ISO
12. Faster Shutter Speeds
1. Fokus: the new D5/D500 one: I think thats a given
2. Match the D5 controls: Good luck with that one. Random pointless minimal changes between DSLRs in their interface is one of Nikons most traditional games.
3. WiFi: Quite likely.(1)
4. GPS "to a lesser degree": I think thats unlikely. Nikon seems to think the end user in general doesnt want it and its a major battery life drain.
5. Better SRAW: Dunno. And I dont remember what that is good for. (2)
6. Touchscreen: Likely. Mostly I simply need a way to VERY quickly select AF points in lifeview mode, just like I can in standard mode. Touchscreen would be a possible solution. I'm surprised he doesnt mention flipscreen as well.
7. Dual matching cards: 100% agreed. (3)
8. 4K Video: Very likely, and it wont be "dumbed down" either, aside from only being only 30p and only UHD and still not offering any important video features like focus peeking, zebras, false colors etc. Still the D810 is basically Nikons video flagship and I think that will stay. My main hope here is btw NO crop in 4K Video. Getting a very processing friendly 4 sensor pixel to 1 video pixel mapping and hardly have any crop at all.
9. Split screen in lifeview: very specific idea, dont see any technical reasons not to do so, but unlikely, because Nikon doesnt implement basic lifeview features such as focus peaking etc either.
10. Long exposure bulb mode: the film camera he has there has an analog computer, thats why it can do that.
11. Lower ISO: I am not aware that what he requests would be technically possible.
12. Faster Shutter Speeds: AFAIK this would require excessive mechanical effort, thus again this wont happen.
About lower base ISO and higher Megapixels, well I expect to see backlit, maybe copper connectors, base ISO 64 again or even lower, and slightly higher Megapixel - maybe 42, maybe a bit more. Either way people will make a huge deal out of it despite the fact that 42 or even 50 Megapixel isnt much more resolution than 36 Megapixel and we're in all kinds of trouble even with 36 Megapixel on such a small area (small format 36x24mm).
(1): But frankly given the current performance of WiFi, I dont really care. Wake me if we can get lifeview over WiFi and automatic backup in the cloud. But only very slowly uploading min-jpgs isnt something I'll ever bother to do anyway, so one BIG HUGE MEH to that one.
(2): I think RAW, JPEG and TIFF are the formats really needed. RAW for full information, JPEG for final output, TIFF for archivation of your important pictures.
(3): That the D750 has dual matching cards is one of the main reasons I got that and not the D810.
