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So today we're going to do a bit of street photography,
we've got to, finally managed to get a good day where it's not raining. Oh my god, what is this?
No comment.
I'm still hoping for a knighthood one day for services in um...
I don't mind, that's funny, isn't it?
Yo, so what am I looking at today? It's Nikon D780.
It's the new DSLR from Nikon.
Oh look at that DSLR.
What are DSLRs about?
It's a familiar looking face, it's like, it's like an old auntie, an old fat auntie,
She's got a facelift though. She's had a bit of nip/tuck up here.
Um...This bit is all slap sided now.
But what's the point of this in 2020? Old fat auntie. Do you still need old fat auntie?
Let's find out.
I mean, of course, your actual real fat auntie, you can't, you have to live with her.
We don't have to live with her.
But you can't really divorce her so, this, you have to buy it.
And you need to fork out £2,200 / $2,200 for D780 versus £1,600 / $1,800 for a brand new Z6.
It's not just a case of this or that, DSLR or mirrorless.
Why pays £600 / $400 more for this new DSLR?
Depth, more depth of field, more, I need more DOF.
More DOF for this shot.
As you do.
Totally random.
Check it out. Do you need to take a bicycle lock?
No, I just want a bit of handcuff, handcuff action.
Down here.
Why? The mind boggles.
So yeah, anyway. Camera. 24 megapixels.
What's new of it? Well, basically it's a Z6 in a DSLR body.
They released the Z6, they released mirrorless version first, before the DSLR.
That's interesting because, Nikon, Canon, the old boys, they always put all their efforts into DSLRs.
And now it's the other way round.
They've flipped it.
It's all about mirrorless now.
But there surely must be a reason for owning one of these.
If I've used the same battery, the D780 will give you 2200 shots versus 300 on Z6.
Menu, same though, screen flips in the same way. Mostly the buttons and dials are laid out in the same way.
Although the D780 has more buttons and dials, and a bigger footprint.
I've joined the tour.
Joined the tour to get the sights to figure out what are the best photos to take in London.
I'm just joining them. Free tour.
Nah forget that.
So the body of this is magnesium alloy with a bit of, I don't know, you could say carbon fibre on the front.
I mean some Black Magic fans are probably going to say,
"Oh it's, I've got a, like, Lewis Hamilton's car on the front of this camera.
No, you don't.
But it's good. It'll be a bit stronger than polycarbonate.
Well they've got a poly...polycar... polycarbonate, it's basically tech twaddle for posh plastic.
But there's no. There's no flash which I like, some people will hate that, and I don't know why I keep tapping it.
But I like it because it kind of ruins, it, I hate it when you accidentally press the poppy uppy flash and then it pops up.
And it just makes it less rigid on the top.
So yeah, nice. I still keep tapping it.
Knock knock, who's there? 2 SD card slots. No joke, no punchline.
Having this is no laughing matter for some people, it's serious.
But in terms of frames per second, 7 frames per second.
Good autofocus system.
This is the upgrade from the 750, 750 was not bad,
but this is better, obviously.
The live view should be better because this is a Z6.
Let's do live view.
Everything live view.
Let's buy DSLR to shoot in live view.
And it is quick.
it's got my face and eye detection in live view,
and it's for stills, not for video.
Face for video, no eyes.
Eyes don't exist for video.
No Eye AF using the viewfinder makes sense because it's a different AF system to live view,
but I'm not sure why it's not available for movie mode.
It's quick.
It almost feels quicker than the Z6, I might be just imagining that.
For videos, for stills, the face detection with continuous autofocus works well.
The thing is, if I'm buying a camera to have an optical viewfinder, why aren't I using it?
Besides, in live view, tracking is still fiddly like it is on a Z6.
Using 3D tracking is one of the best reasons for using the viewfinder,
On the D780, you just half press and hold, it tracks.That's it.
I don't care that the coverage is not as big as it is in Live View with its sanitary towel shaped layout.
This is one of the perks of OVF shooting on a Nikon DSLR.
So why would you buy a DSLR in 2020. Well it's, it's still got the optical finder and this is good one.
You know, you got 100% finder here.
It's nice and besides, I'm gonna take a picture of, of Faisal here.
They just show some nice pictures as in like doing some skateboard tricks.
You can turn the camera on yourself, say hello.
Maybe I am an old fuddy-duddy but there's something nice about viewing the shot through the lens with an OVF.
I feel that's easier to relate to the subject, to weigh up the scene,
as you would be with a naked eye as opposed to looking at via mini TV screen.
I mean this isn't too heavy, this is marginally heavier than a Z6.
It's got a quite a nice lightweight body mainly because it's a bit cheaper feeling from D850.
But another reason to get this over the Z6 is that you can use old AFD lenses and focus with them.
Check out this sexy bit of glass.
Worth. Look at that.
And the nice thing about these D lenses is that,
it's almost like they feel faster to focus than some of these new silent focusing lenses.
Look.
Super fast focusing photo of a cup of coffee.
It's good for 4K as well.
Just like a Z6.
And you get N log with 1.1 times crop, 4K, it's a nice 4K.
Looks good, colours are pretty nice, pretty tasty.
Nikon colours. This is, this is different to some of the older Nikon bodies,
like the D610s, the D4, the DF.
Those colours are not as pleasing as this current generation Nikon's.
They look good.
I like getting the best possible video image out of the camera as much as the next guy,
and if that means an external recorder, so be it.
But once you see how non full-frame the 1.1 time crop for N log recording is,
the crop creeps on your mind all the time.
I'd rather use the in-camera flat picture profile, it looks good enough.
Rolling shutter is not terrible for a full-frame at decent-looking 4k.
The only thing is they haven't mentioned anything about raw video recording with the D780, and they've got that with Z6.
I like cameras like the D780 you know, the, the cameras that are not the top end models.
The lighter weight DSLRs.
The autofocus is decent enough. It's good,
helps you take pictures, and that is really all that matters.
It doesn't really matter.
DSLR, mirrorless, they take pictures.
But it does to the camera brands, of course. If nobody buys it, then they're not gonna make any more.
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There is no point pixel peeping and the image quality, high ISO performance.
To be in live view, they are the same.
What you are paying extra for is the optical viewfinder,
the auto focusing system associated with it,
and being able to auto focus your AFD lenses.
From my point of view, I still prefer to use the f-mount lenses with a DSLR, AFD or AFS.
And there are people out there who would prefer framing through an optical finder, I still do.
Then there's having the longer battery life and ergonomics, not to mention two card slots.
But you know, that's for £600 / $400 more for mostly inherent perks of a DSLR.
For some, it's a simple formula that adds up, and for others, it won't.
Personally I still like using cameras like the D780 but these are interesting times.
A crossroad for the two systems,
the DSLR path will be around, so long as there are enough people who choose this over the other.
That's probably a long way off.
Some nice hats here.
I love, I love Christy's Hats.
I've got my brown hat from that shop.
It's like a, I like, I look like a Indian... I look like that Asian kid in Indiana Jones with Indiana's hat on unfortunately.