I have used the D810 for months and the file is incredible up until today. Thank you for a review!

There's also a strange perception with clients, I started using an X-T5 on a shoot and when I pulled out my D850 they were like, oh good he's brought the real camera 😂

@dzulk9

2 ай бұрын

Lol I felt that. I was using Sony a5000, and I was ignored, I pulled a Digital Rebel, they gave me the look that you described lol 🤣

I just bought a D810 two days ago. BRAND NEW for $649.50 out the door, from an authorized dealer as well. Great deals on mirror DSLR all over the place!

I have D810, Z7, ZF, and Fuji XT5 cameras, but the D810 is still my favorite all-time camera and the first camera I ever made money with.

@miguelvicente3996

8 күн бұрын

What's your opinion on the z7? I was considering getting one.

@jtes1442

3 күн бұрын

The Z7 offers excellent value. The size of the Z7 coupled with 45 MP makes it a great travel camera and backup as well.

The D810 is the best camera I have ever owned. It will always be my go to for studio photography.

@tafpictur6206

2 ай бұрын

What is your setup in studio flash

the video footage is noticeably much better than the Fujifilm

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

The Nikon has great colors in the video which happened to be probably more flattering in the example haha. Plus the added compression of a 35mm vs a 23mm on Fuji even though they’re “equivalent focal lengths” But besides that the Nikon is 1080p only but looks equally as sharp as the Fuji video because it’s really over-sharpened. Plus unfortunately no good video features (articulating screen, log format, good video codecs, even no af)

I’ve used a D810 last 5 years, beast of a camera used correctly, built to last and a workhorse of a camera. Don’t be fooled by the sales pitch of newer cameras and sensors it’s mostly the person using it that matters

Thank you for this! Upgrading from a D7100 I’ve had for the last 8 years, ready to go full frame!

@6:00 It has a Compact Flash (CF) card slot. It is not CFExpress anything (A or B). CF has been around a LONG time. IBM made a 340MB "microdrive" CF card that was huge in the late 90's. The D5 was the last CF-able Nikon camera. It came in (2) flavors (XQD and CF). XQD is basically CFExpress type B. I bought a D750 as a backup to my D500 primary camera, but should have gotten a D810, since the button and menu layout is the same as the D300/500 series.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction!

I have a D810, im thinking to swap my Mirrorless for another D810. 🤔

on the D810, you can set the multiselector button to zoom in out. I press once to zoom in to 100% and again once to reset. it will centre the zoom wherever you put your focus point. No need to endlessly press the zoom in and out buttons. I literally never use those. You can set the button to zoom to 200% if you really want to punch all the way in and out.

Well done man, I think you were made for this .. nice talk flow.. everything to the point...

I've been using one since almost 10 years, got it when it was just new. Still use it a lot, to this day. Lenses I use a lot these days are 85 1.4, 35 F2 (super small and light, perfect to carry with me), 24-120 as an all purpose zoom. Still love the IQ it produces, love it a lot. Better in my opinion to my fuji xpro3...

On the d810, you can map the middle button of the control dial to zoom to say 1:1 with the press of a button, and then press it again to zoom back out.

The flash is for trigger the Nikon system of flashe's, try it and you love it.

With a flash like the SB-900, you can use its SU-4 optical slave mode, and have it as a remote triggered by the camera's pop-up flash.I'm doing this with my D600.

As an owner of the D3, D750 and Df, I would love to try out D800 series Nikon. I just came back from using a Df which I find to be a lot of fun, and the colours and dynamic range in these cameras are quite excellent. I use mirrorless quite a bit and as much as I love them, I will always hold on to my DSLRs.

@Stop-All-War

2 ай бұрын

Forget the D800 & expeed 3. D810 & expeed 4 are best.

Went from a Z7 to a D810 and don't regret it. The D810 feels just right for landscapes. For wildlife it's just ok but if you don't shoot wildlife that much it's perfectly serviceable.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

What lenses do you use? I think that was my main mistake with the D810 Also do you find the D810 to have more dynamic range?

@haroldcarlson2775

2 ай бұрын

@@MattJacobs Nikon 24-120mm f4g ed vr is what I use the most and it is a great lens. And then I use the af-p 70-300mm fx lens for my short telephoto. I don't use much wide angle but for now I use the Nikon 18-35mm f3.5-4.5. Dynamic range seems the same as the Z7 and in fact, I looked at DXO and the D810 has just a hair more DR than the Z7.

@barmalini

2 ай бұрын

@@MattJacobs I can't compare D810 to Z7 as I don't own the latter, but the rule of thumb is the lower pixel pitch- the better the sensor. D810 is great in low-iso dynamic range. If you care also about high-iso performance, not just the ISO 100 dynamic range, camera like D750, D5 or Z6 would prove more versatile. Or even better, the yet to be surpassed D850. It has a very special sensor and is the best camera in it's own class.

There wasn't much progress in sensors during the last decade, while in autofocus, in shutter speed, in video capture the progress is mindblowing. If great colour and dynamic range is all you're interested in, go for D810 and be happy. But if you also value precise and fast autofocus, smaller body and weight, the mirrorless is the way to go. Besides, new mirrorless lenses are so much better that for me there's simply no returning. Even the modest 24-70 F/4 blows away anything from AF-S series, leave alone more sophisticated glass

I use my D810 with battery grip, Sigma Sports 70-200 plus a Godox V1 for event photography. Heavy AF, but you get used to it. The weight also acts as an additional stabiliser. I would not really want a lighter weight camera. Just something better to do more than occasional video clips. Btw the Sigma dock plus Datacolor focus Checker take a while to get in tune, whereas the Nikon 85mm 1,8 is tack sharp from the getgo. I switched to Nikon from Canon BV and had to change quite a bit of studio great, flash triggers, lenses of course. But boy, did that make a difference

my d810 has a shutter count of 640k and ive seen much higher. So i wouldn't worry.

I'm looking to jump in the photography game and checking out videos on different cameras to get an idea of what my next camera should be, presuming I can gain some traction. You talked about video, and not using a DSLR. I like the DF given the lightweight feel (and retro) and was wondering how much of a shot it'd be to versatility if the camera lacks that feature. Curious to hear what you shoot video with, if you're not using a mirrorless or DSLR?

Excellent camera. It took me some time to crack the PP routines for colours - it is gimmick but it is beauty. One thing to mention: be very careful. Nikon used polycarbonates in order to “refine” the lineup of the cameras like d750, d780, d500 probably other as well. This means that lens mount is sitting around the plastic mirror box and when camera falls and hits the ground with the lens, the mirror box is most likely obliterated. My d810 had it twice..

Hi Matt , Just wondering if you came across a setting where the flash pops up automatically when reaching a minimum shutter speed ???

The D500 can record 4K video. It's a very capable APS-C camera! To zoom back out in Live View, click the center of the 4-way button (right side of monitor). It has a little button in the center that restores the zoom.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

thanks! Unfortunately Nikon’s video af in their DSLRs is just not very good in comparison to other brands, modern or from the same period.

Hmmm, I have tried the zoom focus shoot on my 810, but on my 7500 I don't have to back out to take the shot...maybe a firmware update?

Hi Matt! I really enjoyed your review. I just to have a D800, I sold it ( shortly after I regretted ). I'm thinking about buying back another one, but I'm debating between a D800 or D810.

I have 2 of them and the files at iso 64 are wonderful. I also have the fuji X100v but Nikon NEFs are way better than the fuji.

Awesome camera. I use the Sigma 35mm 1.4 lens on it as well and focusing is no issue. Other than trying to nail subjects at f1.4.

@MattJacobs

Ай бұрын

Learned after making this video my camera had a faulty focusing mirror. Explains why it would nail focus in live view but almost always miss when composing with the viewfinder

Love my d810, video is even not that bad.

I sold my mirrorless set and got a D780 and no regrets. Like You said, the dynamic range is crazy good.

Never heard of focusing problems with the Art lenses on a D810. The focusing might work worse in live though compared to through viewfinder (on all lenses).

If image quality has improved in the past 10 years, it's hard to see. I shoot with a 2018 Pentax K1 Mark II (same sensor as the D810) and the images I get from it always seem to please me more than the images I get from my much more recent mirrorless cameras.

I own a Nikon D810 and I mostly use it for landscape photography. Since I'm new to photography, I don't know much about cameras (I only had a Nikon D300 before the D810), but it seems to me that my phone, both in raw mode, does a better job of capturing more accurate colors and smaller details in photo, such as a delicate and subtle haze. I am using high quality, professional grade lenses on the Nikon D810, which then makes me wonder: is it the fact that it is an older processor? Do newer processors do a better job of capturing color? (Again, I am talking only Raw mode here) Whatever, the case, I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thanks

As from the z6ii you can do some nice videos

you dont actually dislike nikon mirrorless, you should check out the zf, the z30 is their entry and its quite good for basic video , the zf its the best camera in my opinion.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

I’d love to have the Zf it’s just out of the budget at the moment 😅

I rock the D810 its a great camera, I wouldn't mind a D3 and a F5.

d800 etc. series shutter clap is legendary. Noisy as hell, but legendary.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Hahah for sure. Had to be sure to record it to add in the video when the photos popped up

@LIAMBEDE

2 ай бұрын

D810 shutter is so quiet though?

@northofbrandon

2 ай бұрын

​@@LIAMBEDE It's not quiet lol

@LIAMBEDE

2 ай бұрын

@@northofbrandon have you shot the D810? I would consider it very quiet/discreet compared to the earlier two 800 series or most other digital cameras for that matter.

@northofbrandon

2 ай бұрын

@@LIAMBEDE nah but there's vids here on YT demonstrating both side by side and they both seem kinda loud.

Have you tried z8?

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

I have a Z7. Z8 is not in the budget currently, my main system is Fuji X mount

its my main camera

I think when you want so zoom out at the live view, you can hit the "OK" button

@peterreich8565

2 ай бұрын

The middel one in the cneter of the "jostick"

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

I keep trying that, another comment suggested the same thing but it doesn’t do anything on my camera

@peterreich8565

2 ай бұрын

Hm ok... That it's stupid 🙄😂

@user-cy3bq5zq6b

2 ай бұрын

yep you can assign it to punch straight in to 100% or even 200% and then straight out

Screw focus is perfectly accurate its just not as fast

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Maybe there’s something wrong with my D810 then because it misses focus pretty consistently

@ironmantooltime

2 ай бұрын

@@MattJacobs or the lens. The 28 isn't the sharpest but it shouldn't miss focus. Is AF fine tuning an option on the D810?

Color science looks wierd to me… but I’m a newbie…😮

You’re comparing a full frame to a crop sensor. Subjectively it’ll be better in some areas.

Me gustaría tener una cámara de cada marca, pero no tengo tanto dinero. 😅😅😅

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Same hahaha I end up selling stuff I don’t use to fund purchases of other things to try out

I thought it was lefty Lucy, righty tighty.

Steve Mccury shoot this camera...thats all you need to say 😊

Huh, the Z6 can shoot phenomenal video. You also apparently haven't heard of the Z f, Z 30 or Z fc? You might want to watch more videos before you make such outlandish claims.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen plenty of videos. Out of that list, think the Zf is the one I would most likely go for, but would still much rather use my Fuji XH2S for video.

Seems like fake news.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Idk if you’re referring to the title or the video itself. The title may be a bit simplified but I gotta get people to watch my video somehow, otherwise what’s the point of making it? 😅 I felt like the video was pretty well-balanced and fair overall.

@Dorekus

2 ай бұрын

@@MattJacobs Well if you only want people to watch the videos maybe try transparency and not just click baits.

@MattJacobs

2 ай бұрын

Again, did you watch the video? It’s transparent. Clearly you’ve never made videos yourself and it shows. You don’t put in all that effort just to slap a boring title on it. A more attention grabbing title brings in a wider audience of people who aren’t just looking up “Nikon D810 review” Also, the entire first 2 minutes of the video immediately talk about how the specs hold up today despite the camera being from 2014.

@Dorekus

2 ай бұрын

@@MattJacobs I dont need to make videos with click bait titles, i just record random stuff from time to time but whatever feeds your self importance of just making maximum views.

this guy is lame, knows nothing about Nikon D810 much less about Sigma lenses.

@MattJacobs

Ай бұрын

I don’t have the same opinion as you = I know nothing about anything. Makes sense.

You need to learn how to use your camera. You can punch in 100% in live view with the button on the joypad and shoot whilst punched in.

@MattJacobs

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I know that. I said pretty clearly in the video I don’t want it to stay punched when I go to take the photo. It’s annoying I have to manually zoom all the way back out instead of just half pressing the shutter button. But thanks for the “constructive” feedback.