Nikon Got the D810 in Hand

William Lewis

William Lewis

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William Lewis
My, what a beast of a camera it is at that. Noticably bigger and just that bit heavier than the D7100 but not so much as to be too much. The differences in the control layout will take some getting used to and taking real advantage of the ease of, say, adjusting WB will be something new.

KEH BGN is as good as ever. Some dings here and there but over all, it's in really quite good condition. Came with a fully charged Nikon battery installed so all I had to do was put in a memory card (sd since my cf hasn't arrived yet) and mount a lens. Took a long drive home past a few of my usual suspects just to make sure it was working ok. Most of it was meh (too much Canadian wildfire smoke in the air today) though I like how this one came out.

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Shutter count is 87k.

I have off Wednesday and Thursday. Hopefully I can get out and give it a real shakedown then.
 
A few more tidbits:

The Semi-Pro D7100 was quite a step up when I got it. This is another freaking world.
Dang that shutter & mirror are QUIET. Not as quiet as the Leica to be sure, but by far the quietest SLR of any kind I've ever used.
Updated the firmware to the last released version.
Tweaked a few of the settings - set the AF On button as the only AF button rather than the shutter release. Turned it to AF-C only as well.
Got the important manual focus lenses plugged into the Non-CPU list.

I'll probably putter with a few more settings tonight.

Tried a few available darkness shots on the way to work since the ISO12800 is supposed to be quite useable. They look acceptable on the back screen, but I'll see for real when I get home in the morning.
 
I also recall that when holding that camera in the hands with the lens, all thoughts of image stabilisation seemed to drift away. Stablisation is nice to have but if you can wean yourself off that dependency it's a bonus. This camera helped enormously in that regard as it balanced so well.
 
rayvonn said:
I also recall that when holding that camera in the hands with the lens, all thoughts of image stabilisation seemed to drift away. Stablisation is nice to have but if you can wean yourself off that dependency it's a bonus. This camera helped enormously in that regard as it balanced so well.
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Even in my (steady) youth, I couldn't handhold a camera steady for any more than a second, Tim.

Here's one at ~70 y.o., after a long dinner, standing on the open top deck of Sandringham Yacht club, with a pretty stiff wind blowing. Hand held, totally unsupported. 1.3 second SS ...

No way could I do this without excellent IBIS ...

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MountainMan79 said:
Wow. ISO 64 is the low on that sensor? I didn’t realize that.
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Yeah, that range from 64 to 12800 (as you see in those images) was one of the reasons I went with it. The old car is under a streetlight and it is a 50/1.4 lens but still! The barn at ISO64 in the morning light is nice as well. For my types of photography, this is going to be a very good camera.

Going to make me invest in a decent tripod and a cable release ;)
 
Bought a 3rd party battery grip, got it yesterday and tried it out today. Adds a fair bit of weight and bulk to be sure, makes the camera look like a D6 (at least my camera can go on a diet ;) ) but it really does add a lot of extra features. Once i figured out the lower on/off switch (even after reading the manual I had it backwards in my brain and thought it was broken! :eek: ) I really like having the duplicate controls and it's a lot easier to hold for a vertical composition.

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This beast is going to end up costing more in accessories than anything else... Need a better tripod, a cable release, a good polaroid filter, a good variable ND filter, etc... ;)
 
Can it be fired with an IR release?
I never really liked having the cable release hooked up to my D7000 when shooting on the tripod. Always worried it'd get caught and mess up the connector in the camera.
 
AFAIK the D800/810 don't support the IR remote, but I might be wrong. That was one reason I kinda dropped the D800 from the comparison when I was trying to decide. Though I've yet to buy the remote for the D750.

I love the bluetooth remotes that Canon and Sony have for their mirrorless bodies. Makes tripod work all the less hassle.
 

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