Nikon DF opinions?

[planetx]

Would suit my style perfectly but at £3k and trapped into buying a crappy f1.8 - that's tapping in M9 money and a 35mm Sumi

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/124862-hands-on-nikon-df-review

 

[Brazo]

I think it looks great, but you can get a better specced and cheaper camera with better image quality from one of Nikons more modern looking cameras.

one for the hipster crowd?

 

[planetx]

I would like one

 

[Niall]

I think that looks awful aesthetically, the tech specs are good but it just looks like a ye olde D700, not a fan really.

 

[planetx]

Just like a D700 !

I like it - guess its a generation thing, I was humping a FM2 around South Armagh in 1995 so this would be very familiar.

 

[ukaskew]

I'm in the 'don't really get it' camp, unfortunately. As much as I love all the manual dials and still struggle to live without them having gone from an X100/X-E1 to a D600, I still can't even vaguely see where the cost is justified.

I would no doubt love using it, but it's silly money for something that isn't offering anything really special beyond the styling and controls.

 

[planetx]

D4 engine? Complete with a lens. The ability to run all Nikon lens back to 1950. Let's see what images it produces.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I'm mighty disappointed.
I was expecting something similarish to an X100, but a bit more sophisticated.
Just seems like body very similar to a D800/D4 but retro looking.

Don't really get it personally.

 

[planetx]

You would if you ever used a FM2.

I might be blogging one from Nikon as sponsorship.....watch this space

 

[planetx]

You mean you wouldn't want a Nikon DF "Dan Freeman"?

 

[Brazo]

D4 engine? Complete with a lens. The ability to run all Nikon lens back to 1950. Let's see what images it produces.

D4 engine is fine if your a sports tog but this sort of camera (and I agree it looks ace) would be better suited to a slower more traditional photography and the D600/800 sensor would have been a better option.

 

[planetx]

Would rather a D4 engine where I can shoot upto a usable 25,600 ISO.

The D800 falls apart at 3200

 

[Matt_90]

I shoot with my d800 at 6400 at times and its fine don't really go much above that :/ I like the idea of the of the DF but think its a tad over priced but still a lovely bit of kit to have if you have the wallet for it.

 

[Brazo]

According to the dreaded dxo mark d4 is no better than d800 at low noise unless you want to argue over 1/10th of a stop. What you do need to do though is reduce the d800 files to 1/3 for a fair comparison.