Nikon D800
Nikon has just unveiled the brand new and much awaited and rumored D800 full frame SLR. The camera has a large feature set, plenty of which are familiar and ‘trickled down’ from Nikon’s flagship D4 SLR.
- 36.3 megapixel FX-format full-frame CMOS sensor
- Nikon F-mount; no crop factor with FX lenses
Camera auto crops images to 15 megapixels with DX lenses - Rugged construction (dust and moisture sealed); shutter life rated at 200,000 cycles
- 3.2 inch LCD (921,000 pixels)
Optical viewfinder with 100% coverage, 0.7X magnification - Full manual controls with RAW support and flash hotshoe
Default ISO range 100 to 6400, expandable to ISO 50 - 25,600 - 51 point autofocus with 15 cross-type focus points (same as the flagship Nikon D4)
- 4 FPS continuous shooting (FX), 5 FPS (DX crop mode); can be boosted to 6 FPS in DX mode using optional battery grip
- Built-in HDR
- Camera has a pop up flash, has internal wireless master flash control
- 1080p Full HD (1920 x 1080) movie mode
Manual controls available
Movies recorded at 24 Mbps, H264 codec and B-Frame compression
Raw uncompressed video output via HDMI port - Ports for external microphone, headphones, flash sync and HDMI
- Dual memory card slots (Compact Flash and SD/SDHC/SDXC)
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in March for $3000 (body only)
Nikon has also announced a variant of the D800 with its low pass filter removed (for better resolution output), known as the D800E, which will be available in limited numbers for $3300.