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New Nikon D800 Announced [36 mp - craters on the moon territory]
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I pre-ordered two Nikon D4 bodies ... and the 36megapixels make me glad I did.
The D800 will undoubtably be a fantastic camera, but I just don't need those huge files as a wedding photographer. But if I had a job where I needed the pixels, I would surely buy or rent one.
With the new Fuji X-Pro-1 and the Canon GX1 ... and whatever DSLRs Canon are going to unleash in the near-future, this is exciting times for photographer with all this sweet gear. -
Unfortunate you don't have the ability to switch to a Small RAW like Canon, then you could take advantage of the whole camera beside the large RAW files.
Trev
Edit: Check out the sample images here:
http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d800/sample01.htm
Amazing detail, especially Sample Image 3, the 'jungle' but look at the jpeg size, damn, 29.7Mb.
But then open it in Photoshop and check the details in it at 100%, the bark, etc. amazing. If I was looking for a landscape camera, I would seriously consider this. -
I decided to do some work on that bride sample [great shot] and save as PSD file.
When working with the D3s and if I save PSDs, layers in tact, they range around the 150-250Mb filesize, but, this bride shot, with my normal tweaking, skintone, lips, eyes, etc. the PSD filesize is a whopping 1.02G . . . ya better have some oomph in your system and lots disc space if wanting to save a few of those puppies.
Trev -
DxO gave the D800 their highest rating ever, putting it on par with medium format cameras.
DP Review is also loving the camera:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1690347434/first-impressions-using-the-nikon-d800
But with this one caveat .. file size. They are talking about 30Mb fine JPGs !!
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The file size doesnt bother me at all. Hard drives are inexpensive these days. If someone doesnt need such high resolution, they can change their settings and it will produce a smaller file size. But it is good to have the ability to shoot in such high resolution if you are doing landscapes or architecture.
I cant wait to get my hands on one of these !
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