ur fren dato LCW? goodluck man

got my D800 yesterday..seems like 16GB card only gets me 200 RAW files lossless compressed..and 249 RAW files compressed..both 14bit..

looking to upgrade my CF and SD in a short while but just wondering..is there alot of different between lossless compressed and compressed?

thanks guys!

yes, i agree with u sir. under controlled situation, the D7000's video is no slouch. there's one wedding that one of our videographers had to use his D7000 as the given 5D2 is still undergoing a surgery. turns out pretty well. just that nikon's WB is warmer even if its set at the same value with canon's. but overall quality at low iso's, its still good enough.

anyway, yes it loses to a 60D on video by a small margin. but for stills photography, its a winner in lots of ways in my personal opinion

nope, my SD shows 198 oni my CF yes 200 shots

getting 32GB memory cards tomorrow hopefully. btw guys, my 50mm 1.8G seems to have front focusing issues. on my D700 n D800 as well. i had to fine tune it -20

reason i bought the 50mm 1.8G is because the highest range on nikon's 50mm is the 50mm 1.4G and i read there's some focusing issues with it. sharpness wise, the 50mm 1.8G wins by a slight margin (this is what i read online, not that i have tried it). and i dont want sigma due to im afraid to gamble.

any 50mm 1.4G owners here? care to share ur opinion? if not i shud send it back to nikon for recalibration i suppose

buddy, my CF card is empty (as shown on my computer) and i get 200 RAW shots shown on the display.

but thanks to u, now i know that the display is lying to me tried it a while ago and i get up to 346 shots with my empty 16GB card. any reason why the display's lying tho?

thanks again man. really good to have such experienced user here

*kinda helps me in a way as most of my memory card sellers need to order the cards and it may take up to 2weeks time and i got an assignment this upcoming 17th..sigh*

hey man, im doing great

thanks for the info n thinking it logically, it should do that. my canon sometimes show me even bizarre shot counts anyways, i rarely had this problem where my memory card is full with either my d700/3/3s..but with this new MP count, i seem to be abit more cautious. i shoot about 500~700 photos per event, sometimes even lesser so hopefully it should be okay for the time being. thanks again guys, its been a bunch of help!

yeah!

should be correct. meaning all the shots are in the same sizes. lossless compressed is good enough for me i suppose after all, the camera's dynamic range is amazing!

from my experience and my liking, use large aperture tele lenses, one uwa enough edi uwa to capture to whole event, large aperture mid/tele lenses to capture the artist one the stage.

i personally love -

14-24
85 1.4
135 f2

good answer from gnome

see la if the singing requires chris brown's kind of dancing, the high shutter speed, if no, then lower shud be okay

i personally dont like to use flash on concerts.

if wedding im on 50mm all the way bro there's another guy who takes family photos while im on my 50mm the whole wedding

why not consider the 550D? our team also got a videography department n we're using 5D3/2 and bunch of 60D's..we used a D7000 before just that nikon's video arent as good as canon. just a thought

lol

not trying to sell canon in nikon page, n not a fanboy like u

that's what u heard, not what u tried/experienced..that's what we tried/experienced. u meant magic lantern? y not u borrow ur fren's canon n try it. see the noise levels, live view zooming, aperture settings perhaps? just giving out my thoughts as i thought it wud help the guy

honestly, i use live view zooming to get precise focusing. on a D800, the live view auto focusing is SUPERB. but when it comes to zoom > manual focusing, even the 60D can win due to screen lagness. and i use alot of zoom > manual focusing when it comes to video

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Added on November 16, 2012, 11:21 amgood luck! i've tried to D600's video and it seems good enough. just that one thing i have to complaint..why i cannot set the aperture in live view?? huhu me so sad other than that, the video quality is nice. and being able to use FX and DX in video mode also is a nice feature

This post has been edited by Tony Stark: Nov 16 2012, 11:21 AM

nikon does have it, but not as good as canon's. its minor really if one is not doing lots of video works, but if one does, then it can be a bit more than just minor.

nope, i meant the aperture value in live view u need to turn off the live view to change the aperture. but from the post above, it seems that nikon is working on a new firmware so that's a good thing.

as we all know, the nikon's WB is a bit warmer than canon's. that's a non issue but if ur aligning the WB precisely, its better off to get an external monitor so that the value n color renders correctly. take note that im using K in any situation for video. as for the full HD output, the D600 is pretty amazing on the blacks and highlights. but i stupidly get flickers on it sometimes (this one due to user problem). low light, D600 wins. but i rarely use it in low light. if we had to, then large aperture lenses will come in play so means no crazy high iso is needed. in terms of sharpness, to my eyes, the canon is abit sharper. its a none issue.

this is just my opinion, and yes the D600 records pretty amazing video. just that i have to say the laggy zoom in live view n the fact that i cant change the aperture in live view turns me off. but hey, that's just me. oh ya, and the oil n dusts leak to the sensor prob as well

for those who bought a D600 for video n stills, its one hell of a camera

i know 1 guy, he's a photojournalist. he's using his D3+28-300+sb900(if needed) almost 90% of the time. so in a way, that unker is right.

but we all know he's lying to himself. who can resist large aperture lenses when u got a FF n one of the best sensors in the world?

this is why i sold my D600 and bought the D800. but it turns out, my D800's a lemon copy. the middle AF point needs AF fine tune, the left and the right points also needs, just that in different values. im so tulan about this so i sell it too and bought another D3s. wanted to buy a D4 but im still not confident about the XQD card and i also heard that there's focusing system flaws.

probably u guys are saying, why not adjust the AF fine tune on the D800 right? yes i can. but its giving me inconsistent results throughout the range of the subject and i got a D90, 2xD700, D3, D3s before, and none of em is giving me this problem.

i love nikon's image quality, build quality, their lenses are super sharp, but maybe im not gonna be a beta tester for the time being (actually, i already did ). im giving it a year to see how nikon handles this.

dude i know u know what he's saying

lately racun for digital leica really strong..me duwan eat sand

may the force be with me!

been thinking this thoroughly and buying a film leica wont satisfy my wants, that's what im afraid well i cant sell all my nikkors as its a sum of my income, n buying a digital leica will results in me eating sand n grass for quite some time..so maybe u can belanja me one M9? n a 50mm cron f2 perhaps?

morning to u too sir have a nice day!

i did give nikon BTS a call, they said they need to speak to their technician about it, and it'll take them up to 2 weeks to rectify the problem. its has been all over the web and im pretty sure nikon is not keeping shut about this. in time they will address this problem and fix it. by then it should be the right time for u to upgrade. just wish the D800 is as good as the D700..i mean when the D700 came out, it seems that there's like no probs with it. read somewhere that nikon switching factories may cause the QC interference.