Designed to reply to the needs of tomorrow’s photography and video today, the masterful Nikon D800 is packed with leading edge technology that delivers unprecedented levels of depth and detail in photography, and offers all of the pliability critical to shoot broadcast quality video. Uzair Kharawala of SF Photoschool debates the key features of the Nikon D800.
Resolutely building a league of its own, the Nikon D800 offers imaging potential to rival medium format cameras, but with all the agility of the D-SLR format — giving professionals who demand awareness of detail the freedom to form monumental images.
In an industry first, this exciting launch contains a special edition of the D800 “the Nikon D800E. With a modified optical filter, the D800E offers a unique alternative for those seeking the final word in definition.
The groundbreaking 36.3 megapixel FX-format (full-frame) CMOS sensor incorporates key technologies that permits unprecedented levels of detail and tonal range.
12-channel readout with 14-bit A/D conversion and high signal-to-noise ratio: delivers pictures of noteworthy quality with low noise and wide dynamic range.
Broad ISO: offering an ISO range of 100″6400, extendable up to 25600 (equivalent) and down to 50 (equivalent), the D800 will set a new benchmark for D-SLRs with this level of resolution. The camera’s intelligent noise reduction systems manage noise without sacrificing fine details, allowing amazing flexibleness under all lighting conditions: images are clean and crisp, even at higher ISO settings
Fitted out with Nikon’s next-generation EXPEED 3 image-processing engine, the D800 makes light work of data-rich jobs without having to sacrifice the speed and quality that photographers are .
16-bit image processing: offering richer colors and tones than ever before, this cutting-edge image processor delivers smooth degrees with abounding detail and tone all the way up the scale to pure white, even if shooting in JPEG.
Nikon’s revolutionary Advanced Scene Recognition System now incorporates a freshly designed 91,000-pixel RGB sensor that fastidiously analyses each scene for outstanding accuracy. It can spot human faces with surprising exactness even with exclusive usage of the optical view-finder, and recognises a scene’s colours and lightness with unprecedented precision.
Uzair Kharawala is a fulltime pro snapper and an ‘Evangelist ‘ for Nikon. He offers digital photography courses and photography online courses via his site SF Photoschool
