#I reported the issue with the CLS master function of the D800 to Nikon Germany. They tried to reproduce the problem. I got this answer: “Dear Mr., thank you very much for your inquiry. We have tested the master function with four Nikon D800 bodies but could not...
I received feedback from several users regarding the CLS problem which occurs with the Nikon D800. Well, it is not reproducible, therefore it sometimes occurs and sometimes it works, which is what I encountered again when I shot the title picture for this post. I...
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...
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...
************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...
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...
