The viewfinder was a disaster for manual focus with a mirror that was not properly zeroed, with a focusing screen not snappy enough for fast lenses, and frankly, not enough magnification even compared to my F6 and especially F2.Focusing issues: even after they sorted out the left hand bank asymmetry, AF never really felt that positive or solid on locking.I’m going to start with the things I didn’t like about the original D800E:.
Unfortunately, this lack of innovation seems to be endemic amongst large camera brands these days it makes it difficult to justify upgrades (and will hurt their bottom lines) simply because for most users, there will be no difference. In fact, on the surface, this upgrade isn’t much of an upgrade at all considering the D800E was the image quality flagship in 35mm DSLRs since the day of release, Nikon didn’t have to do much.
Most of the buttons are even in the same place. The pixel count remains the same at 36 million or thereabouts. The body is similar enough that all of the accessories such as the MB-D12 grip still fit. The D810, announced a couple of weeks ago, is an evolutionary upgrade of the D800 line. So, I must apologize in advance for a review that’s somewhat lacking in the usual eye candy. I aim to remedy this in the next couple of weeks, however check my flickr stream for updates. Note: though I’ve completed enough bench testing to evaluate the camera’s image quality, between poor atmospheric conditions, testing of other prototypes (of course unpublishable) and family commitments around the festive season I have not had an opportunity to produce any images I’d consider worthy of publication. Whether these differences are significant enough is something that you will have to answer on your own, based on your own requirements. Instead, this report will focus on the important differences, and the reasons why I eventually caved and upgraded one of the cameras – and not just because I had that conversation with Lloyd Chambers. I’ve covered the original D800 here, a mid-term report here, and a long term report of the D800E here after more than 70,000 frames with one D800 and two D800Es, I think I can say I know these cameras pretty well. This article will not be a review in the conventional sense.
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