Wildlife Photography across the Water: Nikon D800-The extras

Friday, 10 February 2012

Nikon D800-The extras

Whilst the new D800 looks the absolute business it will come at a cost-not just the camera but all the peripherals like much much bigger CF and SD cards, A spare battery-its the same as the D7000 which is good but its not a D3s battery so you will need a spare, Then theres the hidden extras like storage, At over 100MB for an 8bit tiff or over 200MB if you keep your tiffs as 16bit those hard drives are going to fill quickly and although people say that storage is cheap its not as cheap as it was this time last year due to the floods in Thailand, Hows your PC/Mac performance? yes those files will SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW you workflow down unless you have a super fast PC/Mac, Lucky for me i upgraded to the fastest processors etc last year and added a couple of 3TB drives so for me the cost would just be the camera, Having a camera with such a high pixel rate will show any limitations in lenses and to get the very best out of this beast you better use Nikons finest lenses or even lenses like Zeiss if you really want to show the finest detail, Again i stocked up with Nikons finest 3 years ago and boy am i glad that i did as prices have sky rocketed since, So $3000 sounds like a bargain for the camera but some will have to upgrade the lenses and PC/Mac and all of a sudden its not such a bargain, I think that the D800 could be a game changer though, $6000 for the D4 is a lot of money whatever way you look at it, I think by the end of the year it would be prudent to get a D800 and the D400 instead of just 1 D4, The D400 whatever and whenever it arrives will probably have around 24mp and have the speed for birds and fast moving mammals and the D800 will cover everything else and you will have change out of the $6000 that the D4 costs, It certainly is exciting times to be a photographer whatever camp you are in, By Nikon announcing the D800 now it should? keep Canon on its toes for when the 5D3 arrives as well as the 7D2 or whatever it will be called
Time to start saving

Dave

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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.