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Jared Polin, froknowsphoto.com here at Allen's Camera because I am going to do it Un-boxing
Sniff Test and maybe an Wind Tunnel Test of the Nikon D810 versus the D800.
That's right so we know what this camera can do.
I did a preview of it; it popped up on the screen right now if you haven't checked that
out.
Go ahead and click on the preview it’s going to give you all of the specs that that camera
has versus the D800, but this is more of an un-boxing first look and I'll probably hit
a couple of these specs that they have [00:01:00].
Yes, it's so good.
Oh, I am going to open it lets see what we have in the box.
What is in the box?
You got the warranty.
You got the card information.
Normal, body only, you got the Nikon strap.
I personally use the Fro Knows Photo black rapid and sure wall strap that's what I use,
all right let's take this thing out and see how it looks and feels and what is different?
So, we all know that D800, the D800 and D800E.
The E didn't have the low pass filter and in this case [00:01:30] this one does not
have it either and this is replacing both the 800 and the 800E because it's the same
price as the 800E.
What I like about it, is that it goes to 64 ISO, but it also goes all the way up to 12800
and has raw small for those people that don't want to shoot raw because it takes up too
much space, but still want the raw capability now they can do it in half the space with
the raw as that's something a Canon has let you do for quite a while.
So, here we go here's the body we got that out right now.
Let's just move this stuff out of the way [00:02:00].
I would like to take a look, interesting it looks like, wait I should probably get the
D800 out here to do some sort of, guys; I need you to think really hard.
Think really hard, be like, how will the D800 show up here on my counter at Allen's Camera.
You need to think about it and then it’s going to appear and then count to three.
You're ready?
One, two, three, poof, and there it is the D800 [00:02:30] versus the D810, which one,
is going to win the battle of the cameras let’s just look on the side.
I know there's this, oh, yes.
I don't know that if you can see this, but there's a slight molehill.
That's right it’s not a mountain it's a molehill here it’s kind of straight on the
grip here on the D810 you have a little bit of indentation where your finger goes, it’s
like an S curve.
So, your finger fits in there better.
I remember taking this out of the box and comparing it [00:03:00] to the Canon 5D Mark
III and the 5D Mark III just felt better in the hands because it had that indentation.
Well the D810 has done that.
So, remember the D810 is a little bit of an evolution over the D800, it really is a great
step up over that, if you already have a D8100 doing everything you need it to do and you
don't need a higher ISO and you don't need the lower ISO well then stick with what you
have, but this is going to give you five frames a second versus four frames a second.
You've got the ISO like I have talked about the raw small [00:03:30].
You now also have group area AF, which is something that this camera does not have,
but the D810 does and the D4S has.
I like the group area AF it kinds of puts everything in a triangle pattern, it’s a
function that I really like for helping get focus better.
So, let's keep looking around here on the front D810 has been moved.
So, where as the D800 prints D800 up here D810 prints D810 right there.
So, they kind of shrunk it made it look little different, if we flip it over to the side
[00:04:00] you have individual door compartments.
You know it now has three doors down instead of just one.
I’m here without you baby.
Yeah, three doors down or kryptonite, and there's just one big door that flips open
so independently you could have different doors.
Girth wise they're about the same girth-ness.
You know, girth-ness is important more so than anything else, but it's just fine little
refinements.
I don't see much different.
Oh, another thing I see different [00:04:30] is these nipples right here these buttons
are much smaller where on the D800 they were larger and your fingers accidentally hit them
so you were like well I accidentally hit that button.
So, again it's a refinement let snip it.
Teen spirit that’s right smells like teen spirit and that that's what I’m going to
stick with and go with it.
So, here we go we need to do a little bit of a wind tunnel test.
Let's see how it competes against one another [00:05:00].
Yeah I think that was a very determining factor on, which camera I would go for, but I think
that it is, oh, wait well actually let's turn it this way and see how it goes, all right,
let's was blow up the D800 first.
Yeah it's going to little bit of a spin like this.
Yeah, it's much better on the D810, why, because of this indentation the air flows better,
so that's going to help you when you're shooting you going to get more pictures because at
that [00:05:30].
One other function that I don't think I mentioned in the preview is that when you were in the
video mode you have a crop mode a DH crop mode for video that allows everything to be
multiplied by 1.5.
So, that's for video it crunches it down, but it gives you more bang for your buck for
you lenses, I know that D4S or and the D4 it had 2.7 crop mode this doesn't have it.
This just has the full frame and then it crops to down for video, but you still get the 1080
at 60 frames a second so that's really important for extra bang for your buck, [00:06:00] it
doesn't hurt you it’s not like you're cropping anything in terms of shooting photos and taking
away from the high mega pixels.
You're actually still using 1080 you're still getting the same resolution, but at a higher
crop factor, which is great if you want to have say 70-200 on and get more bang for your
buck, so really this is nice evolutionary step over the D800.
Like a set you're D800 probably not much reason to change, but if you’re new yeah don't
change, don't change, but if you’re new and you want to pick up a D810 the functions
and features [00:06:30] that it gives you are very, very solid.
The 36 mega pixels for those who want higher resolution you've got the 64 ISO you have
the 12800.
This is a kind of camera that I could see putting in my bag now because if the expandable
ISO.
The five frames a second versus four is nice.
I would still need to add a grip, but the raw small it may not be something I use, but
a lot of people out here may do so.
So, this is a nice competitor to the 5D Mark III.
5D Mark III is still a fantastic body [00:07:00], but when the 5D Mark IV or whatever the heck
they come out with next will be a nice competitor against with this little bad boy.
So, if you want to pick one of these up please give Allen a call to 215 547 2841 or go to
allenscamera.com they will see if they have them in stock ask for the fro price not that
that’s going to help you on the body, because there's no special deals on through any store,
but definitely take care of the mom and pop store they've supported me since day one.
They're here they're trying to work make their way in the world actually been doing it for
over 30 some years [00:07:30].
So, definitely check them out, at least them a call and see how they can help you out and
talk to somebody in person, which is a good thing.
So, there you guys have it that is a un-boxing and sniff test and wind tunnel test on Nixon
D810, Jared Polin froknowsphoto.com, see you, if you like these un-boxing while you can
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