Category Archives: Nikon D800

Nikon D800 official pictures leaked

By [NR] admin | Published: February 6, 2012

You can read all the Nikon D800 details on this Brazilian website including seven official images of the new camera. The full press release (Google translated) is available here. Additional images (click on each for larger view):

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Why remove the anti-aliasing (AA) filter in the Nikon D800E?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 4, 2012

Why would Nikon release the D800E with the anti-aliasing (AA) filter removed? The simple answer is to produce sharper images with more details and better resolution. The AA filter removes information that cannot be recorded “correctly” by the sensor. It’s basically an extra layer on top of the sensor that reduces the image quality in order to remove certain […]

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More Nikon D800/D800E specs

By [NR] admin | Published: February 4, 2012

Few more small details on the Nikon D800/D800E: The version without the AA filter will be called Nikon D800E The D800/D800E will “read” images with 12 different channels (14-bit conversion) 16 bit image processing with EXPEED 3 3.2 in. LCD display 100% viewfinder coverage New bracketing button Start-up and shutter delay identical to the D4 […]

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Few last minute Nikon D800 updates

By [NR] admin | Published: February 4, 2012

            The French magazine Chasseur d’Images posted few new bits of information for the upcoming Nikon D800: The D800 will have a Sony Exmor sensor with a design similar to the APS-C version used in the NEX-7, providing clean images up to 1600 ISO for A2 format prints Only 2 crop options in video (Nikon […]

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Nikon event in Hong Kong on February 7th

By [NR] admin | Published: February 2, 2012

This is the text of the invitation to the Nikon event in Hong Kong on February 7th, 2012 (see also the press invitation from Thailand on the same date): Dear NPS Members, Nikon cordially requests the honour of your presence at the “Nikon Product Announcement Party”, the details are shown as follow: Venue: The Diamond […]

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Nikon D800 sample and movie poster removed from flickr

By [NR] admin | Published: February 2, 2012

The “Tatouage” movie poster and the questionable image on flickr are now gone. You will be able to see them again in 5 days.

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Nikon D800 sample available on flickr

By [NR] admin | Published: February 1, 2012

An update on my previous post: several readers noticed that Shinji Watanabe’s flickr stream (NSFW) contains at least one image without EXIF data with a maximum/original resolution of 7360 x 4912 (just like those D800 samples): Note that some of the images were taken with a Hasselblad H3D-39 that can go “only” up to 5412 x 7212. The image in question […]

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“Tatouage” could be another short movie shot with Nikon D800

By [NR] admin | Published: February 1, 2012

Few days ago the Japanese photographer and director Shinji Watanabe uploaded a picture on flickr that was probably taken with Nikon D800 (see EXIF data at the bottom of this post). The picture was removed few hours later but on his website Shinji Watanabe wrote about an upcoming 30 minute short movie called “Tatouage” shot with a Nikon camera that […]

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