Nikon D810 announced

[matthewo]

If the d800e will still bring ok money used I may upgrade in 6-12 months when you start to see them for sale used.

I agree the highlight metering caught my eye the most out of everything. The group area af is also a nice plus as well as the newer shutter window. There are a lot of small upgrades on paper, but until a lot of people start messing with them I am unsure. That 64 iso is also very interesting.

Personally being a d800 lover, I feel this camera is going to be spectacular and a steal at the same price as the d800e was. Except that's going to really kill my d800e resell value

 

[coastalconn]

If the d800e will still bring ok money used I may upgrade in 6-12 months when you start to see them for sale used.

I agree the highlight metering caught my eye the most out of everything. The group area af is also a nice plus as well as the newer shutter window. There are a lot of small upgrades on paper, but until a lot of people start messing with them I am unsure. That 64 iso is also very interesting.

Personally being a d800 lover, I feel this camera is going to be spectacular and a steal at the same price as the d800e was. Except that's going to really kill my d800e resell value

Did you see the buffer specs yet? Nasim at photography life did a chart and it is nearly double the d800.. with the improvement in speed 6fps native in dx and 1.2x looks like a killer everything camera... perhaps it will pave the way for a dx version to finally replace the d300, lol..

 

[ruifo]

Another video from Tony (much better):

 

[Aloicious]

wow, the more stuff I watch from Tony the more I see how chocked full of opinion and misinformation rather than fact his stuff is. he's turning into a ken Rockwell, or perhaps he just needs to do better fact checking before making statements...I stopped after a few minutes

for example, the D810 is NOT using the same sensor as the A7R,
The high ISO gain is not for JPEG ONLY...doesn't seem like he understands how an image processor functions, or maybe he's just trying to explain it poorly.
they didn't 'introduce' 51 AF points, they've had 51 AF points for several generations of bodies.

just a couple examples. I couldn't finish watching 32 mins of sporadic erroneous info.

 

[ruifo]

Derrel brought some interesting data in another thread.
Bringing here to share, in case you're not following the two of them.


Source:
http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/additional-d810-data.html



Additional D810 Data


My Japanese reading skills are a bit rusty, but a few questions I’ve been asked about the D810 can now be answered, I think.
Size for the sRaw 12-bit file is 27.9MB, while the 12-bit Compressed NEF file size is 29.2MB. As I wrote before: you’re not really saving anything with sRaw, and you’re getting a pre-cooked file that has white balance information already used, plus color information is compromised. This is all the same as with the D4s. It’s a feature that really doesn’t give you anything. Moreover, it chews up some of the buffer, too.

About the buffer, it appears that JPEGs now are upped to a 100 image buffer no matter what size you’re shooting (JPEG Fine Large was previously limited to less than that on the D800/D800E). 14-bit Uncompressed NEF nets you 23 images in the buffer, with various options getting you up to 58 images (12-bit Compressed NEF). sRaw limits the buffer to 18 images ;~).

Shooting DX, the raw buffer sizes actually get very interesting: 46 for 14-bit Uncompressed, but as much as a 100 for the 12-bit options (sRaw is still only 23 ;~). So with the MB-D12 we’re talking about 6 to 14 second bursts at 7 fps. All these numbers I’m quoting are with state of the art CompactFlash cards, by the way (SanDisk Extreme Pro).

Other interesting tidbits are that with an EN-EL18a in the MB-D12 and an EN-EL15 in the camera, the CIPA shot rating goes to 3270, a nice boost that’ll keep you shooting all day.

Nikon appears to be claiming bigger electron well saturation levels for the new sensor, though strangely, their sample photos have one heck of a lot of highlight blowouts ;~).

I was also asked about the electronic shutter and whether it was Live View only or also functioned with MUP (mirror up). I don’t fully trust my Japanese skills here, but my first pass read is that it works with MUP as well as Live View.


Jun 27, 2014, 1:12 PM

 

[ruifo]

PDF brochure:
http://www.nikon-asia.com/tmp/Asia/...173574799/542011102/4196861409/3000984161.pdf

 

[ruifo]

D810 live view review:
D810 hands on live view performance!: Nikon FX SLR (DF, D1-D4, D600-D800) Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review




Dear all,


I've had the opportunity to play around with a D810 pre production model today and would like to share some thoughts with you.


First thing you'll notice is the better feel in your hands as the grip is much more ergonomic than on the D800(E). Very nice, Nikon!
Next is the shutter sound. Wow! Big improvement over the D800(E). The shutter is really much more quiet and the camera shakes less when you switch into live view. Sounds really great!


My main focus was the live view performance and how it compares to the crappy live view of the D800(E).
First impression was good. The live view is now tack sharp on the completely new display. Killer! No more interlacing in 100% view. Big improvement if you use manual focus lenses.
However.... live view performance in low light is not improved at all. My impression is that you see even more color noise in dark parts of the image when you use live view in low light conditions.
Here Canon is still king (unfortunately)


What I noticed additionally is a different display of the virtual horizon.
The histogram that you get with the button of the curser while reviewing your shot is now white instead of yellow.


Split screen is a really cool feature for landscape photographers. Unfortunately you can only select two points on a horizontal line to be displayed magnified side by side on the display. If you shoot in portrait orientation this helps a lot as you can can focus on the foreground and background at the same time. Killer feature for work with tilt-shift lenses. But when you shoot in horizontal you can only select points to compare on a horizontal line which makes it useless for optimization of sharpness from front to back. Don't know what Nikon thought about wen the developed this feature...


Beside the improved AF there are many small changes and/or improvements. Let's see what the sensor delivers in terms of ISO performance.


Cheers
Achim


Achim Sieger FINE ART Landscape & Nature PHOTOGRAPHY

 

[julianliu]

PDF brochure: http://www.nikon-asia.com/tmp/Asia/2419865273/3760176746/2586568015/286546384/152549275/173574799/542011102/4196861409/3000984161.pdf

Ruifo, look like you are very interested in d810, same here. Wonder have you preordered it?

 

[Derrel]

I think moving the spot/matrix/center-weighted metering switch to the back of the top panels' rear edge, concentric with the combined AE-L AF-L button is actually a GOOD thing. It means the metering pattern switch is now directly in the line of the user's vision, and not hidden off on the side of the pentaprism. As a person who seldom changes metering modes, I'm really totally in favor of this new control location, because more times that I care to admit, when I've changed metering mode, I'll tend to forget that I have done that. So, being forced to see that switch every time I look at the back would really be helpful as a reminder.

 

[ruifo]

PDF brochure: http://www.nikon-asia.com/tmp/Asia/...173574799/542011102/4196861409/3000984161.pdf

Ruifo, look like you are very interested in d810, same here. Wonder have you preordered it?

Hi there.
I am interested, but I have not pre ordered yet.
Will do so soon, in the next couple of months.

 

[fotofinish]

I think moving the spot/matrix/center-weighted metering switch to the back of the top panels' rear edge, concentric with the combined AE-L AF-L button is actually a GOOD thing. It means the metering pattern switch is now directly in the line of the user's vision, and not hidden off on the side of the pentaprism. As a person who seldom changes metering modes, I'm really totally in favor of this new control location, because more times that I care to admit, when I've changed metering mode, I'll tend to forget that I have done that. So, being forced to see that switch every time I look at the back would really be helpful as a reminder.

This location "....concentric with the combined AE-L AF-L button ...." is where the metering mode is on the D800/E - is it not? They moved it to the cluster of buttons above the drive mode dial on the top of the left hand-side of the D810.

 

[Iloper]

I Hope in 2 years we are not talking about the d820...

 

[ruifo]

D810 manual available for download:
http://download3.nikonimglib.com/archive1/Uslma00vmWju01F4NIw08vXsPQ61/D810FM_DL(En)01.pdf

 

[Solarflare]

I Hope in 2 years we are not talking about the d820...

Why wouldnt we ?

 

[Iloper]

I Hope in 2 years we are not talking about the d820...

Why wouldnt we ?

D900? a real new model?