Comments on: [Gear] 5D Mark III vs. D800 (Part 2: low light, jpeg, buffering, ergonomics)

By: Henry Orth

Henry Orth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Well, if they would just deliver my Mk III then I would not have to watch every 5D Mk III review – who am I kidding, I would still watch…

By: Chuck Navarro

Chuck Navarro — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:23:00 +0000

That’s exactly what I was thinking. How much bigger are those files? Maybe it’s only a few mb’s difference but not fair when the Nikon’s files are definitely bigger. Oh and the issue with WB being different on each camera? They used Auto WB! Not even going to get into that.

By: Nathan Hamler

Nathan Hamler — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:52:00 +0000

if you’re shooting jpg why wouldn’t you kick the resolution down on the d800 for an even comparison…i’m sure it has a 22 or 24mp, Fine JPG mode….CLEARLY the buffer sucks b/c it’s putting our larger files….and as for the green cast…..well that’s WHY you shoot raw…duh…

By: Chuck Navarro

Chuck Navarro — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Interesting they bring up the green cast on the images and how that was a problem with the D800 screen showing all images with a green cast due to bad calibration of the screen. I wonder if the images still looked that green too!?

By: Bogdan radu

Bogdan radu — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:13:00 +0000

both cameras suck! I’m switching to Olympus…

By: BDWT

BDWT — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +0000

The D800 should be ready for any scenario. If I were to buy a camera, I want it to be as versatile as anything else out there – and it should hold up in any format that someone would choose to shoot in, I don’t think those are reasonable excuses for the performance in this test. That isn’t to knock it completely, the D800 could excel in other areas where the Canon wouldn’t, when you get to this level of pro camera, these nuances are trivial.

By: Vincent Chan

Vincent Chan — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:56:00 +0000

Nikon has always been not able to handle WB when comes to artificial lightings…. :) be it RAW or JPEG… (shoot as it is…. without Post Processing….)

By: Joop van Roy

Joop van Roy — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:29:00 +0000

I’m looking forward to the D800e comparison, see how that one fares with JPEGs, ISO128000 and handheld shots at 1/10th of a second.

By: Thrills Seeker

Thrills Seeker — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:58:00 +0000

The D800 was not made for this scenario. The D4 is the low light, high ISO model for Nikon.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:04:00 +0000

With the price of memory so cheap, it’s crazy to me that buffer limits are still around. Anyone know how big the buffers are in these cameras? Seems like 16GB would be enough and fairly cheap but it seems like they are around 2-4GBs