D810, All Discussions, Questions

AtomicPunk

I am testing My new D810 and the lens release button doesn't always seem to release the lens, unless I wiggle the lens a little while it is mounted to the camera. When I see wiggle, I mean ever so slightly try to rotate the lens to make sure the locking pin is in the correct position. I don't remember having to do this on any other Nikon cameras. I also may be a little paranoid since this is the third D810 body I am on. I returned the first because I didn't want to send a new camera in for the service advisory and the second one appeared to be slightly off with white balance, exposure and the focus didn't feel as snappy. I know I wasn't imagining things, because my initial tests with the new body is in line with the original body as far as focus, exposure and white balance, but I feel there may be a problem with the lens release mechanism.

When I inspected the locking pin, it appears to be fine, but I noticed there is considerable play in the focus screw that would be used for older lenses. I never really gave much attention to this since I never owned a lens requiring it, but when there is no lens on the body, there appears to be a considerable amount of play in this mechanism. It is not as stiff as the lens locking pin. This may be by design in order to engage the receptacle in the lens. Can someone check theirs to see if this is normal. Thanks!!

AtomicPunk

Just got a D810 for a second camera and experienced an auto focus issue in the field. Have a 300mm 2.8 AFS ED DII with a TC-14EII tele-converter attached. The same set up works perfectly on MY D3 but no auto focus on D810. Take the tele-converter off the D810 and the 300 2.8 works fine. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? - See more at: http://forum.nikonrumors.com/discussion/3006/d810-all-discussions-questions/p20?post#Form_Body

Does the converter work with other lenses? If not, make sure the converter clicks on the mount completely and the contacts are clean. You know, the usual checks for a lens.

Vipmediastar_JZ

Something I learned today: Group AF works only in Landscape mode and not in Portrait Mode

JonMcGuffin

Something I learned today: Group AF works only in Landscape mode and not in Portrait Mode

Yikes, I shoot in portrait mode 60% of the time Love how they leave this little important pieces of information to find out after the fact. I can't for the life of me though figure out how/why this would be case. Why should the angle of the camera have any affect on the functionality of that feature? How does the camera even know it's not in landscape mode ?

JJ_SO

Nah. maybe you recheck the a9 setting @vipmediastar.

Of course the camera knows if its not in landscape mode - which can as well be pointed straight up or down. Not in landscape mode doesn't mean "the only possible is portrait mode, then". At first, I found the a9 settings interesting, but the way I shoot it's complicating things.

Vipmediastar_JZ

A9 is set to the middle setting Focus and Af-are mode.
I used to have it on the first setting but switched to try this method.
I like switching constantly and have my previous AF point in portrait mode where I left it after switching from landscape mode is good for me.

I was shooting group AF in landscape mode and when I switched it to Portrait mode the Group AF turned into a single one and on the top of the LCD the Group AF icon switches too so to me that tells me in Portrait mode it doesn't use Group in Portrait.

I guess I can turn it to OFF but I cant check for a a few hours so if you want to look into please do.

Pavvyben

I have to admit, currently owning a D4s, the D810 is probably the best DSLR Nikon make, and in my eyes, the best DSLR today. It's absolutely amazing. I've used one for 3 days, and always with a grip as I cannot stand the form factor on it's own.

I tried the D800, and this is miles better in comparison. The AF is insanely fast and accurate, just like the D4s. The Group AF is again like the D4s. I even prefer the viewfinder on the D810, the metering bar is at the bottom and I find it easier to see for some reason compared to the big one on the right hand side on D4s

I will be selling my D3 and buying one of these, as I feel a D4s/D810 combo compliment each other really well. But you can just see the quality difference. Shooting an event this week with a Nikon AF-S 300mm F2.8 VR II and the D810 just shines straight through. It's just incredible.

The one downside is of course the file sizes, and how quickly the photo's fill up your card - I get about 180-200 on a 16GB CF Card.

It's better than a D4s if you don't need to 'machine gun' your subject and it's in daylight. I still think the D4s is considerable better in being generally faster with 11 fps and the D4s ISO performance is also exceptional.

Vipmediastar_JZ

The D810(D800/E) Sensor with the D4/s/DF sensor is a great combo. One for daylight and flash use and one for night and low light use.

Vipmediastar_JZ

Looks like setting A9 the first or last setting gives you group auto focus in portrait and landscape mode. The middle Focus point and AF-area mode only in landscape mode.

Symphotic

I just bought an HDMI to HD-SDI converter for my Atomos Samurai. We normally don't use HDMI because of line loss issues, but I thought it would be fun to hook up Samurai to the D810. No longer a 30 minute limit on recording! Since most of my video recordings are about 3 minutes this was an expensive but pointless exercise, but now at least I know how to do it, and there is some thinking that the recording format that Atomos uses is better than what Nikon uses.
The little HDMI to HD-SDI coverer is not much larger than an Atomos battery, and fits in one of the Samurai's battery slots. It allows a second battery to be piggy backed onto it.
The videographer's kit gives you a Ninja. If I didn't already have the Samurai, and were starting from zero, I would probably go with the Ninja, as it is cheaper, and get the SDI to HDMI converter for when I need SDI connectivity. I also use an analog to SDI converter from Black Magic because most of my underwater cameras have analog output. For the Nikon cameras, you get a more compact package with the Ninja.

Freedom7

@symphotic any idea if it would be possible to hook up something like a Lacie pocket hard drive to the 810?

Vipmediastar_JZ

Ill look into a ninja. My wife and I will be doing some videos for youtube doing some makeup and me I'll try to do product reviews and maybe consider doing funny movies.
Thanks for the info. I already have a rode microphone to start out with.

nek4life

Any guesses to how the prices of the D800 will do in the used market in the next few months? Seems like right now there are a lot of them being dumped for the D810. I'm thinking about doing the same, for a refurbished cam I just bought a few months before the D810 was announced. It has fairly low use and I'm wondering if the D800 will hold it's value for a while or even go up from the current price a little bit once the big flood of used D800s is over.

The D810 seems like a solid upgrade, looking at each individual feature alone it doesn't seem like it but with all of them combined it seems like a better camera for general photography, which is something I'm interested in. If it's better hand held due to the shutter/mirror, better AF accuracy, and has cleaner results at higher ISO's then I'm game, but if the used price holds not sure I need to upgrade right away, but if my camera plummets in value then I'm looking at an even higher cost to upgrade.

How long before price drops on the D810, probably not for at least a year, year and a half right?

Photobug

Any guesses to how the prices of the D800 will do in the used market in the next few months? Seems like right now there are a lot of them being dumped for the D810. I'm thinking about doing the same, for a refurbished cam I just bought a few months before the D810 was announced. It has fairly low use and I'm wondering if the D800 will hold it's value for a while or even go up from the current price a little bit once the big flood of used D800s is over.

The D810 seems like a solid upgrade, looking at each individual feature alone it doesn't seem like it but with all of them combined it seems like a better camera for general photography, which is something I'm interested in. If it's better hand held due to the shutter/mirror, better AF accuracy, and has cleaner results at higher ISO's then I'm game, but if the used price holds not sure I need to upgrade right away, but if my camera plummets in value then I'm looking at an even higher cost to upgrade.

How long before price drops on the D810, probably not for at least a year, year and a half right?

Expect the first price drop on the D810 to be in a year, probably $50 or $100 max. Hopefully the price drop is due to the number of D800s hitting the market as owners upgrade is a short term situation. The old adage applies "When supply is high prices are lower".

Photobug

Just a few observations based upon my eBay searches tonight of current open auctions.
#1. There are a lot of D800's for sale with a wide range of prices. Can't believe the number for sale under $1700. Granted they have not closed but there are quite a few. IMHO great buys.
#2. There are several new D610's for sale that the seller indicates they came from Nikon as replacements for D600's and have not been unboxed. I saw several for around $750. These should go over $1,100/$1,300 but you never know.
#3 Also saw quite a few used D600 used for sale. Prices all over the place.
#4 A fair number of new D810's for sale. Prices grouped pretty tight as would be expected.

Too bad about the new D610's being sold by the owners of D600's. Looks like a few people are trying to make a buck off this exchange.

Photobug

A new D810 training program has just been released in three different formats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCGtdIHDb0&feature=em-subs_digest

Vipmediastar_JZ

Mac users rejoice. RAW support has been updated for this camera.

proudgeek

Mac users rejoice. RAW support has been updated for this camera.

Great news, but I'm not seeing an alert yet. Is it because I'm only running OS 10.8.5?

Never mind. I see it's embedded in the iTunes update.

Symphotic

Mac users rejoice. RAW support has been updated for this camera.

downloading now. Thanks!

sevencrossing

A great friend and artist has just decided to upgrade to FX
he has finally abandoned his D100 and ordered a D810
I think he may notice a difference

henrik1963

@sevencrossing: He may notice that he needs a new computer - that Win 95 is not going to cut it anymore :-)

Photobug

A great friend and artist has just decided to upgrade to FX
he has finally abandoned his D100 and ordered a D810
I think he may notice a difference

He is facing a steep learning curve. I wish I was in his shoes. =D>

spraynpray

When his head blows up, I'll have the camera....

sevencrossing

I think he will cope, he has taken some superb portraits of very famous people, most taken before they were famous

autofocus

@PictchBlack, Mine arrived today. Hard to believe there's a learning curve even with owning a D800. The resolution with the new Sigma 50 Art is incredible. I'm sure you'll put it to good use.