Nikon D800
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The Nikon D800 is a digital SLR ( DSLR) camera manufacturer Nikon with 36 - megapixel full-frame sensor. The model D800E, in contrast to D800 no anti-aliasing filter.
Both models were presented on 7 February 2012. They are positioned in features and price between the previous model D700 and D4 professional. At the time of presentation there were the cameras with the highest resolution in small picture format on the market.
Special Features
The camera sensor has a size of 36 mm × 24 mm. The sensor is the same size as the negative of the small format analog photography. Nikon calls this sensor size as FX, while the smaller sensors, which also uses Nikon for SLR cameras are known as DX.
Specially designed for the DX - format lenses can be connected to the D800 (E) still used. The camera is able to detect these lenses, and switches with the appropriate setting automatically switches to the DX mode - it is only an approximately 24 mm × 16 mm used large area of the sensor. While this prevents the problems caused by the smaller image circle shadows, but can not the full resolution of the sensor can be used, so that the maximum image size is reduced to 4800 × 3200 pixels, which corresponds to approximately 15.3 megapixels. To assist the photographer in the picture composition, a rectangle appears in the viewfinder, which limits the used in DX mode image area.
The D800 is specially protected against dust and splash water. The housing weighs including battery and memory card around 910 grams and is like that of the Nikon D700 from a magnesium alloy. It is built on the viewfinder prism also a fold -in flash.
The D800 is familiar with the predefined image styles Landscape, Portrait, Black & White, Neutral and Standard. Additional custom Picture Styles can be saved. A new feature is the possibility of video recording in maximum full HD resolution at 30 frames per second. The camera has a built -in mono microphone. An external stereo microphone can also be connected.
The image recording in Nikon NEF raw format can be done either in 12 bit or 14 bit per channel, the compression can be selected in three levels (no compression, compress lossless compression with little loss of information ). Storage can be both SD and CompactFlash cards, or both at the same time.
Accessories
On the D800 all NIKKOR lenses can be used from the Ai- standard.
The D800 is compatible with the vertical battery grip MB -D12. This can optionally be used as a Battery EN - type EL18, as used in the D4. The flash system of the D800 corresponds to the standard i-TTL from Nikon.
A combined accessory interface cable switch can be connected, or GPS receiver, such as the Nikon GP-1, to enable geo-tagging of photographs. The GPS interface processes in addition to the GPS data and compass information ( Heading).
D800E
The D800E is a modified version of the D800. Is virtually identical camera, but with an inverted second low pass filter ( LPF) which removes the effect of the first low-pass filter. In each camera two TPF are installed in front of the sensor. D800 in the TPF, the first splits the light in the horizontal direction, the light beam passes through an infrared filter, to be then distributed in the vertical direction. Characterized an object point is imaged onto four points on the sensor. In the D800E the first TPF divides each light beam in the vertical direction, then the light passes an infrared filter, and the second low-pass filter united the previously divided portions of the light again, so that only one pixel is imaged on the sensor each object point.
The difference is for the optical eye barely noticeable, but the additional cost of the D800E compared to the D800 filed with the introduction of 10 % in the U.S. to 50 % in Europe. Without the low-pass filter function however moire effects may occur, which can be reduced by means of the image processing software, Capture NX 2 when shooting in NEF raw format but. Capture NX 2 is supplied with the D800E.