Nikon D750

This was what I read in the manual that raised flags for me shooting long interviews.

"The Count-Down Display
A count down will be displayed 30 s before movie recording ends
automatically. Depending on shooting conditions, the
timer may appear immediately when movie recording begins.
Note that regardless of the amount of recording time available, live
view will still end automatically when the timer expires.
Wait for the internal circuits to cool before resuming movie recording."

So if you have an HDMI external recorder hooked up, live view doesn't end when the timer expires? Still sounds as if the sensor might be susceptible to overheating on super long takes and I need internal recording as a backup for the Ninja anyway. And if the battery is really only good for 60 minutes or so, that would be an issue as well. DSLRs are great but they are really a square peg trying to fit into a round hole as far as my workflow and job requirements. It's moot point for now, I already bought the C100 as today was the last day for the free battery and free SDXC card promo Canon is having. I know the C100 will be outdated in six months but that's okay. After the GH4 experience, our clients dont like being on the bleeding edge of new gear, they prefer gear that has been established and the C100 with the Atomos Ninja certainly has been proven to work.
 
puredrifting said:
For my work, unfortunately, those are considerations. I may pickup a D750 to experiment with, I think the pictures are beautiful but our work has seemed to outgrow the DSLR limitations of no NDs, no usable internal audio, lousy ergonomics, etc. The fact that the D750 won't trigger recording on the Ninja and no tc pass through sealed the deal. The C100, while far from perfect, will serve our clients needs much better. Wish Nikon would introduce a digital cinema camera to compete with the C100.
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Hopefully not LOL, I was one who always wanted Nikon to produce a dedicated video camera, but when you see how Canon has done with their Cine Eos line, we would find them on one side putting higher price video camera and on the other for them not to canibalise there own video camera, cripple their DSLR video.

We know prices of the Dslr from $ 500 to $ 6000 and they wont change because they primarily cater for the photography pricing market. So different advancement like 4K, 10 bit, flat log, peaking format etc. will come in this price range like we are already witnessing with gh4, samsung and Sony A7s. For the hybrid shooter we need that at this price range. For primarily video shooters like you it will be a good second or specialise camera because you will find a plethora of dedicated video camera choice now from Sony and Canon at affordable price. like a second camera for interview with another angle. The only problem would be lens system, but you can get a nice set of second hand primes for not much that you can also adapt to the Canon.
 
Sorry for sidetracking the thread guys, the D750 still impresses the heck out of me, I want one and will buy one, once I pay off the C100. Carry on!
 
I just received my d750. What is the best way to achieve focus for action videos? I've seen reference to "1:1 focus assist" but don't find any thing in the manual for that. What I am hoping for is a single button to zoom the display in so I can focus, then when released it returns to the original framing. I am aware of the two buttons that allow you to zoom in and out in steps, but that is too cumbersome for action shots. Suggestions?
 
I've never owned a Nikon DSLR that didn't have zoom in & zoom out buttons, never seen one with a single click button. Most monitors can be programmed to set 1:1 pixel mapping with a function button, gives you the on-off with one switch setup.

For critical focusing in situations that are fast moving, I often put 5" Marshall HDMI monitor on the camera, set it to 1:1 pixels with focus peaking on. Then I have the color LCD for general framing and exposure, but I can tweak focus at a glance... though if things are really moving and blurred, peaking won't show you anything.

I sometimes use the AF function too - even mid shot, if there's a pause where I'll cut away, give the shutter button a little press, watch it hunt, and cross your fingers.

I do use AF on the crane & steadicam to set initial focus, too. Some glass allows me to tweak it during the shot using the FF, other lenses I have to turn the AF switch off after initial focus (if I'll be pulling mid-shot).
 
Michael Carter said:
I've never owned a Nikon DSLR that didn't have zoom in & zoom out buttons, never seen one with a single click button. Most monitors can be programmed to set 1:1 pixel mapping with a function button, gives you the on-off with one switch setup.

For critical focusing in situations that are fast moving, I often put 5" Marshall HDMI monitor on the camera, set it to 1:1 pixels with focus peaking on. Then I have the color LCD for general framing and exposure, but I can tweak focus at a glance... though if things are really moving and blurred, peaking won't show you anything
I sometimes use the AF function too - even mid shot, if there's a pause where I'll cut away, give the shutter button a little press, watch it hunt, and cross your fingers.

I do use AF on the crane & steadicam to set initial focus, too. Some glass allows me to tweak it during the shot using the FF, other lenses I have to turn the AF switch off after initial focus (if I'll be pulling mid-shot).
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Thanks Michael. I see now I can use the existing zoom in button to get to the area I want to focus on, do auto or manual focus, then press the record button which takes it back to the unzoomed state and starts recording. My only issue with this is the zoom in button is one of five identical shaped buttons so it isn't always easy to reach by feel, which I would prefer.
 
You could assign the centre button (the 'ok') of the 'ring' (right of the LCD) for this on the D8xx's, so maybe this would be an easy solution.
 
You should be able to program the "Ok" button to zoom in at desired level and zoom out again when you click again.
 
"...with the lows being so cleanly rendered by the new Nikon codec and the sensor output being so smooth, it really does have a chance to break the 12-13 stop mark for dynamic range in video mode." Andrew Reid on the D750. I wish we could see some more scientific test of the camera's DR
 
Does anyone know if there is a decent review of the video features of this camera yet? Andrew Reid's footage looked good, and a number of photography reviews have said that its video quality is better than the 5D III's, but I thought the unchained video and all of the other footage I've seen so far looks terrible. Does anyone have a d750? If so, how does it hold up when grading?
 
willantirocks said:
My one should arrive tomorrow. So I'll get some footage up ASAP.
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Please please please, this camera has come out and zero good test. Eoshd has done a.... test, that I call just a movie that shows that the camera can do very nice movie, but you cannot call it a test when using non native and a vintage lens wide open on a full frame camera where most of the time nothing is in focus. I have done a test here http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?310503-Nikon-D7100-vs-Panasonic-gh2-sharpness when I still had my gh2. Even if you don't have a side by side with another camera. But a lock on shot at base ISO with part of the image with enough dof to show it in focus would be appreciated. Why lock on, base ISO and a subject in focus and blurred background is because not to stress the codec. So many time people just test at high ISO, moving subject with lot of detail etc... it just stress the codec, for me, you have at least to know how the camera is at its best. Unless you have an external recorder, the codec is a bottleneck, stress it and it will blur or smooth the image.

Some 5-10 second clip on some sharing site would be enough.
 
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OK Daniel, I have a GH4 and a D750 ( which I've only used for low light stills so far ), so I might be able to shoot a side by side on Fri, but first a couple of questions, as I'll only have time to do this once.

Any particular settings you want on either camera ? Gh4 Cine D versus Nikon Flat, both with NR & SH all the way down maybe ?

Lens wise, obviously we can't use the same lens because of the crop factor, so would the Panny 20mm 1.7 on the Gh4 and a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 on the D750 do ? Stopped down to 5.6 on both perhaps ?

And are we going to compare a down-sized 4k to 1080 from the GH4 against the D750 1080 ?
 
^ All of that sounds good tome. Make sure you run a DR test too: whatever you're shooting as a test, bring exposure up and down, say, by three stops each way, in one-stop increments, and see if one camera clips/becomes unusable sooner than the other.
 
If you can get a few original clips from the D750 with a wide dynamic range scene and quite stopped down lens, that would be pretty good in it self. A comparison, while even better, tends to require a lot more work. Whats interesting for me is also: how does underexposed footage look like? How does clipping look like? How well does the codec handle motion? How does panning look like? How does skintones look? How sharp is the 1080p?

In nikon-cameras it has been that turning down sharpness to 1 or 0 gives the cleanest image, this could be controlled with these new cameras, since they provide a more stable base image that might be sharpened in camera?

The DR is ofcourse important but more so how the DR is allocated between highs and lows and how clipping looks like.

Thanks!
 
Murph100 said:
OK Daniel, I have a GH4 and a D750 ( which I've only used for low light stills so far ), so I might be able to shoot a side by side on Fri, but first a couple of questions, as I'll only have time to do this once.

Any particular settings you want on either camera ? Gh4 Cine D versus Nikon Flat, both with NR & SH all the way down maybe ?

Lens wise, obviously we can't use the same lens because of the crop factor, so would the Panny 20mm 1.7 on the Gh4 and a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 on the D750 do ? Stopped down to 5.6 on both perhaps ?

And are we going to compare a down-sized 4k to 1080 from the GH4 against the D750 1080 ?
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Thanks for your time, it will be greatly appreciated. For me sharpness/detail is the most important for now because all the Nikons come with very good DR (very close to 12 Stop), very good low light etc, but sharpness is always varying between models. From what I saw from the D810 it is an extremely sharp camera, while it might lack a little compared to the others in low light (But it remains much sharper, so using Neat video might put it closer to the others). Having a gh4 is good because it is considered ultrasharp or even too sharp by many. You could do a little scene like I did in my test http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?310503-Nikon-D7100-vs-Panasonic-gh2-sharpness with some detailed subject in the front that are in focus and an out of focus background so that we don't stress the codec and get the maximum sharpness. For me you can use the Nikon at 3/4 shapness settings without problem of causing in camera over sharpening. So you could do it a 0 or 1 and then at 3 or 4 and one about 7 or more just to see. For me this is the most important, I am a big fan of DR but the sharpness/detail varies too much that I want to see how it is , more so that you have a gh4 to compare too. It would be nice to see it against the 1080p and 4k gh4. Another thing would be to see 24p and 60p settings.

Now if you have more time you could just use that static scene and ramp up the ISO between the two to see how the image is at different ISO. DR is more difficult to measure but if you can have some scene as Samuel said it would be nice.
 
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