Nikon introduces the new D810

D810After almost 2 ½ years, Nikon has now presented the successor to the D800 - the D810. There have been rumours for quite a while about the new features such as GPS or WLAN. Here are the most important innovations for me:​​​​​​:

  • The ISO range has been increased to 64 to 12,800, the extended range goes from 32 to 51,200. The D800 only manages 100 to 6400 or 50 to 25600 here.
  • The speed has been increased from 4 frames/second to 5 with the new Expeed 4 processor. In the past I didn't really care about the speed, but since I've been photographing Ronja in action, I've noticed how slow 4 frames per second actually is.
  • You can now take 1200 instead of 900 pictures with one battery charge.
  • The sensor no longer has a low-pass filter. Already with the D800E the anti-aliasing filter was omitted, with the D810 Nikon goes even further. This is said to bring up to 10% sharper images.
  • There is a new exposure metering that is oriented towards the highlights and thus tries to prevent them.
  • With the measuring field group control, autofocus points can be connected together, which is supposed to improve focus tracking.
  • The display is a little larger and now has not only RGB pixels, but also a white (i.e. RGBW) pixel. This is supposed to increase brightness and contrast, which can be especially helpful when shooting in bright sunlight.
  • There are quite a few other innovations, but they don't play a big role for me. Above all, the whole video area doesn't interest me at all.

And what is missing? Once again, the camera has no built-in WLAN or GPS. For WLAN, you still have to buy an adapter (WT-4), for which Nikon charges an incredible 700 euros. The GPS adapter is similar, but not quite as expensive. When you consider that these parts are now built into every cheapest smartphone, I think this is completely incomprehensible. Especially since the camera is not exactly a bargain at over 3000 euros.

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