Nikon D800E

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400 shots of use and bejeesus is it a good camera.

I've never used a digital camera before where I haven't had to sharpen the output at least slightly, but not any more.

Taken straight from camera via adobe raw (not the best option by far but need to reinstall my pc for get capturenx working)

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Oh my this is good. Nice and sharp. Is this the ultimate landscape + studio + wildlife camera now?

I hope the lens was a big long prime and not something affordable for the sake my own sanity
 
The sharpness is stunning!
 
It was shot with a 500mm F4 VR so your sanity is safe :lol:

It's definately not a good all round wildlife camera because:

It's slow and buffer fills up very easily and it's then very slow to empty

The slightest bit of movement causes blurring of the image when viewed at 100%, shots are best done using live view and then again, it's slow and you miss half of what the subject is doing

but if you take those things into account and use it for subjects that aren't on the move very much then it's amazing, I imagine for landscape and studio stuff it'll be hard to beat




daugirdas said:
Oh my this is good. Nice and sharp. Is this the ultimate landscape + studio + wildlife camera now?

I hope the lens was a big long prime and not something affordable for the sake my own sanity
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No moire on the feather detail either (I'm beginning to wonder what all the fuss was about), very nice.
 
Hairyduck said:
The slightest bit of movement causes blurring of the image when viewed at 100%,
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How much is "slightest"?

I put mine on a steady tripod (Manfrotto 055CXPRO4), open live view, zoom in to the maximum, focus and if I tap the tripod leg slightly there is slight vibratory movement in the monitor.

I'm wondering if this is enough to cause an issue with say a four minute exposure (minus the tapping of the tripod of course).
 
Jesus that's lovely (Lens? edit - sorry just seen). Not into bird pics at all but I do have a soft spot for kingfisher shots.

Just acquired a D800 myself. After years of telling people "it's not just about the megapixels you idiot, yadda yadda yadda..." it turns out it sort of is after all ;)
 
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Hairyduck said:
It was shot with a 500mm F4 VR so your sanity is safe :lol:
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Nice to know that. I'd love to see another fuzzier image from a cheaper consumer tele :lol:
 
Awesome shot Kevin. My old 5D II is starting to feel a little nervous.
 
4 minute exposures should be ok (though I haven't tried) it won't be as sharp as a very short exposure I guess as there will no doubt be some movement, it's when it's slower than 1/125th or so but not long enough not to matter. The mirror slap is enough to make the image softer...

Digifrog said:
How much is "slightest"?

I put mine on a steady tripod (Manfrotto 055CXPRO4), open live view, zoom in to the maximum, focus and if I tap the tripod leg slightly there is slight vibratory movement in the monitor.

I'm wondering if this is enough to cause an issue with say a four minute exposure (minus the tapping of the tripod of course).
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Hairyduck said:
It was shot with a 500mm F4 VR so your sanity is safe :lol:

It's definately not a good all round wildlife camera because:

It's slow and buffer fills up very easily and it's then very slow to empty

The slightest bit of movement causes blurring of the image when viewed at 100%, shots are best done using live view and then again, it's slow and you miss half of what the subject is doing

but if you take those things into account and use it for subjects that aren't on the move very much then it's amazing, I imagine for landscape and studio stuff it'll be hard to beat
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Cracking shots, Kevin.

Most interested in the D800. I attempt to indulge in wildlife photography, but rarely find myself in a situation where I would take more than 3 or 4 shots in quick succession.
Buffer being slow to empty ? Could you possibly put a time on that. How long would a full buffer take to write to the memory card ?
Do you use UDMA cards ?
 
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