• Originals
    • Categories
      • Gear
        • Forum
          • Picture of the Day
            • Contests
              • More
                • FS Gear Guide
                • Fstoppers T-shirts
              • Home
              • Advertise
              • Meet the Writers
              • Submit Content
              • Contact
              SONY DSC
              May 13, 2012
              Adam Ottke

              [Video] Nikon v. Canon Full-Frame Shoot-Out by Philip Bloom

              Filmmaker Philip Bloom has gotten his hands on Nikon’s and Canon’s newest full-frame digital SLRs. Luckily for us, we get an extensive side-to-side comparison in this rather thorough shoot-out. Bloom uses the almost 30 minutes to go through resolution, aliasing, low-light, and feature comaprisons. Let us know what you think in the comments section!

              Gear
              Video
              « [Fstoppers Review] The Best Portable Audio Recorder For DSLR Video
              Fstoppers Photographers Party In San Fran Tonight »
              • http://twitter.com/Jimmy_Schaefer JimmySchaefer

                And here my buddy is waiting for the D800E cause its suppose to have the best video ever.. Thanks for the tip phil! thank you Fstop for posting this. 

              • http://twitter.com/Pixyst Pixyst

                Same issue with high ISO video comparison between D800 and MkIII. THE GAIN IS DIFFERENT FOR SIMILAR ISO’S.

              • http://twitter.com/Pixyst Pixyst

                D4 sharpness. Did you check AF fine tuning?

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yang-Gao/759205172 Yang Gao

                 Very unlikely. D800 and D800E share the same sensor. Unless Nikon purposely handicapped the readout speed of D800, D800E is not going to have better SNR or aliasing behavior.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yang-Gao/759205172 Yang Gao

                 Different curves? Canon has more crushed darks. I remember seeing in another video review with the CineStyle on Canon to give a similar tonal response to Nikon.

              • http://www.learningdslrvideo.com Dugdale

                Yang, I think you might be talking about my video where I used CineStyle:
                http://www.learningdslrvideo.com/5d-mark-iii-vs-nikon-d800/

                I really liked the look of the Nikon D800′s neutral style with the contrast all the way down in movie mode. To me it is the perfect starting point to color grade. The D800 had better dynamic range than the 5D3, that is why I think the blacks looked crushed compared to the D800.

              • http://twitter.com/MFMG Matt Green

                I want to know what Phil used to film his summary at the end of this video. Whatever camera that was, THAT is the one I want. Of course it is lit and graded superbly. Kudos to Phillip Bloom and FStoppers. I wish all comparisons were this entertaining.

              • JoeSmith5400

                Pay attention, the lens was a MANUAL FOCUS Zeiss ZF lens.

              • http://www.facebook.com/Jacob.Abrams1 Jacob Abrams

                 He said it was a Canon C300 on his website. Not sure on the lens though.

              • http://twitter.com/tobiassolem Tobias Solem

                No creds for recommending, eh? :(

              • http://twitter.com/Jensthetraveler Jens Marklund

                Fuck yes! Going to be an awesome 30min

              • apollo

                One very important test lacking, the Jello and rolling shutter test! I want to see that test with these cameras! 

              • ColinMcMano

                I don’t get why the 5D3 is being praised for it’s low light…the footage turn to a soft goo at higher iso’s due to NR

              • http://twitter.com/tobiassolem Tobias Solem

                They are the same for all of them. Same goes for AF.

              • Michael Battenberg

                These gear reviews are all very nice, but now that I am thousand’s of dollars deep in Canon equipment… I’ll be staying with Canon for a while!

              • http://www.miamicondorealty.com/ Samir

                What I don’t understand is that the C300 seems to be the one Philip uses all the time as opposed to these others but I read on Canon’s website that the C300 outputs only 50 MB/s Mpeg 2. Wouldn’t the internal video of  Mark III be better than this? Or am I to assume Philip always uses an external recorder so I have to add on another $1000-$3000 on top of the cost of the damn camera.

              • t_linn

                For some reason no matter where I drag the play head the video begins playing from 0:00.  I don’t have 30 minutes to devote to this but I am curious about the conclusion.  Can someone bottom line it?

              • http://www.facebook.com/kyron Kyron Gray

                If you use Chrome browser, go to vimeo 
                http://vimeo.com/42065372  and click “switch to html 5 player”

                This will give you the ability to scrub through the video. For some reason, the flash player has never let you scrub on Vimeo.

              • t_linn

                 Thanks, Kyron.

              • http://www.facebook.com/mikestog Mike Stog

                Great honest side-by-side comp!

              • http://twitter.com/Jensthetraveler Jens Marklund

                When it comes to compression and Mb/s – it depends on what file format you use. From what I’ve read, h.264 handles compression much better, and more information can be held at much smaller file sizes, compared to let’s say .mov files.

                I’m no expert, just read this a few days ago. It’s weird that he didn’t bring it up – as well as didn’t show us the difference between internal recording and external recording.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cristian-Troncoso/708395851 Cristian Troncoso

                Both camera are great, but I go for the D800, and leave Canon, and maybe in the future go for blackmagic ..

              • Jonathan Balaban

                That’s because h.264 is the compression and .mov is the file type or container.  You can have both at the same time.

              • http://www.facebook.com/isidorstankov Isidor Stankov

                Please lower background music from 28th minute, it is annoying for listening the speach in foreground.

                I have brought D800 last week, mostly for photography, and have no possibility to test it’s video capatibilities, but as I have seen it is awesome.

              • http://twitter.com/kirschplunder Philipp Blum

                I love his reviews, they are by far the most balanced and friendly ones! Oh, and his name is almost the same as mine haha.

              • Connect with Fstoppers
                Follow @Fstoppers
              • Fstoppers Originals
              • Popular Articles
                • What A Week Of Groceries Looks Like Around The World
                • How a Photographer Captured His Own Marriage Proposal
                • Simple, Two Strobe Food Tutorial
                • How Editorial Photographer GL Wood Edits Without Photoshop
                • [Picture] Making History: The Shot Before The Beatles “Abbey Road” Iconic Cover
                • Photos Showing the Devastation of the Oklahoma City Tornado Aftermath
                • List: Top Ten Best Movies about Photography
                • Cat Beards: The Latest Funny Photo Trend Involving Cats
                • Sounds of the Shutter
                • BTS Video of Fitness Shoot by Lear Miller
                • Life in the Future with Google Glass
                • Do You Have Enough Gear to be a Professional?
                • Want People to View Your Videos? New Data Confirms the Future is Social
                • Conjuring Inspiration: BTS of the 'Bringing Dreams to Life' Photoshoot
              • Recent Comments
                • James Darden said Restrepo, Shooting Robert King, Rock Prophecies, The Devil came on Horseback? »
                • Kev Millz said HAHA, the D800 is SO SLOW! »
                • James Darden said I actually stumbled across it while channel surfing several months ago. But I would think someone who wr »
                • James Darden said Are you serious? Was it the acting? The story? The fake accents? Was it unrealistic in its portrayal o »
                • Christian King said so extremely excited when i saw the trailers for this DVD. I love shooting weddings, but want to take my »
                • disqus_eAPGwp3t3C said Yes, I do photography.Yes, I am only semi-professional.Yes, I do make (allot?) of My restaurant men »
                • Micah Goldstein said Alas...will it work with ACR? Some of us don't like the LR... »
                • Micah Goldstein said ...and way more expensive. »
              • Support Fstoppers
                current nikon rebates deals
              • FS Originals
              • How Editorial Photographer GL Wood Edits Without Photoshop
              • Simple, Two Strobe Food Tutorial
              • List: Top Ten Best Movies about Photography
              • My Top 8 Pieces Of Gear For Shooting Run And Gun Video On A DSLR
              • Canon Photographers Biggest Secret Exposed
              • Categories
              • Commercial
              • Video
              • Gear
              • Location
              • Strobe Light
              • Contests
              • Win a 30x40 Print
              • Alien Skin Retouch Contest
              • Win the Art Behind the Headshot
              • Black Rapid Contest
              • Win a Lowepro Bag
              • Random Posts
              • Chase Jarvis: “Backup Your Pictures”
              • Hasselblad announces H5D Series Camera
              • Canon EOS M Finally Makes Its Appearance
              • Every Photographer Should Read and Study This Infographic
              • 7 Tips by Reuters’ Damir Photojournalism Sagoli
              • Picture of the Day
              • Sleeping Titan
              • Cyclist
              • Ferris Wheel
              • Cloudbreak
              • Highway 90
              • Home
              • Advertise
              • Meet the Writers
              • Submit Content
              • Contact
              • Sitemap
              © Fstoppers
              Made by Novum