Category Archives: Nikon D800

Chasseur d’Images published the full transcript from the Facebook Q&A session with Thomas Maquaire from Nikon France on the new D4 and D800/E cameras. Here is the Google translation (UPDATE: I got a better translation from a reader, thanks Mike):

Today Amazon sent emails to existing Nikon D800E pre-orders indicating that the camera was delayed by the manufacturer and currently they do not have an updated delivery date. Existing Nikon D800 pre-orders did not receive such email yet. I am not sure if this is another glitch in Amazon’s system or the D800E is really delayed. A […]

This Nikon D800 vs. D700 ISO comparison was initially posted on the techbang.com.tw and my understanding is that it was later removed. I have not seen the original post and I don’t know all the details, but I assume those are 100% crops. You will have to ignore the fact that all D700 samples are blurry […]

If you were ever wondering what is the cost of the Nikon D800/D800E cameras to a dealer in the US, this price list will show you that the D800 costs $2,699.96 and the D800E costs $2,969.96. As usual, the margin on the accessories is much higher – aprox. 40%. With the new Nikon pricing policy, don’t […]

Nikon USA now has the 20 pages Nikon D800 | D800E Technical Guide available for download. The guide includes samples and covers the basic camera functionality.

Since I still have many readers asking me about it – those are the shipping dates for the Nikon D4 and D800/E confirmed by Nikon France in a recent Q&A sessions: “Le D4 sera commercialisé à partir du 15 mars 2012. Le D800 à partir du 22 mars et le D800E à partir du 12 […]