**Camera Comparison: Nikon D800 and D810**

When it comes to camera technology, there are always new innovations and improvements that can enhance our photography and videography experiences. In this article, we will compare two cameras that have garnered significant attention from photographers and videographers: the Nikon D800 and its upgraded version, the D810.

**Recording Length and Resolution**

One of the key differences between the two cameras is their recording length. The D800 has a maximum recording length of 20 minutes at Full HD, while the D810 can record for as long as you want using an external recorder through the uncompressed HDMI feed. Additionally, the D810 features improved video capabilities, including no optical low-pass filter, which can be beneficial for professional videographers.

**Weight and Battery Life**

The weight of the two cameras is another notable difference. The D800 weighs 650 grams, while the D810 weighs 680 grams, a difference of 30 grams. However, it's worth noting that the D810 has improved battery life, with up to 1200 shots compared to the D800's 900 shots.

**Price**

When it comes to pricing, both cameras are competitive, but there is a slight difference between them. The D800 can currently be picked up for around $3000 in the US or £1800 in the UK, while the D810 will retail at $3300 when released. This price point is similar, with the D810 likely to drop in value over time as the D800 and its upgraded version are discontinued.

**Upgrading from the D800**

So, is it worth upgrading from the D800 to the D810? While the D810 offers some significant improvements, such as no optical low-pass filter and improved video capabilities, it's an incremental update rather than a major overhaul. If you're already familiar with the D800 and don't need the latest and greatest features, there may not be enough reason to upgrade.

**Audio Capabilities**

Both cameras feature a stereo microphone onboard, which is a significant improvement over the mono mic on the D800. The D810 also has a headphone jack, allowing for more professional audio monitoring. Additionally, both cameras offer external mic capabilities through an HDMI feed, making it easier to record high-quality audio.

**External Recorders**

For those who want to take their video recording to the next level, both cameras support external recorders. The D800 and its upgraded version can connect to an external recorder using an uncompressed HDMI feed, allowing for unlimited recording length. This feature is a major advantage for professional videographers who need high-quality footage.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, while the Nikon D810 offers some significant improvements over the D800, it's not necessarily worth upgrading from the latter. The price point is similar, and the incremental updates may not be enough to justify the cost. However, if you're already familiar with the D800 and want the latest features for professional videography or photography, the D810 is a great option.

**Final Thoughts**

The Nikon D810 will be released in July 17th and can be pre-ordered now. If you've got the D800 right now, it's worth considering whether upgrading to the D810 is worth it. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up YouTube's a few on Superstock TV and in this video I'm gonna be comparing the specs of the Nikon d810 to the Nikon d800 so the d810 has just been officially announced today and it supersedes the d800 and d800e which came out roughly about two years ago both of these models came out roughly about two years ago and it's offering some new features and some improvements as well the d800 when it released was a bit of a game changer for nikon and it really started competing on the video side of things with canon before the 800 makaan really didn't have much to offer in terms of a video on DSLR compared to what can it had but the d800 they changed that and it's been a great camera for me personally because i have been using it for the past two years pretty much most of my videos on the channel have been filmed on a b d800 so you can go ahead and check those out and there's also a full review of the d800 on the channel which i'll be linking in the description below and that was the first full camera review that I did on the channel and since then the d800 has certainly very well in terms of images as well as video and now that has been improved with the d810 but what has improved what's new what's different well I do hit that thumbs up one let's find out in this head-to-head spec comparison so let's kick off with the resolution and sensor size the Nikon d800 came with the 36 0.3 megapixel sensor the highest resolution on any DSLR out there at the time I still believe it is the highest if not one of the highest resolutions of any DSLR right now and that is absolutely huge it allows you lots of flexibility when you're taking your shots you can crop in further later on as well and that always has been the unique selling point of the Nikon d800 the d810 maintains that same resolution so you've got a d thirty-six point three megapixel sensor it's also the same sensor size but you've got a new process you've got the speed for processor compared to the speed three processor on a DD 800 so you've got an improvement in terms of speed as well as noise they're saying so that's nice to see that that has been improved on the d810 the other thing that you've also got on the d810 is no optical low-pass filter now on the d800 you did have the optical low-pass filter on the d800e you did not have the optical low-pass filter now for those of you who are not we're not having the optical low-pass filter gives you more sharper more crisp images and this is something that makan are doing a lot on the idea solarz the d70 100 the d-4s there's quite a few of the idea solarz that they're now putting cooperating this with and it definitely has been quite successful for them and the d800e was the starting point of this this is the first time they did not include the optical low-pass filter so that's great to see that they've continued this on and it should result in more sharp or more crisp images now the other thing that the d810 also offers is raw s format now what this does is lets you capture raw images but at a smaller resolution roughly about nine megapixels now this is something that I didn't mention in my fuller Nick on d800 review was that it's great to have a thirty six point three megapixels but in terms of the file sizes that raw you looking at huge file sizes so having a resolution that's smaller but start row is beneficial and this is offered here I would have liked it to be raw maybe brought em so you've got raw s4m Rowell so you've got different stages and it would have been nice to have had raw at roughly about 18 megapixels that's not there you've only got it at raw s which is roughly about nine megapixels from what I've seen so this option is here not brilliant but it's something that's nice to have and moving on to other to focus you've got 51 autofocus points on both cameras as well as 15 cross-type but the d810 does come with group or area to focus as well so you've got a little more flexibility and it's gonna let you group them rather than just having a single point when you need it so that's a an addition that you've got here and all to focus on the 88 10 now ISO a DD 800 you've got between 100 to 6400 this has been improved upon and you've got 64 to 12,800 so you do have a big improvement here in terms of the ISO range on a DNA con at the edge and now it goes down to 64 ISO now this is something new and something that we've not seen before on DSLRs usually have to start at 100 iso so going down even further on iso is great and it's going to help reduce noise and things when you're taking images especially in control situations where you want to go down as low as possible continues shooting has also been improved you've got five frames a second compared to four frames a second on the d800 so there has been improvement here and also in a DX crop mode so that's one point two times crop with the battery grip you can get up to seven frames a second on the d800e could only get up to six frames a second so there's another improvement that you've got here there's lots of things that have remained the same so for example at the maximum shutter speed is theta2 one eight thousandth of a second the maximum flash sync speed has also remained the same to one 250th of a second we've also got 100% viewfinder coverage on both cameras which is great to see now the card slots have also remained the same so you've got SD card slot as well as a CF card slot so you can use these for backup also they fall over as well if you want now one thing that Nikon cameras offer is interval timer shooting for time-lapse and both of these cameras do come with that but on the d800 you can only do a maximum of 999 shots on the d810 you can get a maximum of 9999 shots so some really long time lapses that you can get on a DNA con that d810 and this is something that's great because not what the sellers come with this built-in the Canon cameras don't come with this building you have to get an Edition if you want to get interval timer shooting so having time lapses a straight off the camera is a great feature to have the resolution of at the LCD screen has also been improved so you've got a high resolution on bt 810 which is useful now moving on to the video which is quite an interesting part there's been some great improvements in terms of video on the d8 and firstly starting off with the frame rates so you've got 24 25 and 30 frames a second at 1080 p on the d800 you've also got 50 or 60 frames a second at 720p on the d810 and now you can also film up to 50 or 60 frames a second out full at 1080p HD so you've got slow motion at Full HD which is great to see no 4k as yet that would have been nice but this is something we're probably gonna have to wait a couple of years for on the next version maybe I've got some more improvements here on video as well first you've got flat color style on the d810 so if you're somebody that's serious about video most likely you're gonna be grading your footage out late at the point so having that flat color style is definitely beneficial you've also got auto ISO when you're forming in manual mode so this is quite nice so you can a constant aperture as well as a constant shutter speed but the ISO will automatically change and it will gradually change as well so it won't be the standard you know the clicking that you usually get when you change your ISO it's gonna be a gradual change so if you go from a dark environment to a light environment it shouldn't be a problem and it should be quite smooth so if you are moving the camera around you don't have to be in a fully controlled situation all the time so that's a definitely beneficial you've also got zebra stripes as well now this is gonna help you see your highlights and make sure that they're not blown out on screen so on your LCD screen now in terms of the recording length this hasn't changed you've still got 20 minutes at Full HD as well as 29 minutes and 59 seconds at 720p so if you do want to film at 1080p which is most likely that you can do you can only film at a continuous length of 20 minutes I would have liked to have seen this improved but it hasn't been however if you do use an external recorder through the uncompressed HDMI feed which both of these cameras offer then you can record for as long as you want so this is something that both of these cameras are offering and if you're somebody that's into pro video then this is something definitely useful you can connect an external recorder something like a Natomas ninja and get uncompressed quality video on a 2d at most ninja or another external recorder and I really play with the footage later on so especially you're gonna be grading or anything and you are somebody that's into pro video this is a great option and it's offered on both cameras both of these also feature a mic in as well as the headphone out so if you do want to be recording some more professional quality audio and you also want to be monitoring that audio as well you can do that with both of these cameras but on the d800 you only had a mono mic onboard so with the mic on board which to be honest you probably won't use much you only had a mono one but now you've got a stereo mic on a DDA it's 10 so there is an improvement here I usually recommend getting the next time I record all together for DSLR video something like the zoom h4n which is absolutely great or using an external mic something like the road with manual levels on your camera so that way you can get the best audio possible now the d810 also weighs a little bit less compared to the da 120 grams less so not a huge deal here it is slightly larger overall in terms of the height the width and the depth very slightly just a few millimeters in it so nothing that you're necessarily going to be noticing so this is a slight change on here you've also got the same battery under both of these so is the E and E L 15 on a both camera so if you are coming from a d800 you're gonna be able to use the same batteries but on the d810 you are gonna get improved performance so that's up to 1200 shots compared to 900 shots on the d800 now finally looking at the price the d800 you can currently pick it up for roughly about three thousand dollars in the US or around about 1800 pounds in the UK the d800e is going for roughly about three thousand three hundred dollars now the d810 is gonna be released in roughly about July seventeenth and it's gonna be coming in also at $3,300 or roughly about a two thousand seven hundred pounds you can pre-order it right now so quite similar in price here no doubt that the d800 and the d800e will be dropping in price as time goes by because they are gonna be discontinued and taken over by DT 810 and those were the key differences between these two cameras now if you've got the d800 right now is it worth upgrading to the D eight and well personally I won't be upgrading to the D eight cent because it is just an incremental update it's not a massive update compared to the DA 10 but if you are somebody who wants the newer features such as no optical low-pass filter and some of the improvements in video and you're serious smart video then the d810 is a good option what do you think of the d 8 send will you be buying it do draw me comment below and let me know your thoughts I hope you enjoyed this video and found it useful if you did as always please do hit that thumbs up on it read to swap me out and why not subscribe to this channel I've got plenty more content coming up on here thanks watching the staff on super sakti V I'll see you next time if you want to see more regular videos I like this one the be sure to hit the subscribe button which will be below if you're a mobile device it may be somewhere else if you want to see my previous related video then hit the liquor right here you're gonna stay in touch over Facebook Twitter a Google+ then all of the addresses will be there somewhere as well as direct links in the description below okay you're still watching and that means you've not done one of those things so no yeah anyway I'm I'm just I'm just gonna go downstairs see okay um the reason 3d at downstairs anyway say yeahwhat's up YouTube's a few on Superstock TV and in this video I'm gonna be comparing the specs of the Nikon d810 to the Nikon d800 so the d810 has just been officially announced today and it supersedes the d800 and d800e which came out roughly about two years ago both of these models came out roughly about two years ago and it's offering some new features and some improvements as well the d800 when it released was a bit of a game changer for nikon and it really started competing on the video side of things with canon before the 800 makaan really didn't have much to offer in terms of a video on DSLR compared to what can it had but the d800 they changed that and it's been a great camera for me personally because i have been using it for the past two years pretty much most of my videos on the channel have been filmed on a b d800 so you can go ahead and check those out and there's also a full review of the d800 on the channel which i'll be linking in the description below and that was the first full camera review that I did on the channel and since then the d800 has certainly very well in terms of images as well as video and now that has been improved with the d810 but what has improved what's new what's different well I do hit that thumbs up one let's find out in this head-to-head spec comparison so let's kick off with the resolution and sensor size the Nikon d800 came with the 36 0.3 megapixel sensor the highest resolution on any DSLR out there at the time I still believe it is the highest if not one of the highest resolutions of any DSLR right now and that is absolutely huge it allows you lots of flexibility when you're taking your shots you can crop in further later on as well and that always has been the unique selling point of the Nikon d800 the d810 maintains that same resolution so you've got a d thirty-six point three megapixel sensor it's also the same sensor size but you've got a new process you've got the speed for processor compared to the speed three processor on a DD 800 so you've got an improvement in terms of speed as well as noise they're saying so that's nice to see that that has been improved on the d810 the other thing that you've also got on the d810 is no optical low-pass filter now on the d800 you did have the optical low-pass filter on the d800e you did not have the optical low-pass filter now for those of you who are not we're not having the optical low-pass filter gives you more sharper more crisp images and this is something that makan are doing a lot on the idea solarz the d70 100 the d-4s there's quite a few of the idea solarz that they're now putting cooperating this with and it definitely has been quite successful for them and the d800e was the starting point of this this is the first time they did not include the optical low-pass filter so that's great to see that they've continued this on and it should result in more sharp or more crisp images now the other thing that the d810 also offers is raw s format now what this does is lets you capture raw images but at a smaller resolution roughly about nine megapixels now this is something that I didn't mention in my fuller Nick on d800 review was that it's great to have a thirty six point three megapixels but in terms of the file sizes that raw you looking at huge file sizes so having a resolution that's smaller but start row is beneficial and this is offered here I would have liked it to be raw maybe brought em so you've got raw s4m Rowell so you've got different stages and it would have been nice to have had raw at roughly about 18 megapixels that's not there you've only got it at raw s which is roughly about nine megapixels from what I've seen so this option is here not brilliant but it's something that's nice to have and moving on to other to focus you've got 51 autofocus points on both cameras as well as 15 cross-type but the d810 does come with group or area to focus as well so you've got a little more flexibility and it's gonna let you group them rather than just having a single point when you need it so that's a an addition that you've got here and all to focus on the 88 10 now ISO a DD 800 you've got between 100 to 6400 this has been improved upon and you've got 64 to 12,800 so you do have a big improvement here in terms of the ISO range on a DNA con at the edge and now it goes down to 64 ISO now this is something new and something that we've not seen before on DSLRs usually have to start at 100 iso so going down even further on iso is great and it's going to help reduce noise and things when you're taking images especially in control situations where you want to go down as low as possible continues shooting has also been improved you've got five frames a second compared to four frames a second on the d800 so there has been improvement here and also in a DX crop mode so that's one point two times crop with the battery grip you can get up to seven frames a second on the d800e could only get up to six frames a second so there's another improvement that you've got here there's lots of things that have remained the same so for example at the maximum shutter speed is theta2 one eight thousandth of a second the maximum flash sync speed has also remained the same to one 250th of a second we've also got 100% viewfinder coverage on both cameras which is great to see now the card slots have also remained the same so you've got SD card slot as well as a CF card slot so you can use these for backup also they fall over as well if you want now one thing that Nikon cameras offer is interval timer shooting for time-lapse and both of these cameras do come with that but on the d800 you can only do a maximum of 999 shots on the d810 you can get a maximum of 9999 shots so some really long time lapses that you can get on a DNA con that d810 and this is something that's great because not what the sellers come with this built-in the Canon cameras don't come with this building you have to get an Edition if you want to get interval timer shooting so having time lapses a straight off the camera is a great feature to have the resolution of at the LCD screen has also been improved so you've got a high resolution on bt 810 which is useful now moving on to the video which is quite an interesting part there's been some great improvements in terms of video on the d8 and firstly starting off with the frame rates so you've got 24 25 and 30 frames a second at 1080 p on the d800 you've also got 50 or 60 frames a second at 720p on the d810 and now you can also film up to 50 or 60 frames a second out full at 1080p HD so you've got slow motion at Full HD which is great to see no 4k as yet that would have been nice but this is something we're probably gonna have to wait a couple of years for on the next version maybe I've got some more improvements here on video as well first you've got flat color style on the d810 so if you're somebody that's serious about video most likely you're gonna be grading your footage out late at the point so having that flat color style is definitely beneficial you've also got auto ISO when you're forming in manual mode so this is quite nice so you can a constant aperture as well as a constant shutter speed but the ISO will automatically change and it will gradually change as well so it won't be the standard you know the clicking that you usually get when you change your ISO it's gonna be a gradual change so if you go from a dark environment to a light environment it shouldn't be a problem and it should be quite smooth so if you are moving the camera around you don't have to be in a fully controlled situation all the time so that's a definitely beneficial you've also got zebra stripes as well now this is gonna help you see your highlights and make sure that they're not blown out on screen so on your LCD screen now in terms of the recording length this hasn't changed you've still got 20 minutes at Full HD as well as 29 minutes and 59 seconds at 720p so if you do want to film at 1080p which is most likely that you can do you can only film at a continuous length of 20 minutes I would have liked to have seen this improved but it hasn't been however if you do use an external recorder through the uncompressed HDMI feed which both of these cameras offer then you can record for as long as you want so this is something that both of these cameras are offering and if you're somebody that's into pro video then this is something definitely useful you can connect an external recorder something like a Natomas ninja and get uncompressed quality video on a 2d at most ninja or another external recorder and I really play with the footage later on so especially you're gonna be grading or anything and you are somebody that's into pro video this is a great option and it's offered on both cameras both of these also feature a mic in as well as the headphone out so if you do want to be recording some more professional quality audio and you also want to be monitoring that audio as well you can do that with both of these cameras but on the d800 you only had a mono mic onboard so with the mic on board which to be honest you probably won't use much you only had a mono one but now you've got a stereo mic on a DDA it's 10 so there is an improvement here I usually recommend getting the next time I record all together for DSLR video something like the zoom h4n which is absolutely great or using an external mic something like the road with manual levels on your camera so that way you can get the best audio possible now the d810 also weighs a little bit less compared to the da 120 grams less so not a huge deal here it is slightly larger overall in terms of the height the width and the depth very slightly just a few millimeters in it so nothing that you're necessarily going to be noticing so this is a slight change on here you've also got the same battery under both of these so is the E and E L 15 on a both camera so if you are coming from a d800 you're gonna be able to use the same batteries but on the d810 you are gonna get improved performance so that's up to 1200 shots compared to 900 shots on the d800 now finally looking at the price the d800 you can currently pick it up for roughly about three thousand dollars in the US or around about 1800 pounds in the UK the d800e is going for roughly about three thousand three hundred dollars now the d810 is gonna be released in roughly about July seventeenth and it's gonna be coming in also at $3,300 or roughly about a two thousand seven hundred pounds you can pre-order it right now so quite similar in price here no doubt that the d800 and the d800e will be dropping in price as time goes by because they are gonna be discontinued and taken over by DT 810 and those were the key differences between these two cameras now if you've got the d800 right now is it worth upgrading to the D eight and well personally I won't be upgrading to the D eight cent because it is just an incremental update it's not a massive update compared to the DA 10 but if you are somebody who wants the newer features such as no optical low-pass filter and some of the improvements in video and you're serious smart video then the d810 is a good option what do you think of the d 8 send will you be buying it do draw me comment below and let me know your thoughts I hope you enjoyed this video and found it useful if you did as always please do hit that thumbs up on it read to swap me out and why not subscribe to this channel I've got plenty more content coming up on here thanks watching the staff on super sakti V I'll see you next time if you want to see more regular videos I like this one the be sure to hit the subscribe button which will be below if you're a mobile device it may be somewhere else if you want to see my previous related video then hit the liquor right here you're gonna stay in touch over Facebook Twitter a Google+ then all of the addresses will be there somewhere as well as direct links in the description below okay you're still watching and that means you've not done one of those things so no yeah anyway I'm I'm just I'm just gonna go downstairs see okay um the reason 3d at downstairs anyway say yeah\n"