While we process our test files with ViewNX, Nikon has just released Capture NX-D for free. Darker conditions saw the system become less consistent, with results slightly longer than a second. The camera was able to lock focus and capture an image in less than one second at EV 0 and brighter.
This score, along with its resolution and noise ratings, earn the D810 an Excellent rating in overall image quality from ISO 32 through ISO 1600.Īutofocus nearly matched what we saw from the D800, which is to say that it’s fast but not record-breaking. In our color accuracy test, the D810 scored an Excellent rating with an average Delta E of 6.6. We can’t make that choice for you, but we can say that the fine details the D810 is able to capture look wonderful, while the Canon’s low noise brings with it a lot of versatility for ambient-light photography. You’re forced to ask yourself which you want more-the D810’s extensive resolving power or the 5D Mark III’s low noise. The 5D Mark III topped out at 2750 lines in our test and fell to 2520 lines at ISO 12,800, at which point the D810 still was able to resolve 3175 lines. However, the Canon can’t match the D810’s resolving power. But it still doesn’t come close to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III’s ability to hold noise to Low or better up to ISO 12,800. That’s a one-stop improvement over the D800’s result of Low or better noise up to ISO 800. Furthermore, the D810 earned a Low or better rating up to ISO 1600.
Noise, too, showed very impressive results, maintaining top honors of an Extremely Low rating from its bottom sensitivity of ISO 32 all the way up to ISO 400. At no point did the D810 dip below the Excellent rating cutoff of 2500 lines in this test. As the D800 did, the new camera delivers on this potential, easily earning an Excellent rating in our resolution test with a maximum of 3525 lines per picture height, beating the D800’s result of 3510 lines. With the D810’s many pixels comes the potential for massive resolving power. How did the D810 fare in our lab and field tests? Let’s take a look.
Some of the other changes, such as the ability to dip down to an equivalent of ISO 32, will likely be a big help to videographers while also opening up some doors for still shooters. But for situations such as stop-motion animation, it might make sense to choose a smaller file size while maintaining the versatility in postprocessing that comes with RAW capture. Some people might question why you’d buy an expensive camera like the D810 just to throw away so many of the pixels you paid so much money to have at your disposal. The file size issue was resolved with the addition of sRAW, which limits you to 12-bit color depth and reduces the pixel count to 3680×2456 from 7360×4912. Nikon has addressed this, and made a handful of other improvements, with the new D810 ($3,297 street, body only). But it seems that a substantial number of shooters also complained that the files were just too large. * “Li-ion Battery of camera” is not included in shipping Package contents because All sorts of Li-ion batteries was prohibited to ship via Air parcel since 2017.When Nikon first introduced the D800, most everyone was wowed by its 36.3-megapixel imaging sensor. *Live-view Focus function alive.*Shooting mode: B shutter Only *Detachable Excooler (40mm cooling fan 2pcs & Power supply)
*Perfect tuning of optical axis of CMOS sensor by 3 point alignment *High power 2 stage Thermo electric cooler module. *Realtime Monitoring of the cooling temperature by digital thermometer *Absolutely low noise in long time exposure compared to unmodified DSLR *High performance quiet cooling ( NOCTUA silence fan installed) *External PID Temperature Controller included *Cool down to ambient temperature -25℃(☒℃)