D800 and Kingston memory cards

D800 and Kingston memory cards

The 36 Megapixels of the D800 produce large files. One click equals 38-59 MB (RAW, 14-bit, lossless compressed). This means that with a 4 GB-card I use as secondary card in my D300s only 60-80 images can be taken. That’s about two rolls of film. Therefore I...
D800 – thoughts and experiences

D800 – thoughts and experiences

Today I would like to sum up some experienced and personal opinions on this camera in a telegram-style. The files are large, who would have thought that. Each image is between 38-45 MB in size (14-bit RAW, lossless compressed). This means that a 16GB memory card lasts...
D800 – thoughts and experiences

D800 and wireless flash photography problems

************UPDATE, September 17th 2013*************** The CLS problem has been solved. On some early D800 cameras a circuit board which controls the popup flash must be replaced. That is what Nikon did with my camera. Read the full story here and a summary here. With...
First impressions of the Nikon D800

First impressions of the Nikon D800

I got my D800 on Thursday and I can tell that I really really like this new camera. I had multiple “Aha !” moments with this camera already. One being “That’s what an image taken at 24 mm actually looks like… wait, is that vignetting at...
D800 – thoughts and experiences

The Nikon D800 arrived

I got my D800 today, it was the very first D800 my dealer sold. Oh happy day ! I made an unboxing video, as I type these lines iMovie is compiling and uploading the project to Youtube. It takes some time to be uploaded, therefore I am sharing these images with you at...