Nikon D800 EF mount

Apewithacamera · Mar 11, 2012

Are there Ford cars made with Chevy motors?

meland · Mar 11, 2012

carlk said:
It happens everyday. Even some Porsche are having VW engines.

Porsche and VW are the same group but we get your point.

tocar · Mar 11, 2012

Ford will never have a Chevy engine and vice versa. Those mixed car/motor combo is because they own part of that company and cheaper to produce. Nikon will never have an EF mount because they'll be admitting that their own mount is inadequate and don't have confidence with their own equipment.

Le Kilt · Mar 11, 2012

bakhtyar kurdi said:
Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

A tricky task when no-one has either of the cameras...!

surlyviking · Mar 11, 2012

Ebay takes a LOT more than 1-3%. Try 8-12%, and then there is the shipping costs on top of that.

Not to mention the possibility of getting scammed.

Selling a fleshed out kit of lenses is not a trivial task.

RvPhotoTraveller · Mar 11, 2012

this camera is not aimed at your market segment. it's a completely different market niche .

dpreviewprov · Mar 11, 2012

Landscape/nature photographer Ian Plant, whose photos often featured in Popular Photography magazine (www.popphoto.com) use an adapted Nikon 14-24mm lens on his 5D Mark II body

I reckon he must have a very good reason behind his choice.
http://www.popphoto.com/gallery/spotlight-nature-animal-scenics

RvPhotoTraveller said:
I would pull the trigger on two preorders instantly.no hesitation - too bad nikon mount is not compatible with canon . I don't think there would be many takers in the nikon camp if canon made a 5D3 in a nikon mount . More people should use stellar nikon lenses like the 14 -24 on their Canon bodies.

boudro_ · Mar 11, 2012

bakhtyar kurdi said:
DotCom Editor said:

bakhtyar kurdi said:

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

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How do YOU know that? Have you used both of them?

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On paper, and only a miracle can make 5DIII images as good as d800's.

on the contrary, neither camera actually exists, so the images are identical. You need to step into reality along with the other nikon slaes-folks that are polluting this forum.

QED.

mattr · Mar 11, 2012

Is it technically/optically possible to build a 1x TC with the Nikon mount on the camera side and the Canon EF mount on the lens side?

schwoofi · Mar 11, 2012

With EF mount?

... I would buy a Sigma SD1 merrill, but only as a second camera

I think this has the best per pixel sharpness at all.

Best regards

altair8800 · Mar 11, 2012

Great Bustard said:
bakhtyar kurdi said:

Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

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That would be awesome.

I agree. And would also like to see a EF mount Nikon V1 or Oly E-M5 for when even D800 pixel density is not enough.

Dan

SethG · Mar 12, 2012

Randplaty said:
five5pho said:

actually as a wedding photographer, I would stay away from 36mp per click.
22 MP are way more than needed.
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I am a wedding photographer and I'd stay away from the 36mpix also.

I have a buddy who's a wedding photographer. He's still shooting with the original 5D because the MkII didn't offer enough of an improvement for his work. When I emailed him the specs for the MkIII, he got all excited.

(personally, I'm a Nikon shooter - I was hoping that the D400 would be announced and would be like a 24mp APS-sized D800, but I'm thinking it's time to go full-frame)

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SethG · Mar 12, 2012

RvPhotoTraveller said:
If only it were possible to re-machine the Nikon D800 mount to except Canon EF lenses in a manual function capacity but i think i read somewhere the sensor plane to lens flange distance is too narrow for this option to work.

If only Nikon had the breadth and quality of lenses as Canon ( stellar 14-24 aside )

I believe the problem is that the F mount is smaller than the EF mount.

What sort of lenses are you referring to with your "breadth & quality" statement? Nikon doesn't have a lot of f/4 zooms, but other than that, the core lens catalogs are pretty similar. And outside of the core, Nikon probably has as many uniques as Canon.

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Le Kilt · Mar 12, 2012

bakhtyar kurdi said:
Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

We can try all we like, it's very hard indeed until they are both available and tested!
Until then we can have fun speculating and deciding on paper.

mischivo · Mar 12, 2012

In theory, if I were to switch, I would likely be losing money on the glass. Likely a lot of it. At issue is how I treat my equipment: like tools. And as tools, they've accumulated many scuffs and scratches over the years (none on the glass, of course). But such scratches prevent me from selling them as "like new". As none of the lenses that I own are considered classics or rare (like the 50mm f1.0), I'd be losing money on every sale and equivalent purchase.

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I shoot film. I shoot digital. Both are great in their own ways. The nice thing about film is that I can always have the most advanced imaging technology around packed into my 20 year old camera. That's one aspect of digital that I loathe.

ihv · Mar 12, 2012

Indeed, that would make the decision very easy for me.

The 5D3 looks to me like a 2500€ camera, for that price I'd think.

bakhtyar kurdi said:
Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

meland · Mar 12, 2012

At the time when Canon changed from the FD mount to the EF mount there was some dismay amongst Canon users with extensive FD systems. However as Mr Tanaka, who was head of camera division at that time explained, there was no way that the FD mount could be adapted to allow the various developments that were on the horizon, such as autofocus, etc. When asked how come it was that could Nikon manage it in that case, he provided a long and detailed answer as to how in his opinion Nikon would probably have to consider changing the F mount as well sooner or later. One of the reasons he gave was that he felt that certain lens designs would be compromised by the narrowness of the mount and made hints about 'a second wave after film' in the future. Of course we didn't really know what he was talking about at that stage and as it has transpired Nikon seemed to have managed to keep the F mount going reasonably well. One wonders whether it is causing their lens designers some headaches though.

ZAnton · Mar 12, 2012

It cost me 1000 Euros to buy a new lens in States (I am from Europe), but
it was so blurred wide open, that I've sent it to the service center,

and now it cost me almost 200 to adjust it, with no warranty, that it will get any better.

Oh, that famous L-quality...

David Hull · Mar 12, 2012

webfrasse said:
bakhtyar kurdi said:

Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

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Then just put the glass up on eBay. I've bought and sold glass on eBay for years. Sometimes even made a profit (bought a new lens on Adorama and sold it after two years on eBay with a $200 profit!). Glass usually hold it value well over the years but bodies deprecate a lot.

So the argument that you have a lot of glass and that's holding you back rings a bit hollow to me.

Anyone who wants to try this can easily give it a dry run by totaling up what it would cost to buy Nikon stuff (new or used) and then set some watches on e-bay to see what the stuff they have would sell for. Compare it in a spreadsheet. However, make sure that you include the huge cuts that e-bay and PayPal are going to take out of your proceeds when you make your comparison.

I have pretty much given up on e-bay/PayPal as a sales methodology due to their rules and fees.

One more point: If you decide to use e-bay, read up on the popular scams on the net and set up your auction accordingly – this is exceedingly important. The high profile of e-bay has attracted a lot more of this than people realize. When you put your photos up, make sure the serial number of the device is evident in one of them etc.

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ZAnton · Mar 12, 2012

back-engineering of the lens-body connection for all canon lenses so, that it reliably works, is impossible.

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Honestly, Canon users, and I am one of them, if Nikon made an D800 version with EF mount, and you are in the market to upgrade your camera, which one will you buy, a 5dIII for $3500, or an EF mount D800 for $3000?

the problem is many of us stacked with Canon glasses and try very hard to prove that 5DIII is as good as D800, but it is not.

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