Nikon D800 "Missing Features"

[sean_molin]

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<p>Nikon releases a DSLR that leap frogs over Canon for the first time</p>

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<p>First time? I know throughout history they have been doing it... but really the advent of the D3 was a leapfrog in Nikon's favor. The D700 and D7000 did it again in their classes. Canon really didn't even leapfrog back with the 1D X, it's extremely similar to the D4 on paper.<br /><br />Canon's having a rough patch trying to keep up.</p>

[photom]

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<p ><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=24372">Shun Cheung</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Moderator" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/mod.gif" alt="" /><img title="Subscriber" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/3rolls.gif" alt="" /></a>, Feb 12, 2012; 02:16 p.m.</p>

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<p>Not sure if they added the option to adjust iso from the "non-active" 2nd control wheel when using A or S program mode. Simple and easy to add. Pentax has had this since K-10d. So should everyone else.<br>

Nikon has the option to adjust exponsure compensation from the non-active command dial (main is inactive in Aperture priority and sub is inactive in Shutter priority). That feature is called <em>Easy Exposure Compensation</em> has been around for a few generations. It is controlled by Custom Setting gruop b.</p>

 

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<p>Then we are almost there. Now we just need to have option of having exposure compensation done by changing iso.</p>

 

[johne37179]

<p>The biggest missing feature on the D800 is my finger on the shutter release.</p>

[andylynn]

<p>March 18Same here. Mine's on order. Amazon says March 18. Or 22. (I put in orders for both versions, so I can take my time deciding which I want and which to cancel and not get stuck with it being backordered for 6 months...)</p>

[david_palmer5]

<p>Simon, who uses Live View? I do. It was one of the main reasons I moved to the D7000. I shoot a lot of nature macro and find digital SLR viewfinders very difficult to focus accurately compared with the old film bodies' focusing screens. The ability to zoom into the focus point using Live View is invaluable. Plus I am disabled and in many circumstances I cannot physically contort myself to get my eye anywhere near the viewfinder. Most macro shots at ground level would be impossible for me were it not for Live View. An articulated screen would probably help me, but I'd have the same concerns as others about its robustness and longevity.</p>

[scottelly]

<p>I think you are oversimplifying the process of designing and building a camera. Rotatable sensor? No . . . not practical. They would have to redesign the whole thing. The camera would get bigger. The mirror would have to get bigger. The viewfinder would nave black bands across the top and bottom or down the sides, while shooting. Where would they put the data displays in the viewfinder? The viewfinder would have to get bigger. Many many more problems would present themselves, if you were to make an attempt at such a dramatic re-design. It's just not practical. It's much easier, cheaper, and more practical to just integrate a grip along the bottom and add some buttons and dials . . . which is why the pro cameras are like that. This is conjecture, but I suspect that if you do the research, you will find this to be true.</p>

<p>There are MANY features that are left out of every camera. That's life. I wish that all DSLR cameras had the simple fold-out screens of the cheap little video cameras and point-and-shoot cameras. Unfortunately, for some reason, most of the manufacturers can't seem to understand that would be a dramatic advantage. Sony gets it. The others are just a bunch of ostriches or something. It's coming . . . just slower than many of us wish.</p>

<p>I wish they would have contracted with Sigma to make them a full-frame Foveon sensor. It would be nice to see Sony's virtual monopoly broken. A 90 megapixel (30x3) Foveon sensor in a Nikon would be very cool. They already proved the Foveon can produce high quality, virtually noise-free images at that density up to about ISO 800. Doubling the number of photo-sites with a sensor twice the size would be AMAZING!</p>