Nikon D750 announced.

Rojin · 12 Sep 2014 at 08:00

Officially announced:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/7222282087/nikon-d750-fx-dslr-announced

http://m.dpreview.com/previews/nikon-d750

I'm going to find one in a store and have a handle... - 3EV for the AF sounds interesting. 1/4000 and no increase in fps with a grip is a bit disappointing. I'm not sure how much of an issue the missing AF On button will be.

Rojin · 16 Sep 2014 at 19:34

It looks like a real nice camera.

Rojin · 26 Sep 2014 at 10:21

The price at everyone's favourite UK based importer using BACS is insane. If I could be bothered to sell all my Canon gear I'd get this in a heartbeat, but I just cba

Rojin · 27 Sep 2014 at 19:53

The D750 would give me the sensor and AF that I want, as well as a tilt screen. None of the other options do that.

Rojin · 29 Sep 2014 at 16:39

Raymond Lin said:
God dammit

If you guys not read Ross Harvey's review, don't….it will make you want one, even me…

The 5 stop under exposed push is utterly unbelievable, I would have binned that shot, it was just black to begin with.

I do really want one, but just cba to go through selling all my Canon gear...! I use my Fuji's more now anyway. I'm going to get the 7D2 or a 1Dmk4 for the action side of things.

Rojin · 1 Oct 2014 at 10:42

D.P. said:
but but but, but according to the canonites here dynamic range doesn't matter and you always nail the exposure.....

Is Nikon metering that bad that you need to be able to do this all of the time?

Seriously though, it is very impressive. I haven't ever seen anyone deny that. I can only think of one shot that I have ever taken that needed to be pushed anywhere near that far though, and it wasn't an important shot. So it remains a nice to have for me and the bottom of the pile when it comes to the reasons I'd very much like a D750 (it's not insignificant though).

Rojin · 1 Oct 2014 at 10:44

An Exception said:
There are reports canon have made advancements in sensor tech, so you'l might want to hold off switching for now. Besides gear doesn't matter apparently!

I just can't see it in the near future. The closest they'd get is by licensing tech from Sony

Rojin · 1 Oct 2014 at 14:57

D.P. said:
But if you shoot landscape or architecture then you will encounter high contrast scenes all the time so exposing for the highlights and pulling up shadow detail is a daily occurrence.

The rescuing an underexposed photo (flash failure for example) is a happy bonus.

It's not something I shoot. I've said before that if I shot landscapes/architecture I would have changed a while back. Although an A7r and Canon TSE lenses seem popular for that now.

Having said that, Martin Turner (who used to be active in here a while back) is doing excellent architectural work with an Oly E-M5 and getting published frequently.

Rojin · 1 Oct 2014 at 15:06

Raymond Lin said:
Ditto, all accumulated, if I take even a 10% loss on each lens and flashes, I'll guess a minimum £2k loss and then another £2k more to get everything.

5D4 better kick arse....

It's more just the hassle of selling. I was even tempted to just lump it all with MPB or LCE, but that's just throwing money away! It highlights that I just want the camera more than really need it I suppose. I did also consider just adding the D750 to my gear, but having 3 systems would be daft

Rojin · 12 Oct 2014 at 12:49

9designs2 said:
I nearly picked up a D750 in the airport in Tokyo couple of weeks ago, they had one left... Worked out to be about 1100 quid....
But I'd also seen I could pick up a DF or D800e second hand for the same cost in the city shops. So now I'm undecided what I'll add to my current D7000.
Expect to have another business trip to Japan before the end of the year, so not sure I can miss the opportunity to pick up a "bargain"

What do you primarily shoot? The D750 is going down really well at the moment, wedding photographers are really liking it. Apart from a noisy "silent shutter" that is!

Rojin · 12 Oct 2014 at 18:34

9designs2 said:
Landscapes, general views, some occasional air shows, anything that will look good in Black and White !!.. No weddings ever....

D750 because its cheaper than a D810 but still with a good spec/features. low noise and pulling out shadow detail. Not to big/heavy to fly with.
DF because I'm over 40, still like and shoot with traditional film cameras.
D800e/810 because of the resolution, for enlargements or cropping and shadow detail/dynamic range.

My ideal would be a better built DF (it felt a bit plastic and light, at least compared to my Contax ND) with the 800e/810 sensor.

I'd be looking at a D800/D810 if I were you I reckon. Airshows is a reason I've considered a D810 that's for sure. The D800 getting much cheaper second hand just can't be discounted though!

Rojin · 12 Oct 2014 at 19:10

With the D750 at £1273 new there's not a lot in it. With lots of D800's being sold it could drop more though. A D700 at ~£600 is pretty awesome as well.

Rojin · 13 Oct 2014 at 21:43

nolimit said:
Where from?I'd love a D700.

Look at the forums, like TP. There's a well used example for £525 at the moment, another sold for £625. I think a couple are around the £650 mark at the moment.

Rojin · 22 Oct 2014 at 16:42

Yeah that was brought up shortly after release, I find the missing corner AF points odd as well. Although that is a Nikon thing from the look of it.

I don't see how the smaller area impacts individual AF point sensitivity though?

Rojin · 1 Nov 2014 at 15:17

http://ryanbrenizer.com/2014/10/review-nikon-d750-and-d810/

Rojin · 2 Nov 2014 at 10:55

There are examples of wedding shooters exposing for the sky and then pushing the shadows in PP etc. If I find the link I'll post it. You need to have a look for them as it can look a little odd, but that may be the PP style.