D750 vs D810

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Magedo

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Hey All,

I recently started a new position at a company and I need to get proper video equipment for my job. Their previous photog used Nikon bodies and I don't think they're going to have the budget to buy a whole new set of lenses. Because of that, it seems that I'm locked into the Nikon cameras, for better or worse (I come from a Canon background).

I've been reading a lot about the D750 and the D810 as the new top of the line cameras for video in Nikon. Ideally, I'd like to have 2 bodies for interviews.

Most of the work would be cinematic event coverage, interviews, and promotional type footage. These cameras would probably also be used for photography, which is why I'm sticking to DSLRs.

Obviously, the D750 is cheaper so getting two of them would be easier. However, I want to make sure I'm not sacrificing something important for it. What are the chief differences between them and does the D810 make a compelling argument for the higher price? If there's little things too, I would love to know about them (like one having a mic jack and the other not, or something like that) - manual control is very important to me.

If there's a different option entirely, please do let me know.

Thanks.
 
They both have mic/headphone jacks and fully manual controls. They also represent a big step forward in video from Nikon with the new flat profile and 60p.
 
I appreciate all of the replies. Boss got back to me yesterday and it seemed that our budget should be able to handle an 810 and 750. Based off of my research, the two should work well together.

Thanks again!
 
FWIW, D810 A(stro) is supposed to have a superior low light performance compared to anything not named A7s.
 
The little obvious and not-so-obvious differences:

D810:
-Tiny bit sharper video image
-Tiny bit more cropped 1.1x
-Worse in lowlight performance at 3200+
-The 1.5x s35 crop mode is MUCH better and sharper rather than soft and aliased on the D750
-The D810 is a heavier camera, considerably bigger and heavier,

D750:
-Bit softer but still excellent 1080p, not much of a difference
-1x FF crop, again not much of a difference
-Better in lowlight
-The tilting screen is very helpful
-It's much smaller and lighter
-It's less money

If you ask me, for pure video use, given the price difference and how close they perform and look image-wise, the d750 is a better choice.

But if you get the photography aspect into it, the D810 is the better choice as a hybrid top-of-the-line stills camera and a great video camera.
 
I just got the D750 to go with my panasonic gh4. Looks better for interviews with that sweet depth of field. Ive been comparing it to my co workers cheaper canon 6d and realize the lens on all these full frame cameras is most important since they are so similar in quality. Id get 2 d750s and that way you can get the classic 24-70 2.8 and the 85mm 1.8 would be AWESOME for corporate interviews.
 
Too bad the D750 has a 20 minute recording limit. That kills the possibility of my purchasing this camera.
 
All DSLRs have the 29:59 restriction of the dreaded European Tax Law.

Your options to internally record unlimited video are, video are mcorders and the few mirrorless cameras that record continuously, mainly the panasonic GH4.

If you still really like the Nikon image and really want to get a D750 and record continuously unlimited, there IS a way.

You buy a cheap external recorder with the camera, an Atomos Ninja 2 or a Blackmagic Video assist, both of these are 5" external monitors that sit on the hotshoe of the D750, and they can be attached to the camera with an HDMI cable, and record inside their harddrive/cards continuously for an unlimited time, because you're not actually recording in the camera, you're merely capturing the HDMI live output and record it on the device by pressing record on the Ninja/VA (if you press record on the camera the 29 min restriction is applied).

A Ninja 2 or a BM Video Assist are 500$ products and double external 5" monitors, that having many functions that lack in the Nikon DSLRs, mainly focus assist (peaking) and exposure assist (Zebras, waveform, false colour) and they get around the record time limitation, as well as provide slightly higher quality files (ProRes or DNxHD instead of internal H.264). A ninja 2 is an essential add-on to Nikon D750/D810 and completes the package. The Blackmagic VA I have on Pre-order (the first time I've ever pre ordered!) so it's still not out yet even for us early adopters, it seems a bit too good to be true, it has a full 1080p 5" monitor that's said to have extremely high quality, SDI and HDMI inputs/outputs, records to SD cards, runs on Canon DSLR batteries, small, light and sleek, has peaking/zebras/histogram, and as in extra magic trick, it can take a 4K HDMI input and downscale it, record it to 1080p in realtime slashing post-production time for 4Kto2K oversampling people. The Ninja is supposed to have a worse screen, no 4K support, only HDMI not SDI, records to larger Harddrives, bulkied, but has a bit more monitoring functionality like false colour, waveforms, vectroscope, advanced peaking,
 
Too bad the BM VA has those shitty micro BNC connectors.

Those things DO NOT survive production environments.

But they spent the real estate to put full size HDMIs on it.

Stupid.
 
I don't think the mini HD-SDI input/output is that bad, because at this size and price all the recorders are HDMI only, therefore having the extra option to work with SDI is just an extra feature we can all use and makes it compatible with all cameras. Do you think the mini SDI inputs are weaker than a full Full HDMI input? or more like similar in strength to Mini-HDMI? or Micro-HDMI? I honestly haven't used them before, are they lockable like Full HDSDI when using the adapter cabls from mini to full SDI?
 
I have had mine an seen others break.

They are not up to snuff for the rough tumble world of production, imo.

Do not want.
 
Ebrahim Saadawi said:
You haven't tested aliasing have you? :laugh:

It's where the main difference lies, aliasing/moire in fine detail objects.
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ive seen the tests and im aware of the issue but in my 6-7 interviews with b-roll ive never encountered anything with a weird pattern to cause aliasing or moire. Def wouldnt buy as my main camera but when zooming in for a close up on an interview it looks great
 
PegLeg Media said:
ive seen the tests and im aware of the issue but in my 6-7 interviews with b-roll ive never encountered anything with a weird pattern to cause aliasing or moire. Def wouldnt buy as my main camera but when zooming in for a close up on an interview it looks great
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True. 6D is very similar to 750d in shooting close ups of people. It's wide shots where moire and aliasing show their ugly presence.
 
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