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Re: I'm ready to move to the Nikon FX line. Is the D4 image more nuanced and lively than the D800?
In reply to FTH,
7 months ago
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FTH wrote:
primeshooter wrote:
FTH wrote:
primeshooter wrote:
FTH wrote:
jps999 wrote:
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John Santoro
San Francisco photographer
www.johnsantorophotography.com
I see that your main work is wedding photography. In this case, you certainly dont need the extra resolution of a D800, and maybe neither the extreme rugged D4 body with faster AF. For a 1/3 of the price, your best bet may be the Nikon D600, it is a beast already and beats the D4 and D800 in terms of video (D4 videos are quite soft, D800 videos quite noisy). It is your choice, but I would strongly advice you to go to your local store and try out the 3 cameras. To me the Nikon D600 has a prefectly balanced sensor : high resolution, great high ISO, clean video files. For extra battery and vertical portraits, you can always ad the 300$ grip.
Good points, but be careful recommending the D600 for video. It has a cropped off black border around the image and other problems...I think they are trying to sort it. Currently you have to upscale the video about 5% to actually get 1080.
no, sorry, but the video output on memory sticks is 1080P, with no black borders at all. You only get those if you try the clean HDMI output via an external recorder. I am a film maker myself and compared many Nikon DSLR cameras (D5100, D3200, D800 and D600), the D600 offers by far the best and cleanest files from all. The D5100 is second but lacks of full manual controls. The D800 becomes quite noisy after 1600 ISO (croma and shadow noise) and the D3200 files are simply crap at high ISO, with shadow blinking all over the place. So yes, the D600 is the king of Nikon DSLR video. Nikon just announced that they will fix the live view aperture bug (you have to switch live view off to set the aperture, if using an AF-S lens) and will probably fix the HDMI output very soon too.
Okay, well you cannot deny the oil problem, widely becoming known. I have several folks I know with the issue. It's like a chip pan back there on that sensor.
And yes hardly king of video - you cannot even change aperture in live view without going out and coming back in LOL. Yeh they are going to fix it I hear...lets wait n see if they actually fix it. They are only just fixing the autofocus issue that's plagued the D800 for months so excuse me if my confidence in Nikon is at all time low (for more reasons than I state here).
The thing that is annoying is why do they release stuff with these obvious idiot flaws? Who would think the aperture "fixing" in liveview is a good idea? Are you seriously telling me they didn't realise people would hate that? And the damn black borders on monitors? I mean serious Nikon what are you up to these days?
All cameras have oil problems, this is due to mechanical lubrication. Canon video, even on high end cameras such as the 5D Mark III is far not as sweet looking as Nikon files. Nikon motion is way more organic and sharper natively. Now, maybe you should stop complaining and go shoot, this may help.
Oh come on. Nikon released an unfinished product and you protect it like a good Nikon fanboy. I see you own a D600, it will be great when they give you the firmware update I have no doubt. But it shouldn't have been released with a very obvious video flaw. Well I own a D800 and to me it's just a camera that I attach lenses into - although it is away being repaired for a broken 10 pin terminal.
Just admit that the aperture thing was idiotic at best and should never have been released this way. Also, why the black borders round the image on a monitor; explain to me what's good about this function. I do shoot, alot - I'm glad you care. Get the firmware update and be happy; I can tell you are eagerly awaiting it...
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