New Nikon D810 DSLR

optitek said:
Nikon indeed was THE FIRST to put video in DSLR- remember the D90? Canon 5D2 was the response to it. I (still) can't believe Nikon blew that one so badly....
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They where also the first to offer clean uncompressed hdmi output that can be recorded at high bitrate. Since then they have offered alias/moirer free image, super lowlight and 60p and best in class DR from their apsc line of camera. Unfortunately they are more incremental than revolutionary, The Uncompressed HDMI was supposed to be the big feature but no one could predict that Blackmagic would launch RAW cameras and that Magic lantern RAW hack of the Canon camera. If else they would have been at the top the last two years in the DSLR price point.

Now the emphasis of their marketing on video for the launch of the D810 is very encouraging. I am sure the next iteration of the D800/D4 will have 4k, hopefully for me it will have at least a solid 10 bit codec and some Flat profile extracting all the DR of the sensor. A nice high resolution down sampled 2k 10 bit 14 DR camera for $ 1000/3000 camera would be all I need for a long long time.
 
* That cat test looks good, it seems the D810 will be the best choice for people wanting stills first, video second (though I still need to hear more about that log profile).
* I always say I don't need 4K: my eyes can't see the difference at a reasonable distance, I need better DR and a stronger codec much sooner than I need 4K. But yesterday I released this VFX heavy short film, and now I can see the point for 4K acquisition: I shot this with my 5N and then I had to make some plates bigger, which made my key AWFUL: AVCHD 8-bit 420 1080p at 200% size means your color channels are 480x270, and it's easy to see which shots those were. With an a7s recording 4K 422 externally, even at 200% you still have 960x1080 color channels.
 
^ OK but make it mirrorless so we can put a speedbooster in front if we want the FoV and DoF of FF. No need for a mirror anyway.
 
They seem to have fixed the aliasing and moire issues somehow, and also a stop advantage in low-light. Since these two were my only issues with the d800 video mode, it seems like a great video camera now, plus the added log profile, zebras, uncompressed HDMI.

For those who want stills AND video, this is the best hybrid really.
 
For video I would take the 1DC over the D810 or the GH4. The D810 still might have better 1080/60p video at 1/3 the price of the 1DC.
 
Samuel H said:
* That cat test looks good, it seems the D810 will be the best choice for people wanting stills first, video second (though I still need to hear more about that log profile).
* I always say I don't need 4K: my eyes can't see the difference at a reasonable distance, I need better DR and a stronger codec much sooner than I need 4K. But yesterday I released this VFX heavy short film, and now I can see the point for 4K acquisition: I shot this with my 5N and then I had to make some plates bigger, which made my key AWFUL: AVCHD 8-bit 420 1080p at 200% size means your color channels are 480x270, and it's easy to see which shots those were. With an a7s recording 4K 422 externally, even at 200% you still have 960x1080 color channels.
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Nice work Sam! I thought it looked pretty dang good...
 
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