D800 User Thread I

[Numnumball]

Very impressed with D800's high iso performance.

Shot at ISO 6400, f1.4, 1/50 with AFS85 f1.4G in pitch darkness (JPEG, cropped)

 

[zoom3]

Yes, impressive. And the 85 is a great match for the D800.:thumbsup:

 

[atvinyl]

Very impressed with D800's high iso performance.

Shot at ISO 6400, f1.4, 1/50 with AFS85 f1.4G in pitch darkness (JPEG, cropped)

Is this in the wild?

 

[Cowseye]

Very impressed with D800's high iso performance.

Shot at ISO 6400, f1.4, 1/50 with AFS85 f1.4G in pitch darkness (JPEG, cropped)

Omgness, how much did you crop with an 85mm? How near were you? The image look so sharp!!

 

[asdfg]

looks like the bird park or something cause of the artificial bg and the reflection?
i may be wrong..

 

[mogwai]

yups, i think this is the owl enclosure in bird park. impressive because that area is pitch-black.

what i'm wondering is how much was cropped, yet still such a sharp and detailed pic.

 

[joecool1211]

BTW, do you observe any AF issues (e.g. not able to focus well with the left most AF points)?

I've noticed that the AF 80-200mm f/2.8D ED consistently focuses a foot or two behind the subject at 200mm with the subject at a distance. Did not do any extensive testing, but aperture was between f2.8-f4. Had to aim on the ground in front of the subject for AF to focus correctly.

My 50mm, 105mm prime lenses and 16-35 lenses do not exhibit this issue or any other AF issues.

Does anyone know of a good list of lenses with issues when used with the D800? Maybe we should start a thread.

 

[Blur Shadow]

Very impressed with D800's high iso performance.

Shot at ISO 6400, f1.4, 1/50 with AFS85 f1.4G in pitch darkness (JPEG, cropped)

Looks good.

 

[Numnumball]

Is this in the wild?

Shot at Jurong Bird Park.

 

[Numnumball]

Omgness, how much did you crop with an 85mm? How near were you? The image look so sharp!!

Abt 40% cropped, the owl was at least 3 meters away

 

[giantcanopy]

Abt 40% cropped, the owl was at least 3 meters away

NNB u didn tell them wif d800 u only bring 35mm to zoo

 

[asdfg]

I've noticed that the AF 80-200mm f/2.8D ED consistently focuses a foot or two behind the subject at 200mm with the subject at a distance. Did not do any extensive testing, but aperture was between f2.8-f4. Had to aim on the ground in front of the subject for AF to focus correctly.

My 50mm, 105mm prime lenses and 16-35 lenses do not exhibit this issue or any other AF issues.

Does anyone know of a good list of lenses with issues when used with the D800? Maybe we should start a thread.

Why don't you just AF fine tune? My 85, 24 and 70-300mm were all front or back focusing to some degree but i tuned them, and they're now pretty decent. Should give it a shot. I didn't have to tune much, maybe +/- 8 max.

 

[Cowseye]

Why don't you just AF fine tune? My 85, 24 and 70-300mm were all front or back focusing to some degree but i tuned them, and they're now pretty decent. Should give it a shot. I didn't have to tune much, maybe +/- 8 max.

+/- 8 feels like quite a bit of diff isn't it?

 

[asdfg]

I don't consider +/- 8 to be significant, cause +/- 20 is the max and 8 doesn't seem too severe. Well my lenses now are:
+3 with the 70-300mmVR
+5 with the 85
-8 with the 24mm

haven't tuned the 105 yet


Anyway, went to shoot today with the 24 and 85mm, here are some 24mm shots:

 

[reject]

I don't consider +/- 8 to be significant, cause +/- 20 is the max and 8 doesn't seem too severe. Well my lenses now are:
+3 with the 70-300mmVR
+5 with the 85
-8 with the 24mm

haven't tuned the 105 yet

Anyway, went to shoot today with the 24 and 85mm, here are some 24mm shots:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/africansh/7001544508/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/africansh/7147633393/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/africansh/7147647823/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/africansh/7147648919/in/photostream

how did you do the tuning?

 

[cichlid]

How does the 35mm f2 lens perform on the D800/E?

 

[asdfg]

did the tuning with objects around my room around 6-8ft away, then "real world" as i took pictures. It's not 100%, but the values are very close to what they should be, especially since i tested with static objects at home. Nothing close to +/- 20 anyway.

 

[joecool1211]

Why don't you just AF fine tune? My 85, 24 and 70-300mm were all front or back focusing to some degree but i tuned them, and they're now pretty decent. Should give it a shot. I didn't have to tune much, maybe +/- 8 max.

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go when I have the time.

I was surprised that focus was off by a couple of feet and it felt like it appeared at the long end of the zoom only. At the wide angle end, the focus seems accurate.

 

[Numnumball]

NNB u didn tell them wif d800 u only bring 35mm to zoo

Bro, got bring 85 aso lar

 

[N-user]

haaaaa got i fella selling D800 at $1800 @ BNS.... who wanna go grab it..... :sweat: