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Nikon D810

Nikon D810 Live View vs D800/D800E

While the Nikon D810 lacks an Apple iPhone style Retina display, so do all the other DSLRs. What shame that display quality is not a priority as it is for Apple.

Still, Nikon D800E/D800 owners will find that the Live View quality on the Nikon D810 might itself justify the upgrade price, as the two examples show. In the field, the mangled Live View of the D800E has been an ongoing usability headache for your author, so the D810 improvement is very welcome.

As shown below, the mangled Live view of the Nikon D800E is shown below in its full notorious glory, the every-3rd-line subsampling showing up in various ways including the staircasing on the Siemens chart. Not only is the D810 radically better, the LCD is more neutral in color (images shot as JPEG with the Sigma dp2 Quattro at fixed “daylight” white balance).

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Nikon D810 (left), D800E (right)

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