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Tests and reviews for the camera Nikon D800E

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Nikon D800E
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DxOMark Sensor Scores

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Overall Score[?]
96
Portrait
(Color Depth)[?]
25.6 bits
Landscape
(Dynamic Range)[?]
14.3 Evs
Sports
(Low-Light ISO)[?]
2979 ISO

View how the Nikon D800E camera rates at the DxOMark Score

Type Semi-Pro DSLR 
Announced 2012-02-07 
Indicative price (USD) 3300  
Sensor type CMOS 
Resolution 7424 x 4924  
Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) 36.56  
Sensor size (mm) 24.0 x 35.9 
Color filter array RGB 
Pixel pitch (µm) 4.84  
Bits per pixel 14.0 
Focal length multiplier 1.00 
Aspect Ratio 3:2 
ISO latitude  50 - 25600 
Shutter type Mechanical 
Fastest - Slowest speed (s) 1/8000 - 30.0  
Frame rate (fps) 4.0  
Live view  Yes 
Stabilization  No 
Firmware  
Dust cleaningYes 
Mount typeNikon F  
Weight (gr)  
Battery type Li-Ion, EN-EL15, 7V, 1900mAh 
Battery weight (gr)  
Tropicalization  
Camera material Metal 
Mount material Metal 
View finder type Optical 
View finder magnification 0.7 
View finder coverage 100 
Mirror lockup Yes 
View finder diopter -3 to +1 
Monitor type LCD 
Monitor size 3.2 
Monitor pixel 921000 
Articulated screen No 
Touch screen No 
Contrast screen  
Low-pass filter  
Focus mode Yes 
Autofocus modes AF-S, AF-C 
Number of autofocus points 51 
Exposure bracketing 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV 
Exposure compensation -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV 
Drive modes S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed), CH (continuous high speed), Q (quiet shutter-release), Self-timer (2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 s) 
Buffer size  
Recording medium Compact Flash (Type I), SD/SDHC/SDXC UHS-I compliant 
Image format JPEG, RAW(NEF), TIFF 
White balance bracketing 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1, 2 or 3 
Connectivity USB 3.0 Micro-B connector, Type C mini-pin HDMI connector 
Bluetooth No 
3G No 
Sound recording Yes 
External micro Yes 
Histogram Yes 
GPS No 
Video Yes 
Maximum format image video 1920 x 1080 / 30 fps 
Full HD Yes 
Live autofocus Yes 
Video file format MOV 
Video codec H.264 
Video stabilisation No 

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Color response
Sensitivity metamerism index
ISO 17321 		77
 
White balance scales R raw 2.02
G raw 1
B raw 1.49
 
    R sRGB G sRGB B sRGB
Color matrix as defined in ISO standard 17321 R raw 1.89 -0.82 -0.08
G raw -0.16 1.55 -0.39
B raw 0.07 -0.51 1.44

Full Color Sensitivity: Noise covariance ellipses in CIE 1931 Lab color space
Select ISO : 100
(ISO are manufacturer ISO)
 
Select luminance : 30


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Added by calogy |  May 07

some more lens test on D800e

are you planning to publish some more lens test for D800e soon?
And what about D7100?
We are waiting for them in order to understand how lack of AA filter it is improving image quality
Thank you providing us usefull equipment tests

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Added by Emilie_DxOMark |  May 14

Re: some more lens test on D800e

Hello,

Thanks for your comment.

Yes, results should be available before summer for both cameras.

Best regards

The DxOMark team

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Added by koleh77 |  July 06, 2012

comparison

thanks a lot for review
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Added by ThierryYsebaert |  June 27, 2012

difference D800 / D800e

Jesus , people get angry very quick here !  :-)
There is a difference in sharpness with these camera's , one can see it at 200´% magnification in PS . Is it worth the extra price ? I think it depends on your needs .I hope the difference will be more relevant in large printing.
The only thing witch I find very disliking/desgusting is Nikon charging 300 euro's more for it ! ( and the NX2 programme I am not interested in at all )
I nearly only do flower/roses photography . I started with a Canon 40D + 100mm and later I switched to Nikon D90 + 105mm . The things I tried to achieve suddenly appeared . At DxO I found out why !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24426799@N06/show/

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Added by koleh77 |  July 06, 2012

Re: difference D800 / D800e

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Added by WildLandscapes |  June 24, 2012

Are You Blind?

D800 is a great camera but one must be absolutely blind not to see that noise level is ok up about ISO 1600- definitely is worst than what can do both D4 and 5DIII. DxOMark tests are completely irrelevant – do not take them seriously. Either the number 800 (and a few others) make a magic in there eyes or they get paid by Sony/Nikon dealers. 

I'm really sorry for you DxoMark guys; I'm not going to visit your web anymore and going to turn all my friend of you.

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Added by gnnyman |  July 05, 2012

Re: Are You Blind?

It is very clear that a camera which incorporates a sensor with about 4 Micron pixel pitch reveals more noise than one with a 6 Micron pitch - to compare the performance of the firmware and electronics of the camera one must compare comparable pixel dimensions.
Second - every test is a subjective temporary verdict about one or few items - and not a general statement about anything else than: What I have seen at that time with that specific item applying specific testing methods which I have selected for that purpose - which means you can test something and another tester does the same test and gets different results. That's why you should never rely on any singular test result - read as many as you can find and then draw your own conclusion. I am writing test reports myself and use DXO Analyzer as well as the IE Analyzer and to top it also the system of Norman Koren - all three come usually up with some differences in performance. My approach is then to compare those results and come to a conclusion by integrating all results as good as possible.

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Added by tippi |  June 22, 2012

Statistics

Being an old pharma guy I have to say this. There is a difference between numerical difference and statistical significance. I don't know enough about DXO marks methodology to make a definitive statement but a one point difference may represent a trend toward statistical significance without actually achieving it. Since the folks at DXO seem fairly quant driven it would be interesting to hear their thoughts on this.

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Added by evilthought |  June 21, 2012

Are you sane?

AaronMC, are you sane? The difference between lowlight score is 1/15 stops. Even if they test two different D800, they will get this (and probably more than this) sample variation/margin of error.

Basically, Dxomark scores confirm there is no difference. What are you seeing in these scores?

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Added by AaronMC |  June 21, 2012

WTF?

This is so odd. It's the same sensor. The same amount of light. All that's happening is the diffraction of the AA filter is being de-diffracted. I guess that could possibly affect the ISO performance, but not DR and color.

Did you guys test multiple examples? Could this be explained by variations from sensor to sensor?

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Added by evilthought |  June 21, 2012

Re: WTF?

AaronMC, are you sane? The difference between lowlight score is 1/15 stops. Even if they test two different D800, they will get this (and probably more than this) sample variation/margin of error.

Basically, Dxomark scores confirm there is no difference. What are you seeing in these scores?

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Added by AaronMC |  June 22, 2012

Re: WTF?

Jeez, dude. I don't need an insult for asking a simple question.

I'm well aware that DxOMark says that small variations are within the margin of error. But they thought that it was significant enough to award the sensor another full point. I was curious as to why. If their answer is simply "it's within the margin of error and is probably measurement variation on our end," that would be a completely acceptable answer. I was curious if they thought it possible that the AA filter difference was directly responsible for the differences and, if so, how.

So thanks for being concerned about my sanity, but no, I think that I'm fine.

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Added by evilthought |  June 23, 2012

Re: WTF?

1 point total score is irrelevant difference. 5 points are 1/3 stops, so what's 1 point difference? Nothing. It's sample variation again.

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