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Dorian Gray
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
 
2012-02-04, 07:52

The French magazine Chasseur d'Images posted the D800 details here (along with an angry tirade at Nikon's inept marketing; reminds me of Phil Askey in the good old days!).

Good news:
  • around 3000 euros in France, which is better than it might have been
  • 36 megapixels
  • about 100 grams lighter than the D700
  • 100% viewfinder (no word on magnification)
  • autofocus detection range down to -2 EV (ISO 100)

Good news for some, but irrelevant to me:
  • available in March
  • 3.2-inch VGA display
  • uncompressed video-out over HDMI
  • PCM audio recorder input
  • USB 3

Bad news:
  • 4 frames per second, though that rises to 6 with battery grip (resolution not specified)

Strange news:
  • per-pixel performance equivalent to the 24-megapixel chip used in the NEX-7. Might just be a mistake by the Chasseur d'Images writer, or it might be a sign that you can't just up-scale a D7000 sensor to FX without incurring a performance penalty, even 1.5 years later
  • related to the above point: the same ISO sensitivity range as the D7000, despite pixels the same size and a sensor over twice the size
  • CompactFlash and SD card slots, just like the D300S, i.e. no XQD card, and the twin card slots are of different types. But maybe this is most appropriate for this class of camera
  • rumoured version without anti-aliasing filter does seem to exist, at 300 to 500 euros more. Knock me down with a feather!
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