Nikon D800 released - Page 4

RickS (Rick) · #61 04-04-2012, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Picked up mine this evening.

The details is staggering! Can't wait to get out on the weekend

DT

Lucky it's a long weekend, David! At least, I hope it is for you...

Cheers,
Rick.

gregbradley · #62 04-04-2012, 09:44 PM

I'm soo soo jealous!

Greg.

DavidTrap (David) · #63 04-04-2012, 10:39 PM

Thanks Gents,

I'm on call Fri & Sat - currently in a run of 8 out of 9 days on call. Haven't been called in as yet, but having a new toy is bound to ensure I'll be called in at least once and kill any free time I thought I might have.

Also, my father in law just skipped town with my 70-200 for the long weekend, so I'll have to wait a few days to try out that combination.

Will endeavour to post some pics.

DT

DavidTrap (David) · #64 04-04-2012, 10:40 PM

Just updated my signature!

DT

DavidTrap (David) · #65 07-04-2012, 09:50 PM

Well, as predicted, I've had two call-ins over the weekend so any outings to try out my camera have been kiboshed!

I did find the energy to set it up this afternoon on the deck and fiddle with the time-lapse feature.

Rather impressed with the lack of flicker and its ability to smoothly adjust the exposure as the sun set. The camera was set to auto exposure and auto ISO adjustment for the first video. Unfortunately the focus went off during the first video - either I bumped it, or the repeated vibration of the shutter caused the focus ring to shift (I had set it to manual exposure)

The second video is taken under moonlight, hence the illumination of the foreground. These are 5 second exposures at F2.8, 14mm, ISO 1600.

I have taken another video where I changed settings during the video, so it would be possible to let the camera control the transition through the sunset and then change to manual exposure after twilight ends, all on the one video file.

I don't know if it will be the ultimate lazy way to do a time-lapse. I wonder if shooting in RAW and running the files through LR Timelapse might give a better result with more chance to stretch the images.

Video 1

Video 2

Cheers
DT

gregbradley · #66 09-04-2012, 05:32 PM

If it can handle those transitions that would put it ahead of a 5D mark iii as that requires a special device to do that.

Is there any time limit to how long the time lapse can be?

This is great as this is one of the features of the camera that made me want to get one. I thought it would be very good for time lapse.

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #67 09-04-2012, 06:10 PM

David,

After seeing your D800 in the flesh today, I want one!

Cheers,
Rick.

alocky (Andrew lockwood) · #68 11-04-2012, 02:33 PM

Oh well- I was waiting to see some results from a D800 on the night sky before buying one, but I've gone and ordered one now. Looking forward to seeing what you get from yours anyway!
Cheers,
Andrew

DavidTrap (David) · #69 11-04-2012, 04:16 PM

Hope the wait isn't too long Andrew.

I hope to get away this weekend and give it a try under dark skies - hopefully the weather clears up again by then.

DT

alocky (Andrew lockwood) · #70 11-04-2012, 10:19 PM

Thanks for the thought - I figured it's going to be at least 4 times better than my D200! The wait for one of these is 2-3 weeks in Perth, according to the dealer. Maybe next first quarter moon...

DavidTrap (David) · #71 11-04-2012, 11:01 PM

I'll be impressed if you can get your hands on one that quickly. Nikon's supply chain leaves a lot to be desired. Nikon sent 2 D800s to each store in their first shipment. My dealer received 20 5D Mk3s in their first shipment.

DT

Adelastro1 (Wayne England) · #72 11-04-2012, 11:41 PM

I'm envious! I'm going to Woomera on Sunday for 3 nights then Alice and Uluru the week after for 7 nights and I'm hoping my 800E will arrive by the second trip at least! Will be a shame to 'waste' those dark skies.

Nothing too wrong with the D7000 though! Work wants me to do a timelapse of a demolition at Woomera too - double damn the D800 isn't here with its timelapse function!

I'm first in line for an 800E at my camera shop so that's a plus, considering that they only got 3 D800's in then 2 more after 'abusing' the supplier. Haha. They sold the same day apparently. There are 5D mark III's sitting on the shelf even after selling a few each week. Looks like the demand for the D800 everywhere has restricted supply dramatically, or they just aren't making enough yet (compared to the 5D). My shop also said the D800 is absolutely amazing and predict it will become the best selling camera of all time! They said the detail and sharpness in heavily cropped images is stunning. Can't wait to test that out on wildlife!

I've also ordered/about to order some new pro quality glass - Nikon 500mm AiS f4, Nikon 80-200 AFS f2.8, Nikon 14-24 f2.8, Nikon 105mm AiS macro and probably get a Nikon 50 1.2 or 35 f1.4. Should keep me going for a while! All second hand but appear near perfect condition, and apart from the 14-24, so much cheaper than the new release lenses, and not that old really! Most of these were made in the early 2000's. These have no VR but I've found it of little use in the lenses I've used, plus back in the old days they still took great images without it! Guess I'll need sme new filters too though...

Also looking at an Astrotrac, or something a bit beefier to put most of these on.

Hopefully this will be a good setup! Can't wait to update my signature too!

DavidTrap (David) · #73 12-04-2012, 07:15 AM

Will be very interesting to see how your 500mm lens performs. Any chance it will be sitting idle around 14th November 2012??

DT

Adelastro1 (Wayne England) · #74 12-04-2012, 01:19 PM

A snowflake's chance in hell basically! Haha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Will be very interesting to see how your 500mm lens performs. Any chance it will be sitting idle around 14th November 2012??

DT

DavidTrap (David) · #75 12-04-2012, 03:36 PM

If you don't ask....

DT

RickS (Rick) · #76 12-04-2012, 08:03 PM

I just bit the bullet and placed an order for a D800 body

alocky (Andrew lockwood) · #77 04-05-2012, 04:08 PM

Three weeks to the day. Mine is in the store, and of course it's raining and there's a full moon!
Still, looks like plenty of entertainment fiddling with it.
Cheers,
Andrew.

RickS (Rick) · #78 04-05-2012, 04:34 PM

Have fun! Mine's not due in until end of May.

Cheers,
Rick.

gregbradley · #79 04-05-2012, 07:23 PM

I received my D800E today and the new 85mm F1.8 that gets top marks.

I'm ready the rather long manual and will be out tomorrow putting it through its paces.

I think my camera dealer did well to get one as the E version seems pretty scarce around the world.

I was concerned at one stage about moire etc etc as the original release whilst it gave some data was a bit unclear about the issue. Lots of posts now of the 800E in action show moire is rather uncommon. Plus it gets corrected automatically when you use NX 2 view on your RAW files as well as lens corrections similar to the Canon DPP software.

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #80 04-05-2012, 09:22 PM

Did they supply a copy of Capture NX with the camera, Greg? I believe they bundle it with the D800E in some parts of the world but not others.

I just heard that my wait might be a week or two shorter if I take a D800E instead of a D800. Tempting...

Cheers,
Rick.