Canon and Nikon both have brand new professional DLSR cameras fighting for the wallets of photographers and videographers the world over. We recently reviewed the Canon 5D Mark III, and are whipping up a review of the Nikon D800. In the meantime, we put together a comparison of the video capabilities of these two foes.
Benchmarks don’t always tell the whole story of a gadget or device, but they can be quite handy as support for those gut instincts and intuitions people have while using a device. And in the case of the Nikon D800, whose sensor DxOMark called the best ever after benchmarking it, it will need all the support it can get in its inevitable comparison against the Canon 5D Mark III.
Yesterday Nikon revealed its D800 DSLR leaving photo and video nerds alike salivating for samples. Eager to show off the D800′s video capabilities, Nikon left it to filmmaker Sandro Miller to create a film meant to make us drool. And so we have Joy Ride, which chronicles the journey of one man and his motorcycle… and not much else aside from a superfluously gross childbirth scene.
Nikon’s new D800 SLR is a study in expectations and identity. Laid bare, the $US3000 D800 is an impressive camera. But it’s probably not the D800 that a lot of Nikon fans have been waiting for — what some feel they’d been virtually promised.
The hugely-anticipated Nikon D800 might be hitting soon — like a week and a half soon. Nikon rumours claims the impending mega-DSLR will shoot 36 megapixels, confirming earlier speculation. And it’ll kick off on February 7.
Back in October we reported the first leaked specs of Nikon’s new flagship DSLR, the D800. Now the first pictures of the camera have circulated, and boy does it look like it means business.
