Category Archives: Nikon D800

Motion blur, diffraction and noise are not impacted by high megapixel count

Nikon D800 sensor unit

In today’s guest post, Jinn Leong is explaining why  Motion blur, diffraction and noise are not impacted by high megapixel count (in our case the Nikon D800): Diffraction Diffraction depends on the lens, not the sensor. A higher megapixel count won’t increase diffraction. There’s a common misconception that a higher megapixel count increases diffraction because most of […]

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Nikon D4 and D800 cameras were designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro

I reported this rumor over a year ago – similar to previous Nikon professional cameras, the latest full frame DSLR models were also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. You can see the D4 and D800 pages on italdesign.it.

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Nikon D800 locks up?

I have noticed that the Nikon D800 locks up and the only way to reset it is to take the battery out. This happened to me several times while shooting with different lenses. Has anyone experienced this issue? I have not seen this problem being mentioned anywhere online.

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Nikon D800 vs. Canon 5D MkIII shootout

I don’t have anything new to report today, so enjoy this Nikon D800 vs. Canon 5D MkIII video shootout from CrisisLab (slightly NSFW).

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Nikon D800 now in stock on Amazon Germany

I am surprised, but I guess they did not have many pre-orders: the Nikon D800 is currently in stock on Amazon.de. Update: today Adorama and B&H started shipping Nikon D800 cameras to non-NPS pre-orders in the US.

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If you live in Norway, you better pre-order the Nikon D800 before the upcoming price increase on April 1st

As previously suspected the Nikon D800 price in Norway will be going up according to this banner posted on the Norwegian online store fotovideo.no. Nikon D800 pre-orders placed before April 1st will be eligible for the current price. The D4 was not mentioned, but I believe its price will go up as well.

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Nikon D800 issues

Listed below are several Nikon D800 issues reported by readers. If you have experienced any other problems with your new camera, please describe them them in the comments section. You can see the first issue in the above two images (click for larger view) – the Nikon D800 LCD screen has a green cast on some images. Several […]

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Full size Nikon D800 sample images

I uploaded few Nikon D800 sample images on flickr that I took during the weekend. There are few cropped images, some high ISO samples, with and without post processing. See the description of each photo for more details. You must check also the full resolution version of each image (go to->actions->view all sizes). Needless to say […]

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