D800 posterization

Not sure this is the same thing: my understanding was that the D800 posterization Miguel was complaining about is a thing that happens mainly in the shadows, not in the whole image.
 
eteam said:
The D800E is 'not recommended' for video because its anti-aliasing (AA) filter is much weaker than the AA filter in the D800. The weaker AA filter will result in more -- and more noticeable -- aliasing artifacts (moiré, for example).

The AA filter differences between D800 and D800E have absolutely no relation to or bearing on "banding". Banding and aliasing are entirely separate issues and concerns.

-- Bob Elkind
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Thanks for the clarification.
 
Just thought I'd give an update to this thread since I posted on here my frustrations with posterization and banding with my D800. After only about a month of shooting with it I was ready to sell it off. However I'm LEARNING to really like it. The trick to avoiding this issue (for me anyways) was to stay away settings below 400ISO. Coming from the ENG video world I was equating ISO to GAIN, and used to setting the gain lowest setting. (more Gain = more Grain). And therefore was trying to keep my ISO on the D800 as low as it would go (ISO 100-150). In low light situations this was giving my ugly color banding/posterization 90% of the time. And honestly using a higher ISO of 400, even 600, does not produce any more noticeable grain/noise and gets rid of the issue. So I'm happy shooting with it now :-).
I thought I'd just post this in case others have had similar frustrations.
 
Thanks ripupthehwy. Others have reported similar findings, and in my own (like some of their) tests I've found that noise doesn't become much of a factor until iso's get quite high - even 1600 seems quite manageable. Being a bit new to high-iso cameras (I had an HVX200, then 200A before the D800), I started testing with mostly higher settings in lower light, sort of basking in the sheer luxury of it all by comparison. Now I've been working down lower and lower, while adjusting lighting accordingly. It looks like I'm coming down to about where you are - in the 400-600 range - as an ideal setting when light is highly controllable. Higher tends to wash out shadows/contrast, and lower can lose shadow detail where post CC-ing instead (crushing black etc.) can afford some creative control over it.

Still consider myself a bit of a 'student of the cam' as it were though. Always interesting to read about others' findings.
 
Hi all,

I recently acquired a D800 ( I've been shooting hdslr video with a D7000 ) and am soaking up all the info I can on using this camera for video.
Thanks for an informative discussion! :smile:
 
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