Nikon D800 Review

Nikon D800

Boasting a 36-megapixel FX format sensor, the Nikon D800 is currently the highest-resolution “35mm size” digital SLR camera in the world.

As a successor to the venerable and deservedly popular D700, the Nikon D800 offers a similarly rugged, weather sealed magnesium-alloy body and a broadly similar control layout; and adds an all-new high-resolution imager, a new viewfinder with 100% frame coverage, an upgraded Multi-CAM 3500FX auto focus module, an all-new metering sensor, a revamped Live View mode and Full HD movie recording capabilities including the ability to stream uncompressed video to an external recorder via HDMI.

Other highlights include the addition of a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, microphone and headphone jacks, dual CF/SD memory card slots, an intelligent self-diagnostic shutter rated for 200.000 actuations, a user configurable Exposure Delay Mode, a dual-axis Virtual Horizon, a 3.2” rear display and in-camera HDR exposure blending.

As of writing, the Nikon D800 is available body-only for £2499.00 / $2,999.95 in the UK and the US, respectively.

Key D800 Features

• Sensor: 35.9×24.0mm (FX format), 36.3MP (7360×4912) Nikon designed sensor, Exceed III image-processing engine, auto sensor cleaning.
• ISO range 100 to 6400 with extended Lo 1 (50) to Hi 2 (25600)
• 100% viewfinder, and that comes with 5:4 crop, 1.2x crop, and DX crop
• 3.2" LCD, 921K dots
• Auto Focus: 51 AF points including 15 cross type, same Multi-CAM 3500 AF module as on the D3, D4, D700, and D300 families. However, similar to the D4, 9 of the AF points are sensitive to slower lenses with a maximum aperture of f8.
• Dynamic 3D tracking AF uses a 91K-dot color matrix meter, same as the D4.
• New AF priority option: focus priority for the first frame and then release priority for subsequent frames
  
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• Frame Rate: 4 fps FX, 5 fps DX (6 fps for DX with the MB-D12 vertical grip and appropriate batteries) in either the 12-bit or 14-bit capture mode.
• Flash sync speed remains to be 1/250 second
• Dual CF and SD memory card slots, CF UDMA 7 compatible and SDXC compatible
• Magnesium alloy chessis, weather sealing
• Virtual Horizon: in additional to horizontal leveling, there are pitch and yaw leveling (front and back tilts)
• In-camera HDR (High Dynamic Range): Can merge two images with 3-stop differential inside the camera.
• Battery: Nikon EN-EL15 Li-ion battery, same battery used on the Nikon D600, D7000, and V1
• Vertical Grip/Power Pack: New MB-D12
• Pop-up flash that can serve as Nikon CLS commander
• Accepts the older WT4A Wi-Fi transmitter, not the new WT5 for the D4.
• Assembled at Nikon’s Sendai, Japan plant

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