Nikon D810 FX-format Digital SLR Camera Body (1542)

This is one of Nikon's best. It does more than I expected and more, expensive but worth every penny. Draw back is the lens are expensive.

This has to be the best full frame camera on the market at the moment. The clarity of the images are awesome Not as fast as the D4s however its half the price and it takes SD cards. My favourite go to camera, used with and Nikon F1.4 lens the images will blow you away. This camera is almost as good as my MF Hasselblad.

Fantastic camera. However, be careful on the warranty aspect of the camera provided through Amazon. The camera I bought was the best price I could find. When they shipped, I realized it was coming from the US - so I raised the issue about warranty. Turns out the warranty was through them, and they are not an authorized Nikon dealer. When pushed some more, they said the warranty was for 1 year, whereas Nikon normally has a 2 year warranty. I returned the camera and purchased it locally, where I could have solutions if a problem arises. In the past I have had problems with my pop up flash, and the spot metering. The camera itself is a dream. The pictures it takes is absolutely stunning. Here is a low light picture using a Tokina 100mm f2.8 macro lens.

Honestly I'm amazed. I've had a D800 since first introduction, and have never been completely happy with that camera. For reference my D800 has about 20,000 shots on it (that I've kept). With the D800, some lenses I got good results, others terrible results. When it focused properly, I got good results, but often it would not focus on what I wanted it to. Live view was almost unusable. Every lens required focus adjustment and that was a problem especially with zooms (you can only choose one adjustment for a lens ...). Shutter is noisy, let alone shook the camera. I could go on. Enter the D810. Received mine just a few days ago. It focuses quickly and accurately. Most lenses require no focus adjustment. The variability in sharpness that I experienced with my D800 is fundamentally gone. My 70-200 VR (not VRII) which was unusable on my D800 is only not great on the long end on the D810. My 70-300 VR is usable on the D8100, more than usable at most FL. I would not use it >200mm on the D800 for any reason, not so on the D810. The 70-200 f4 is great on both, as well the primes. Just to say, I have more lens choices now. In some cases I'm talking significant differences. I can only assume in some cases there is significant (and negative) interaction between the anti-aliasing filter and some lenses. I took flat field test shots with all of my lenses with both cameras yesterday, and the differences were clear and in some cases far out of proportion to simply the increased sharpness due to no AA filter (using the difference with 50 1.8G and 85 1.8G primes as a baseline). Differences with primes were honestly minor. Focus speed is improved. Focus accuracy is improved. That isn't taking the new focus modes into account, which I haven't tried yet. Mirror slap is very much reduced. Between these changes, I can hand-hold at slower speeds and get results I am amazed with. Especially with the 70-200 f4, I can hand hold at significantly less than 1/shutter speed and get very sharp results. With the D800, it took >1/200s or even much higher with longer lenses to get anything good handheld. Honestly, the difference is very significant in D810 results vs D800. Live view focusing is much improved. My D800 was terrible. D810 is quite sharp and gives very consistent results on each focus attempt. Some have possibly not seen a change in Live View focusing, but I did. I was reluctant to purchase the D810, but finally decided to give it a try. Within an hour, I was sure I was keeping it. I had decide to sell several lenses before getting the D810. Now, I will likely keep them. I can't comment on coming from D800E, as I don't own that. From a D800 owner, having both now, I will sell my D800 and love my D810. Honestly, with the D800 in situations such as on a vacation, at a race, or in any situation where you don't get a chance to do it over, I was never confident I was going to get a good result. That was never true with my D300, I knew what it would do and knew what the result would look like. . And I don't believe it will be true with the D810 as well - in fact I believe it will turn out to be even more consistent (and good) than my D300. That is piece of mind that I've needed and didn't get with my D800. There are other improvements as well few have mentioned. There is more control over what buttons you can overload. That is welcome. You can now overload the Lens M/A-M button, the Video Record button, and the Bracket button, as well as the buttons you could already overload on the D800. There are several other interesting Menu additions that I have yet to understand. Every issue I had with the D800 has been addressed on the D810. Focusing speed. Focusing quality, Focusing consistency. Quietness of shutter. Lens performance consistency. Live view focusing. And you can still use the same battery grip, and batteries, as the D800. It's not an inexpensive upgrade. But for me, it is worth it.

Está cámara es un buen brinco de la D200 el menu es muy parecido, pero con muchos mas funciones, por lo que tienes mucha libertad para configurar el ipo de fotografía que quieras, solo hay que invertirle tiempo al principio para poder ubicar y cambiar las funciones. La ubicación de los botones es buena. El peso de la cámara D200 no recuerdo pero comparada con la D810 esta última se siente un poco mas ligera. El video se ve muy bien y es el micrófono es muy sensible, no tengo mucho con ella por lo que no puedo dar muchos comentarios pero sí la recomiendo en base a lo que he revisado, usado y leido. Lo que no me dejo nada contento fue el empaque, quien está acostumbrado a las mensajerías de USA se va a desilusionar, en este caso fue Estafeta y lo único que hizo fue meter la caja de la cámara en otra caja mas grande para que no se viera que es lo que estaba adentro. Su "protección" fue papel doblado que no sirvió de nada ya que la caja de la cámara bailaba, espero la hayan tratado con cuidado ya que no es un producto de 2 pesos y si le pasa algo por ese ajetreo deben hacerse responsables de la falla.

Bought this from DAFFODIL-ELECTRONICS (Seller was extremely polite, called by himself to give details of how and when he will ship the product). I primarily shoot landscapes and i'am spellbound by the quality of sharpness the D810 produces. The dynamic range of D810 is impeccable and with the native ISO of 64 gives me tack sharp details and more flexibility to shoot long exposures without having to put on an ND filter in certain preferred conditions. Although in higher ISO's, noise is noticeably seen(which didn't bother me as a landscape shooter). I'am enjoying shooting with it, and it’s looking like a major upgrade from my previous Nikons. I would recommend D810 to the people who have honed their skills to an above average photographer and who has a thing for sharpness and detail. PS: Need to have tons of memory options as a single RAW file is about 78mb, a good quality strap and quality lenses to get most out of D810.

After taking about 500 pix I can say that this camera is a step up from the D800. The biggest change is the focusing speed as well as the elimination of the blur in the D800 that was apparently due to the image sensor filter. Using either my 105 mm macro lens or the 70 to 200 mm telephoto lens produced excellent results. When zooming in during post processing the detail is preserved and produces great 8.5 x 11 photos even after heavy cropping. I feel (which is subjective) that the color is more rich on the D810 than on the D800 but that may just be my perception. Focusing is very fast and at one point I thought I was on "Manual" focus mode since I didn't hear the lens motor working but after further testing it was focusing just fine. And very rarely does the focusing get lost like in past "D" series camera where it would hunt and seek for several seconds before locking in on the subject. However, focusing in very low light conditions still is not perfect and at times does not focus like it does in normal lighting conditions. This really isn't a limitation for the kinds of pictures that I take. I haven't really compared the noise between the ISO 3200 and 6400 settings as I never really had to go above 3200 for the pictures that I take. I find that most indoor and wedding environments have sufficient light to be able to use ISO settings of 3200 and below. The results are just fine. The newly formed grip does provide a bit different feel over the D800 grip, However, it isn't that significant in my mind. The "Quiet" shutter is a good feature and keeps the shutter noise level down for quiet moments. The AF-ON button is a bit of a reach for me but then again I have short fingers. Setting up the various focusing or exposure modes is very easy and is accomplished by using the LCD screen. The layout of the various controls and especially the monitor menu are layed out very well and there never is a time when one has to hunt to change a function. This isn't always true on other cameras that I have owned. The D810 has upgraded many of the video functions over the D800. However, given that I don't do much video I will not comment on any of these changes. However, it is nice to know that top quality video is capable with the D810. The only negative was that the first D810 I received locked up within a week and I had to take the battery out in order to get it to work again. This occurred several times and after discussion with Nikon service department they determined that the camera was defective and to return it. This only occurred under certain conditions and was repeatable. This must have been a quirk with that given unit as the new unit works flawlessly. I contacted Amazon about the problem and given their absolutely superior return policy I had a brand new D810 in less than 24 hours. Can't say enough about how well I was treated by Amazon regarding their return policy. I give them 10 STARS. Yes.........I would recommend the D810 to anyone who wants/needs a high quality DSLR camera.