Nikon D800......

Joeturner11 said:
I'am sure I wont, If the older pro cameras what people use to use like the D2 Series only had one card slot, I'am sure are manage ;)
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I used to think like that Joe, after a card failure, I now use the back up facility.

You may think it will never happen to you, I used to, but it does Joe. You may as well use the back up facility bud.
 
Quick question about writing to two cards.
Does it slow down the buffer much writing to two cards rather than the one?
Normally I only use the second card as an overflow and was wondering if I wrote to two cards simultaneously would it affect the burst shooting much (I know it's slow anyway)
 
Joeturner11 said:
I'am sure I wont, If the older pro cameras what people use to use like the D2 Series only had one card slot, I'am sure are manage ;)
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We managed, yes. We also occasionally lost shots.. just as we did when using film. Now we rarely.. if ever do. It's called progress :)
 
Bigvin said:
Quick question about writing to two cards.
Does it slow down the buffer much writing to two cards rather than the one?
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Depends on card speeds. It will be as slow as your slowest card.
 
Cheers.

I wasn't sure if it would take twice as long to write to two cards as opposed to one.
 
Beautiful shots ST4. I'm starting to really like mine too, after the hiccup at the start.
 
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That Ziess 21mm is certainly a sharp piece of glass :)
 
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Its a must if you do landscapes. Its a lot of pixels, I'd be scared of putting anything less than razor sharp on.

I'd have also considered a 14-24nikkor but I'm invested a lot in the Lee 100mm filter system, of which won't fit on that lens.
 
I use a Nikon 24mm f1.4 which is superb but not as sharp as the Ziess :)
 
Great images ST4, I'm envious if that location is close to home for you!
 
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Lift drives me there, the last one is walking distance, the others no more than 1hr 30 in the car
Lift is taking me to Glencoe tonight, getting the D800 fired up on Glencoe Lochan tomorrow. I carry a D610 too, which isn't relevant to this thread but is a nice tool with the 24-70f2.8
 
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That second shot, ST4, catches my eye every time I look at the selection. Nice!
 
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Very nice set again - though some line haloing around the hills in 1 and 3, I didn't notice this in your others ... processing or posting?

Sorry forgot I wasn't in a crit forum!
 
Posting in 1. 100% view is clear on all edges.

3 was my sharpening, I've toned it down. Thanks. I think as I cropped 3 back quite a lot this may be the cause as well as the strong light source just above the edges in three creating a big contrast sharpening maybe exasberating
 
gramps said:
I use a Nikon 24mm f1.4 which is superb but not as sharp as the Ziess :)
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Oh really?

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Variations in lens quality is common place even in uber expensive lenses, ive personally owned 2 Nikon 24mm 1.4 lenses and moved them both on as they weren't as sharp as their price tag suggests, one of them wasn't even sharp stopped down to f/8 and was like a plate of mushy peas in the bottom left corner, having said that, a tog buddy has an excellent copy.
 
The Zeiss 25mm f/2 has all of those beat although quite rarely discussed compared to the 21 or Nikon 24.
 
I have the Zeiss 21, was using it up Loch Awe on Friday when I was camping and fishing. It's a stellar lens for landscape. The 14-24 was an option when I was tossing up between the two but the filter system put me off as I can use the 100mm Lee filters on other lenses easily. I tried stitching a few photos taken with the Zeiss Otus which is another sharp lens, quite like the result although requires more testing. What tripod head are you using geared or ballhead?
 
Laudrup said:
I have the Zeiss 21, was using it up Loch Awe on Friday when I was camping and fishing. It's a stellar lens for landscape. The 14-24 was an option when I was tossing up between the two but the filter system put me off as I can use the 100mm Lee filters on other lenses easily. I tried stitching a few photos taken with the Zeiss Otus which is another sharp lens, quite like the result although requires more testing. What tripod head are you using geared or ballhead?
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Nothing fancy mate

This

http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-manfrotto-804rc2-tripod-head/p1012868

If it keeps the camera still and I get three axis of movement, pan, up down and tilt, I am happy
 
I have the older version of that head... the 141RC.... I'd not change it for anything... except maybe the same version you have. The tripods at work have your heads on, and they're utterly brilliant. I love three way heads.
 
ST4 said:
I love the top mounted ISO button
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That's probably my least favourite feature. It's right next to the "change from shooting raw to one card and fine jpeg to the other to shooting just low quality jpegs to one card" button. Very easy to hit the wrong one by touch alone. I did.....
 
Having borrowed a D800 as a potential motorsport tool for the weekend I can tell you I'm really pleased to read the comments about AF performance!

It just doesn't cut it - the hit rate is appalling.

What I will say is that when you do get a hit the results are stunning, but that's no use to a jobbing motorsport tog.

The static subject shots (rider portraits, brolly dollies, podiums etc) are lovely though I will say, although probably not much in it between this and a D700/D3/S, although the colours are particularly nice. If I wanted a landscape camera, this would be the bomb but....

Back to the D300 for me, I just hope one day Nikon offer me a modern pro DX body again...
 
I have the Burzynski ballhead which feels like it could hold an elephant steady and the main one I use is the geared head the Arca Cube. It makes panoramas pretty easy although both heads are pretty heavy. I climbed Ben Lomond with all my gear yesterday which was no joke in that heat.
 
desantnik said:
Having borrowed a D800 as a potential motorsport tool for the weekend I can tell you I'm really pleased to read the comments about AF performance!

It just doesn't cut it - the hit rate is appalling.

What I will say is that when you do get a hit the results are stunning, but that's no use to a jobbing motorsport tog.

The static subject shots (rider portraits, brolly dollies, podiums etc) are lovely though I will say, although probably not much in it between this and a D700/D3/S, although the colours are particularly nice. If I wanted a landscape camera, this would be the bomb but....

Back to the D300 for me, I just hope one day Nikon offer me a modern pro DX body again...
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Get a D4 they seem to be coming down quickly in price used.
 
The d4 has high speed approaching object af issues too. The d4s fixes this but I can't afford that!
 
The D400 is what people are really crying out for in the DX world, although when or even if that comes out I don't know. A D4s will drop in price soon enough, what is wrong with the D3s AF?
 
D3s is fine, but not enough mega pixel for what I do really. I'd not turn one down though
 
desantnik said:
Having borrowed a D800 as a potential motorsport tool for the weekend I can tell you I'm really pleased to read the comments about AF performance!

It just doesn't cut it - the hit rate is appalling.
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Yep... Landscape, studio, editorial, portrait... these are the things the D800 was made for... and it excels at these things. If I shot motor sport for a living, I'd be using a D3s or D4s as well.
 
D300/D700/D3/D3S/D3X all use the multicam 3500 AF system.

I would expect it to perform pretty much the same...

The D4/D4S and D800 use the advanced multicam 3500 AF system.

There's clearly more to it than just that multicam though - otherwise how could the D800 be poor at fast moving subjects and the D4S supposedly nailing it harder than Ron Jeremy.
 
Nothing to do with fps or large file write times...
 
Nikon has kept with its tried and trusted 51-point Multi-CAM 3500FX autofocus sensor in the Nikon D4s, but has reworked the autofocus algorithms to produce faster lock-on and more reliable tracking of moving subjects.

There’s also a brand new ‘Group area AF’ mode which uses a cluster of five AF points which you can move around the frame, just as you would a single AF point.

This new Group area AF mode is designed for fast and erratic subjects moving against a high-contrast background – a soccer match is a good example.

It should provide faster subject acquisition and reduce the possibility of the AF focusing ‘through’ the players and on the background instead.
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So is the D800 nerfed compared onto the D4 to justify the higher price?
 
Different image sensor, shutter assembly, pro body... And the traditional premium price point for a flagship camera
 
Laudrup said:
So is the D800 nerfed compared onto the D4 to justify the higher price?
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No.. it's designed for a completely different job. You're trying to compare apples to oranges.
 
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