This guest post on using the Nikon D800 as a negative holder for a large format camera + lens setup is by Jan Håkan Dahlström: It’s really quite simple. What you need is a large format camera, a suitable lens and a digital camera body instead of a film holder. In this case it’s an [...]
This is the latest rumor I received on the D800 focusing issue: Nikon is close to sending a repair advisory about the D800 left focusing issue. It is a quick fix in the repair center but they are monitoring the amount of cases reported through the European Support Office. Well worth contacting Nikon if your [...]
The end of the pre-orders wait time is near: Amazon currently has both the Nikon D800 and D4 in stock. This means that they no longer have a waiting list. I expect other stores also to fulfill their pre-orders soon.
Phottix now has their new BG-D800 battery grip for Nikon D800/D800E DSLR cameras available for sale ($145): “Phottix Premium Series BG-D800 Battery Grip for Nikon D800 DSLR features AF/On button, command dials, vertical shutter button and multifunction controller. The BG-D800 holds 8 AA batteries or 1 EL-EL15 battery in the included trays.
Fstoppers published a video review on the fake battery grips for the Nikon D800 DSLR that can be purchased from Amazon – the Pixel version is $100 and the Meike copy costs around $70. For comparison, the original Nikon MB-D12 is priced at $400.
Ming Thein reported on his blog that his D800E left focusing problem was fixed by NPS: “Just got my D800E back from NPS. Apparently, the cause of the focusing problem in all cases is some inaccurate calibration data entered during the alignment/ calibration process. I was told it’s basically a case of hooking the camera up [...]
I have scheduled several guest posts for this week. Nikon related news/rumors will pick up at the end of July when we will start approaching the pre-Photokina announcement time. The first guest post is from Steven Hyatt who had the chance to photofraph birds of prey in a studio environment with the Nikon D800 and Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII [...]
