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Thursday, 2 January 2014

Sony Offers Xperia Z Ultra Cases For QX Lens Cameras

Despite Sonyâ€™s QX10 and QX100 lens cameras can attach to most smartphones on their now, but they favored their own Xperia Z and Z2 handsets Â by developing custom cases for the devices and theyâ€™re doing the same for their 6.4-inch Xperia Z Ultra. Theyâ€™re releasing a new attachment cover in either black or white that will attach either camera to its phablet for around $30, which will be in addition to the price of the QX10 ($249) and QX100 ($499). The lens cameras can boost the smartphoneâ€™s camera to either an 18.2- or 20.2-megapixel machine, with the latter featuring the same sensor as Sonyâ€™s RX100 Mark II. Right now itâ€™ll only be available in Hong Kong and Sony has revealed any plans on its availability elsewhere, but itâ€™ll most likely hit the States pretty soon.

Article source: http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/02/20/nikon-d600-vs-canon-6d-real-life-performance/

Best DSLR cameras 2014: The best interchangeable lens cameras available to ... - Pocket

You want to buy a DSLR camera but don’t know what to go for? Then you’ve come to the right place, as this is where we round-up the best DSLR cameras of 2014. We’ll guide you through the hottest cameras available – and only models that we’ve reviewed in full – to save you time when it comes to working out what the best options are.

DSLR – which stands for digital single lens reflex – cameras have removable lenses so that different optics can be attached in order to give a different view on the world. This variety allows you to start small and build-up to the more varied, sharper and desirable featured lenses as you go along. It also adds hands-on control for zoom and focus precision unlike that of most compact cameras.

DSLRs aren’t to be confused with the newer compact system cameras that are also infiltrating camera shops up and down the land. They are the ones that typically look like point-and-shoot cameras but also have interchangeable lenses. We’ll be covering the best of the best of those in another feature due shortly.Â

READ: Best compact system cameras 2014

Whether you’re new to the DSLR concept, are looking to upgrade, already know plenty about cameras already and are weighing up the options, or are considering a more pro-spec option, we’ve broken down our list of great DSLR cameras into sub-headed categories to make things that bit easier to digest. You name it, we’ve got you covered.

Weâ€™ll be regularly updating this feature with the latest and greatest DSLR cameras as and when we review them, so you can see where your money is best spent as the best models float to the surface.

A quick lesson in lenses

Lens mount

First thing’s first: cameras don’t work in a one-size-fits-all way. Brands like to keep their own heritage and, as such, each manufacturer has its own lens mount.

For Canon it’s EF, for Nikon it’s F-mount, for Pentax it’s K-mount, and Sony has A-mount. There are some additions and exceptions, but those are the current four to focus on.Â Don’t fall into the trap by buying the wrong lenses just because the brand names match up.

Sensor size

Second to the equation is sensor size. Entry and mid-level cameras typically have what’s called an APS-C size sensor. Some pro-spec cameras have full-frame sensors that, because they’re physically larger, need specific – typically pricier and more advanced – lenses that are capable of covering the larger dimensions.Â In each case the mount size remains the same, irrelevant of the sensor size. If you are looking at a top-of-the-range lens for a top-of-the-range camera, you’ll know all this already. For those starting out, don’t worry: it may seem a bit of a minefield out there, but a fairly easy one to understand once you get into the lingo of the manufacturer you’ve chosen.Â

Focal length equivalent

There are plenty of things to consider with lenses and this all depends on the type of photography you are planning on doing. If it is all about portraits you’ll want something like around the 50mm or 75mm mark. If you are trying to snap that lion on the Savanna and don’t want to get eaten then you’ll want something with a long zoom closer to 300mm.

Best entry-level DSLR

Nikon D3200

You’ve decided that a DSLR is the one for you, but you don’t want to fork out masses of cash and don’t want overbearing or complex controls to get in your way. The Nikon D3200 is a well-balanced choice to introduce you to the world of DSLR. Recently replaced by the D5300, which is a relatively subtle upgrade, the price of the D3200 continues to drop, thus making it an affordable offering in the market.

Complete with a Guide mode on its main mode dial, the camera can assist you in a visual way to generate the types of photographs you want. These visual cues will help in expanding your understanding of exposure, aperture values, depth of field and all those things that – quite probably – you don’t know about just yet. But at the same time if that that sounds too daunting then just stick the camera in auto mode and press the shutter button – it’ll do all the autofocus and exposure metering for you and, more often than not, do it well.

If there’s a drawback it’s that the optical viewfinder has a 95 per cent field-of-view, meaning that the outermost five per cent of the shot will be captured, but won’t show up in the preview. It’s typical of DSLR cameras at this level without exception.

Image quality from the D3200′s 24-megapixel sensor is top quality, and at the time of writing it’s possible to pick up a model for a fair price too. Competition comes in the form of the Canon EOS 1100D, but that’s far older and not as up to the task these days. An alternative may be the Sony Alpha A58, but we’ve not tested it in full.

PRICE: Â£379 (at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The D3200 has produces great images at high resolution and the accessible street price makes it well worth the investment. It’s the camera to usher in a new level of image quality to the entry-level DSLR market without over-complicating things to ensure it’s suitable for its target audience.

FULL REVIEW: Nikon D3200 review

Best small DSLR

Canon EOS 100D (Canon EOS SL1)

The Canon EOS 100D sits in a world of its own. It’s as small as DSLR cameras come and that in itself is the single biggest reason for buying it. It’s a technological mini marvel with a suitably affordable price tag to boot.

This is the DSLR to take up less bag space while delivering quality akin to the EOS 650D and EOS 700D models. One that stands out on its own.

PRICE: Â£399 (at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The EOS 100D is an engineering marvel and while we doff our hats to Canon for showing off in making such a small DSLR, it doesn’t match up to head nor heart: the 700D is better in every way on paper and while this, in part, puts the brakes on the 100D it still has its small size trump card. That’s the one standout feature here: if you want small then this is the one to go for.

FULL REVIEW: Canon EOS 100D review

Best all-round DSLR bargain

Pentax K-30

Pentax is often the unsung brand outside of its strong Japanese following. But that’s not the way to view this company, which makes excellent DSLR cameras.

If anything, the image quality that we’ve come to see from Pentax models tends to better its nearest competitors and the K-30 – which comes in at a very fair price but delivers beefier features than entry-level models – is no exception.

If you’re not tied to any one brand by lens mount then we’d thoroughly recommend the K-30: it’s weather-sealed, has a sturdy build, 100 per cent viewfinder, but such features never come at the cost of overall quality. This one’s a cracker.

PRICE: Â£409 (body only, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The Pentax K-30 is a true return to form. The tough, rugged DSLR produces great images and is affordable too. Its only shortcoming is a relatively slow autofocus system that won’t match up to similar competitors. Apart from that we struggle to find downsides to this DSLR.

FULL REVIEW: Pentax K-30 review

Best mid-level DSLR

Canon EOS 70D

The 70D represents the DSLR in the post-mirror age. If you’re looking for an all-rounder when it comes to both still images and movie capture then there’s no other pure DSLR out there that can offer such a varied and successful feature set.

It’s the camera’s autofocus systems that wins out though. The Dual Pixel AF system – on-sensor phase-detection via live view and a different phase-detection system via 19-point AF system through the viewfinder – truly closes the gap on the compact system camera market. We’ve been genuinely impressed how each system works independently depending on how you use the camera – and there’s no compromise for one or the other. A revelation when considering how poorly the Canon EOS M functioned.

It’s a shame that the 70D’s viewfinder doesn’t offer a 100 per cent field-of-view, but otherwise a strong feature set – including a 3.2-inch, tilt-angle touchscreen – counters at almost every other avenue.

PRICE: Â£859 (body only, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: Great new technology, great image quality, and great in use – there are only a few nitpick shortcomings to the Canon EOS 70D. Otherwise it’s as close to redefining the mid-level DSLR sector as we’ve seen in recent years.

FULL REVIEW: Canon EOS 70D

Best entry-level full-frame DSLR

Full-frame is the holy grail of DSLR photography. Sensors the same size as traditional 35mm film negatives are considered full-frame. This large sensor sizes produces a pronounced depth of field, while the sensor’s “pixels” are typically larger for a cleaner signal and, therefore, usually superior image quality compared to APS-C sensors (this can be resolution dependent).

Nikon D600

The words entry-level and full-frame tend not to go hand in hand. Given that near to Â£2,000 needs to be spent for that full-frame experience – and that’s before considering lens costs – you need to be sure that you’re ready to dip into the larger-sensor world.

The D600 isn’t the newest full-framer out there, as it’s since been replaced by the ultimately similar D610, but that positions the D600 at a far more favourable price point.

This camera is like the lovechild of the high-resolution D800 (see below) paired with the D7000′s spec – which is a grand mix. As most people won’t need the full feature set of the D800, the 24-megapixel D600 dutifully opens up the full-frame door to a wider audience. Top image quality for a great price. Sounds fair to us.

PRICE: Â£1,200 (body only, at the time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The D600 opens the full-frame door to many that would otherwise never be able to afford such a DSLR. Itâ€™s not exactly cheap, but itâ€™s great value for money when considering both the build and image quality. The feature set is much like a D800 mashed up with a D7000 – an excellent blend of pro and consumer features kit out this full-framer. It definitely gets our seal of approval.

FULL REVIEW: Nikon D600 review

Best high-resolution DSLR

Nikon D800

Nikon did what we thought was utter madness when it announced the D800. But after using it extensively we found its 36-megapixel full-frame sensor was actually an utter marvel. It might not have the upper hand when it comes to those low-light shots, due to some image noise at the higher ISO settings, but it’s still got the guts to hold up relatively well.

But pair this beast up with a super-sharp G lens, shoot at a low ISO sensitivity and, well, shots are pushing into medium format kind of territory. It’s a stunner of a DSLR if huge-scale work is at the top of your priorities list.

It also works a treat in crop mode. The 1.5x crop factor still delivers 15.3-megapixels of glory and will provide longer equivalent focal lengths from your lenses while relying on the centre – i.e. sharpest – portion of the lens circle for excellent results.

PRICE: Â£1,770 (body only, at the time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: A week was all the time it took for us to fall in love with the D800. And we were starting to get butterflies when we first took it out of the box. This is the camera we’d get if money were no object. While the Nikon D4 has a lot to offer in terms of speed, the resolution of the D800 is its main selling point, and it really is a game-changer in our view. In short, the D800 is probably the most-important DSLR out there: it gets video spot on and still photos have more detail than almost anything else on the market, with few of the downsides otherwise typical of high-resolution sensors.

FULL REVIEW: Nikon D800 review

Best DSLR for movie capture

Sony Alpha A99

Even if we’ve got some qualms with the A99 as a standalone stills camera, when it comes to movie capture it’s Sony’s single lens translucent (SLT) technology – which, we confess, means this isn’t technically a DSLR – that make for exceptional fast and quiet autofocus.

There’s a silent control wheel to the front of the camera for live adjustment during recording, while the full-frame sensor is spot on for blurred-background effects and creating those pro-looking 1080p shots.

All this can be witnessed in real time on the rear LCD screen without any cost to autofocus ability which, because of the SLT design, is just as fast as when using the camera through its electronic viewfinder – and that’s also possible when capturing video.

Other cameras throw plenty at the movie front too – there’s rarely a DSLR model that doesn’t have plenty to offer in this department – but the Sony’s got stacks of good stuff on offer. A sure winner.

PRICE: Â£1,798 (body only, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The first full-frame SLT has plenty of strengths such as a fast burst mode, great movie mode and quality pictures, but comes up a little short elsewhere. The battery life isn’t good enough, the burst mode is hindered by the buffer’s limitations, picture quality is outperformed by more-budget competitors and the dual-AF system hypes itself up but, again, comes up behind competitors’ systems in terms of speed, accuracy and AF point arrangement. If movie is your focus, however, then it’s well worth investigating.

FULL REVIEW: Sony Alpha A99 review

Best enthusiast full-frame DSLR

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

You already know your stuff. You want to take the full-frame sensor plunge or perhaps upgrade from an earlier model but don’t have the cash for the crazy-fast pro-spec camera. Yet you still want just enough power in a feature set that’s rounded enough to cover sports, portraits, landscapes – the works. If the Nikon D800′s high resolution doesn’t suit your work then the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is the camera for you.

Now it’s not cheap by any means – an end-of-line Mark II might do you justice instead – but it’s got every base covered and that 22-megapixel sensor is not only awesome in good light, it aces low-light too. Add Canon’s vast array of lenses and there’s not another choice out there as we see it.

PRICE: Â£2,250 (body only, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: A brilliant camera that offers both superb stills and fantastic video. It’s ideal for people looking to get a video-capable SLR, but owners of the 5D II might want to keep their existing gear and wait for the next update. Still, when it comes to all-round versatility it’s the camera to go for.

FULL REVIEW: Canon EOS 5D Mk III review

Nikon Df

Looking for an entirely alternative approach? The Nikon Df could be exactly what you’re looking for. It’s wrapped the top-spec D4′s full-frame sensor into a retro body similar to the FM2 from decades gone by.

This could be the camera to reinvigorate where those photographic passions started. Classic manual control dials give the camera a distinct look and way of operation. But it all comes at a price: this niche camera is kitted out with the 50mm f/1.8 G lens only and has a recommended retail price of Â£2,749. Ouch. Wow. Meh? Take your pick – it’ll be loved by some and seen as little more than a pricey exercise in nostalgia by others.

PRICE: Â£2,749 (with 50mm f/1.8 GÂ lens, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: The Nikon Df could be called over-ambitious. We canâ€™t shun that feeling that Nikon needs to learn some lessons from this release. But as much as we thought weâ€™d made up our mind about the Df based on its “almost there” aspects, we just kept on taking photos, looking at the pictures and being impressed. And thatâ€™s what pulls it back from the brink of obscurity because everything that comes out of this camera looks so great.

FULL REVIEW: Nikon Df review

Best professional DSLR

Canon EOS 1D X

The choices here are more or less twofold if you’re considering full-frame: Nikon D4 or Canon 1D X.

Both cut it close and there’s little to separate the two, but when it comes to being just a whisker ahead we think the Canon has it in the speed department.

It’s one super-fast DSLR, the battery seems to last forever and, importantly, its 18-megapixel full-frame sensor is just about perfect for all manner of jobs.

PRICE: Â£4,845 (body only, at time of writing)

QUICK VERDICT: Fast, tough, long-lasting and able to produce exceptional images. Some other full-frame models outperform in the resolution stakes, and it’s questionable as to whether Canon lost its “movie king” hat, but otherwise the 1D X is as good as professional a full-frame DSLR as cameras get.

FULL REVIEW: Canon EOS 1D X review

Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487103/Adventures-Victorian-volcano-chaser-Tempest-Anderson-photographs.html

Skydivers share their view from above the clouds in stunning Sony ad

Too many special effects are made with computer imagery these days, so it’s easy to assume that much of Sony’s new ad for its Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R cameras is little more than a gorgeous cutscene. But the truth is far more impressive: to make the spot, Sony sent a team of highly skilled skydivers about 15,000 feet in the air and filmed them in slow-motion as they plummeted toward the ground. The choreography was all carefully rehearsed beforehand, allowing the filmmakers to shoot the entirety of the minute-long spot in just nine takes.

“This is not your average TV commercial shoot,” Jeff Gaunt, the commercial’s director, says in a behind-the-scenes video. Though the shoot was clearly a bit more involved than the average ad, the goal was to emphasize the lightness of Sony’s new cameras. “What we’re trying to achieve here is a feeling that the actors are weightless,” Gaunt says. Even if viewers don’t put the two together, it’s still a stunning look at mid-air acrobatics and the curvature of the Earth.

Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487103/Adventures-Victorian-volcano-chaser-Tempest-Anderson-photographs.html

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Nikon Df review - Pocket

Looking behind to pierce brazen – thatâ€™s what a Nikon Df is all about. This retro character DSLR marries a classical Nikon SLR character of years left by with many of a Japanese companyâ€™s complicated tech. Itâ€™s a usually Nikon DSLR means of ancillary stream F-mount and comparison non-AI lenses interjection to a collapsible coupling pull in a design. So if youâ€™ve got aged lenses it could be a ideal partner.

We consider thereâ€™s a lurch of change from a rising recognition in a Fujifilm X-series compress complement cameras thatâ€™s helped assist in a Dfâ€™s conception. But irrelevant of that, this is a camera that long-time photographers have been seeking for: a full-frame DSLR with correct primer control dials finished in a character that raises that clarity of nostalgia. A camera that puts we in a pushing seat, no gimmicks, and gives a best of Nikonâ€™s imaging abilities.

But is nostalgia overrated? And in a try to equivocate any gimmicks has a Df left full circle, positioned itself during a “because it can” cost indicate and missed out on a truly future-proof selection that savvy photographers will seek? Weâ€™ve been vital with a Nikon Df to find out possibly itâ€™s prompted a state of sentimental consternation of left us wondering since weâ€™re not usually regulating a Nikon D610 instead.

Back To The Future

The Nikon Df is a complicated homogeneous of a Nikon FM2. Well, arrange of. Itâ€™s not a 70s or 80s any some-more and apparently this camera is an wholly new and digital format rather than film model. Designed to interest to reminiscers and complicated day snappers who have their retro hats on, a china finish indication weâ€™ve got in for examination positively has a decades-old cultured about it. It’s also a usually new Nikon camera to opt for a classical non-italic logo.

And we like a approach a Df looks. We unequivocally do. In cinema it looks great, yet afterwards in a palm itâ€™s a somewhat opposite story. There are a integrate of things that bewilder us: firstly a ideal distance of it – thereâ€™s tiny prodigy of it being smaller than a D610, even though, technically, it is – and, secondly a finish usually lacks a reward feel.

Itâ€™s not so many that corners have been cut in a cameraâ€™s making. All a mode dials, for example, are done from steel and do feel great. Itâ€™s usually a mistake leather cloaking that dresses a infancy of a physique looks some-more Fujifilm XF1 compress camera than full-frame reward in this regard. Although for many we consider itâ€™ll be a matter of taste.

By a unequivocally pattern a Nikon Df has a specific – and niche – intensity audience. You know that, we know that and positively Nikon knows that too. The cameraâ€™s cost tab attests it, as do those accumulation of mode dials on a cameraâ€™s body. This isnâ€™t one for point-and-shoot snappers. Itâ€™s not an apparent choice for initial time full-framers either. It will locate a eye of specific impending buyers.

But does branch a time behind and regulating an array of earthy mode dials supplement genuine advantage in use? Weâ€™re all for full primer control, yet any and any one of those dials thatch into place and needs to be expelled with a press-and-hold symbol or, in a box of a sharpened mode dial, lifted and rotated. We consider itâ€™d be potentially useful to have a resource to “open up” any dial, in a identical format to a Pentax K-3.

READ: Hands-on: Pentax K-3 review

Shutter speed composition is a difference to a rule, as a dial does not tighten between a 1/4000th sec and 4 second specifications. For 1/3 Step (auto), X (sync) and T (time) it thatch into place, yet bizarrely B (bulb) can be clicked out of place usually as openly as any other shiver speed can. We unequivocally like a black lettering that turns to red to code speeds larger than a full second or some-more – helps to keep things additional transparent – and a blue finish of a 1/3 Step option.

Aperture values are tranquil regulating a front ride dial, contingent on a sharpened mode and presumption a complicated lens is attached. Although thatâ€™s standard of any DSLR, in a Df a dial is feeble positioned. It faces plumb upwards, a trail is partial blocked by a tag eye and we found ourselves trip a ride from a dial from time to time. It lacks a some-more deliberate functionality of a complicated DSLR, and thatâ€™s during a responsibility of styling. Form over function.

If it ainâ€™t brokeâ€¦

Thereâ€™s a clarity of a Df withdrawal one feet in a past given a specification. The categorical nuts and bolts see it duty many like a Nikon D600 or some-more new Nikon D610. Even yet that means tech a integrate of years aged and tiny to zero code new thatâ€™s indeed no bad thing overall. This is attempted and tested tech.

READ: Nikon D600 review

The cameraâ€™s 39-point autofocus complement isnâ€™t a top-spec 51-point complement as found in a Nikon D4, yet itâ€™s still quick and means around a several setups. We would have favourite extended low-light sensitivity, however, as a -1EV autofocus ability trails behind some of a some-more new Nikon offerings by a stop. A tiny thing, yet thatâ€™s a ubiquitous story with a Dfâ€™s specification.

Thereâ€™s an AF/MF switch to a front side of a camera to toggle between autofocus and primer concentration options, finish with a hold-and-press symbol to make additional autofocus adjustments. The choices are singular (S) accessible in singular indicate or auto, or continual (C) that can use a singular point, or an array of 9, 15 or 39 points, a fullest array with an discretionary 3D tracking mode. It all works unequivocally good for still or relocating subjects, definition zero feels off boundary when sharpened regulating a Df.

Making AF adjustments is a bit scruffier than with other high-end Nikon DSLR cameras, however, given there’s usually a tiny tip arrangement and so a use of a behind 3.2-inch LCD shade is instead required. As weâ€™ve already mentioned that honest front thumbwheel can feel a tiny ungainly to use for creation these AF adjustments, and a integrate of times we slanted a camera brazen to see a LCD shade and complacent fingers opposite possibly a Pv or reduce Fn duty buttons by accident. As many as we like carrying these duty buttons that was a bother in a integrate of situations, as many as we fast practiced for it.

Elsewhere a inclusion of D800-standard weather-sealing and a new shiver means of 5.5 frames per second limit and rated during 150,000 cycles gives a Df an corner over a progressing Nikon D600. The 100 per cent field-of-view visible viewfinder also sits proudly to a rear, finish with a round eyecup that not usually looks cold yet is gentle in use.

Battery-wise we took several hundred shots before a Df showed any pointer of exhausting a visible battery meter. This is displayed on that tiny tip panel, and as it usually shows adult remaining energy in divisible thirds, itâ€™s reduction arguable as a magnitude than a Nikon D600â€™s one that is divided into fifths. However a Df should final out longer – usually not utterly as prolonged as a hulk battery of a Nikon D4 – and will simply see we pass 1,000 shots per charge. The central share is 1,400 per charge. And we canâ€™t competition that.

Image quality

Sticking to a stills usually process – a Df is a usually Nikon DSLR given mid-2010 that canâ€™t constraint video – a Df relies on a same full-frame sensor as found in a top-spec Nikon D4. Thatâ€™s good if youâ€™re after measureless 16-megapixelsÂ image quality. But, in fortitude terms, itâ€™s miles behind a entirety of a remaining Nikon DSLR camera line. Relying on 2012â€™s Expeed 3 estimate engine rather than a latest Expeed 4 also goes to uncover a miss of progression.

READ: Nikon D4 review

Our take on it isnâ€™t about a numbers though. Itâ€™s too easy to get hung adult on that usually since something seems like it’s a step behind. Yes we would have favourite Nikon to pull brazen and make a Df even some-more appealing with newer tech, yet that usually isn’t a box here. And we’ve come to accept that.

Nikon Df examination – representation picture during ISO 800 – click for full distance JPEG crop

And we’ve supposed it for a elementary reason: a Df’s ensuing images are positively brilliant. Sharp, good exposed, full of fact even during high ISO settings, itâ€™s unequivocally a smashing thing to behold. If we aspire for Nikon D4 peculiarity afterwards hereâ€™s a approach to get it for half a cost (albeit reduction many of a D4â€™s other features, thatâ€™s a given).

Itâ€™s picture peculiarity that unequivocally creates a Df what it is and pulls it behind into a diversion for us. Itâ€™s an imaging appurtenance that delivers around a poignant apportionment of a attraction range, that is tranquil around a primer ISO dial to a tip left side of a camera. From “low 1″ (L1) to ISO 100 and right adult to local ISO 12,800, there are even H1-H4 prolongation options accessible on a dial. And for combined control there are third stop increments if youâ€™re a stickler for ISO 160 portraits to impersonate that pro film sensation.

From that far-reaching operation of accessible attraction we found a shots adult to ISO 3200 still demeanour extraordinary and weâ€™d have no qualms about regulating them during scale. The tender files come packaged with fact delivered with a pellet that has a filmic manner. ISO 6400 is still usable, nonetheless a JPEG estimate is a tiny on a oppressive side and this continues to lessen sharpness and colour as a ISO increases. Weâ€™re not assured by a need for any of a “high” settings unequivocally and consider Nikon should have been bolder and left them out – if thereâ€™s no video afterwards we neednâ€™t fire during ISO 204,800 that positively did not exist decades ago.

Nikon Df examination – representation picture during ISO 1600 – click for full distance JPEG crop

For a unequivocally best formula ISO 100 by to a sub-four-figure sensitivities are tough to tell apart. Images are frail and sharp, while a inclusion of a ISO 50 (equivalent) environment is good news for those looking to get a many out of wider apertures in splendid conditions – even if it does meant come during a cost of reduction energetic operation in a tender files.

The peculiarity of what we can get from a Df will, in part, rest on a lens trustworthy to a front. Weâ€™ve not been means to exam any non-AI lenses for this examination so canâ€™t criticism on a specific characteristics of comparison glass. Instead weâ€™ve left a bundled singular book 50mm f/1.8 G lens on a front of a camera during all times. The primary lens has tied us to a retro approach of operative while delivering pleasant shots and that super-wide orifice positively has a uses too, even if f/1.8 on a full-frame sensor is a wily savage to control with comprehensive precision.

It competence not rest on a unequivocally latest tech, yet even 2012â€™s best charity stands high adequate in 2014 and itâ€™s a ensuing images that make a Nikon Df a potentially superb camera.

Verdict

The Nikon Df could be called over-ambitious. With a likes of Fujifilm pulling off a retro character with stronger balance in functionality and Sony putting out a affordable Alpha A7 there are substantial choice retro and full-frame options on a market.

READ: Sony Alpha A7 review

As we rebound between a posts in terms of where a examination measure pen lands for a Df we canâ€™t evade that feeling that Nikon needs to learn some lessons from this release. People like retro cameras, as do we here during a Lint, yet usually since itâ€™s a curtsy to a past doesnâ€™t meant it should concede on anything during all. Why a Df wasnâ€™t a subsequent step top-spec indication rather than a somewhat modded D610 is over us, utterly during this positively outrageous cost point.

Not that itâ€™s a pursuit to tell we how to spend your tough warranted money. Itâ€™s some-more that a Dfâ€™s reward cost isnâ€™t utterly reflected in a extraneous finish, nor a altogether specification, while a camera is usually too large compared to a picture we had in a mindâ€™s eye.

But as many as we suspicion weâ€™d done adult a mind about a Df and were tighten to a reduce score, we usually kept on holding photos, looking during a cinema and being impressed. And thatâ€™s what pulls it behind from a margin of shade since all that comes out of this camera looks so great. The sensor might not be code new, yet it would be ridiculous to even try to sneer during a top-spec silicon found in a Nikon D4 – a camera from that a Df adopts a sensor and, therefore, image-taking prowess.

At times we adore a Nikon Df and what it can do. But would we buy one? No. Itâ€™s an costly practice in nostalgia and one that, during times, creates us realize since a universe has changed forward. Thereâ€™s really something in a concept, and while we are taken by a Dfâ€™s attracts this try usually doesnâ€™t form into a ideal 5 star detailed apparatus that it could have been.

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Review Sony a7: This full-frame can compete with any Canon or Nikon camera ...

Camera manufacturers are a worried lot. The improvement in phone cameras have over the past few years eroded almost all of their business in the point and shoot range. Almost everyone clicks pictures these days, but not all are using something that has been built exclusively for the purpose. This is why innovation has become the key to survival in the camera business. Nikon pushed the envelope a bit too far when it launched the D800 with a 36MP sensor, Canon was silent for a while before it thought of the ultra compact 100D. But since then, most of the innovation has happened from Sony, not exactly the first name that comes to your mind when you think of cameras. They launched the stunning RX1, a compact camera with a full-frame sensor, the RX100s that took compact cameras to a whole new level and now the new Sony Alpha a7 and a7R DSLRs, both full-frame mirror-less cameras in very manageable sizes. I put the Sony a7 to the test.

Design

Sony A7

The design reminded me a lot of the RX1. In fact, the body is not much larger even though this is a full-frame DSLR. But the RX1, the great camera that it is, would develop a serious complex in front of this one. That is because this has a tiltable LCD panel, a proper eye piece though looking into an electronic OLED viewfinder and whole range of lenses to play with. It is compact, but build like a Colt with a body that will weather most storms, and dust storms, that come its way. All the ports are tucked away behind sturdy flaps. Despite the small built, the camera offers a very steady, DSLR-like, grip. There is a thumb rest near where all the controls are settles. There is a ring here to adjust the settings and another on up front accessible with your fingers. While framing a shot, both these will come in more than handy. There are two customisable buttons that maker life much easier. Plus, you can switch between

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Review Sony a7: This full-frame can compete with any Canon or Nikon camera ...

Design

Sony A7

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