I picked up my D800 today after my favorite local store called me for the second time in a week. The first time was for the D4 which he had ordered for me before I had decided on the D800. He had only got one delivered by Nikon so he was a bit put out, but enough of that.
I took it down to the harbor this afternoon on a bright but hazy/cloudy day. I'm not sure how best to show the advantages of the large file size as it was too hazy for big crops to do it justice. I shot at iso 100 and 200 , using the 50/1.8 D and the 70-200/2.8 AFS VR plus TC 20E 111.
Some early observations. It is not fast - 4 fps in FX and 5 fps in 1.2 crop mode. It's layout is very much like the D7000 so you have to go into menus more than I would like (compared to the D3/D3s ).
I won't say more at this stage as I'll take it out to the wetlands tomorrow on the 500/4 AFS VR to give it a real life workout.
Neil
ps I've put some photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/7892550@N03/sets/72157629276779902/
Hong Kong,
China.
March 2012
I took it down to the harbor this afternoon on a bright but hazy/cloudy day. I'm not sure how best to show the advantages of the large file size as it was too hazy for big crops to do it justice. I shot at iso 100 and 200 , using the 50/1.8 D and the 70-200/2.8 AFS VR plus TC 20E 111.
Some early observations. It is not fast - 4 fps in FX and 5 fps in 1.2 crop mode. It's layout is very much like the D7000 so you have to go into menus more than I would like (compared to the D3/D3s ).
I won't say more at this stage as I'll take it out to the wetlands tomorrow on the 500/4 AFS VR to give it a real life workout.
Neil
ps I've put some photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/7892550@N03/sets/72157629276779902/
Hong Kong,
China.
March 2012