Cheapest Nikon D810 you can find for local stock at the moment. Sale finishes Sunday 16/11.
Nikon D810 $3,059 @JB Hi-Fi
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awangsap007 on 15/11/2014 - 10:34 jbhifi.com.au (234 clicks)
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https://www.jbhifi.com.au/cameras/dslr/nikon/nikon-d750-24-3…
I would say that for 99% of people, the D750 is universally a better camera with better features and more useful stuff people will actually use.
People who actually need 36MP know who they are, and for the majority of people, 36MP is meaningless and offers no tangible benefit over 24MP, which offers better low light and high ISO performance due to the larger photo-sites.
Plus, the D750 is around $900 cheaper and offers an articulating screen and WiFi.
It's not so much about 36mpx vs 24mpx. It's more about handling (D750 has a lot smaller grip), buffer, external flash connector, type of memory cards etc. I still can't make up my mind if i should get D750 or D810.
If you don't know whether you should get the D750 or the D810, you should go for the D750.
You're right, the handling is an issue, but I'd much prefer a lighter camera than one with better ergonomics any day, but of course that's my personal preference.
External flash connector - you can get a small $10 hotshoe to PC connector from eBay or anywhere that works perfectly fine. Plus, nobody really uses PC sync cords anymore unless you do a lot of studio work. These days it's all optical triggers and PocketWizards and the like.
Memory cards - same deal. D750 has 2 x SD and the D810 has 1 x SD and 1 x CF. You don't need CF, high speed SD cards are more than fast enough for any burst shooting you're going to do on the D750. Set it to JPEG when you do your burst shots (e.g. sports) and set it to RAW when you do your landscapes.
Buffer is irrelevant, nobody buys these cameras to shoot sports professionally - if you need a big buffer, you might as well go for a D4 which you can get for around $1500 more. Amateur work D750 is fine.
CF cards are a blast from the past, they're bigger, harder to find, more difficult to find a reader for…etc. If you were on holidays and you ran out of memory cards, guess what, you can pop into anywhere and get an SD card, a CF card will make life much harder.
That's why I recommend a D750, the more modern features make it a better camera. And it really is about the 36MP vs. 24MP, the rest are things that don't really matter unless you're a shooting pro.
The biggest gripe I used to have with the D600/610 vs D800/810 series was their AF systems, but the D750 has the same AF as the D800/810, so they're really quite similar.
If you have good FF lenses, and do landscape, the D810 allows for quite a bit more cropping. In relation to portraiture, the 1/8000 shutter speed means you can shoot a stop wider compared to the D750 without needing to employ ND filters. Those are the main advantages that made me go the D810.
I use it for astrophotography too, and once downsampled from 36mp to 24mp in my opinion the output looks cleaner than from my previous D600, whose sensor isn't that much different from the D750.
If you have good FF lenses, and do landscape, the D810 allows for quite a bit more cropping.
That's a valid point, but how often do you actually crop in enough to see the difference. If you're cropping so much, you'd probably be better off getting a D750 and a D7100 on the side, for cheaper than a D810, the D7100 will give you even more "cropping potential" than a D810, e.g. when you shoot sports.
The 1/8000 shutter speed means you can shoot a stop wider compared to the D750 without needing to employ ND filters.
This is a valid point, but at the same time, you can easily just stop the lens down one stop without really affecting the Bokeh rendering. Try it for yourself, f/1.4 and f/2.0 are one stop apart, though I doubt you'd really see any glaring differences, but I know there are Bokeh nerds out there who would.
But on the flip side, you have to consider the benefits of a D750 as well, including much, much lighter weight, 6.5FPS vs 5FPS (a big deal if you're shooting sports - 5FPS is slow), articulating screen (actually quite useful), WiFi (not really useful, but might be for some), use of SD cards rather than CF.
But most importantly, the D750 is a good $900 cheaper. I'm not saying that a D750 is a better camera - if it was, it'd probably be priced above a D810. But for most people, a D750 will serve their needs better than a D810 and they pocket $900 which can be used to purchase a couple of lenses.
Not much of a deal IMO.
http://www.techrific.com.au/digital-slr-cameras/nikon-845943…
AU$2,813.95 + Free ship
Local 12 month warranty.Or…
https://becextech.com.au/catalog/digital-slr-cameras-nikon-s…
AU$2,874.00 incl deliveryI take it you've never really looked through these sites before. They're notorious for adding exorbitant prices for delivery.
Techrific delivery is $110 to NSW = $2923.95 total
Becextech delivery is $49.95 to NSW = $2937.95 total
AND both of these are grey imports.
OP's deal is much better.
& 2 Year Local Warranty with JB
I take it you did not click on both these links that include FREE shipping and 12 month Australian warranty.
Free shipping for both of these to Sydney when I added to cart.
They MAY be grey imports I concede that, but it is not specified in these listings either way.
It's still grey import. Just stop.
I take it you didn't read, when it says FREE Return Shipping (so if it has to go back to Hong Kong for warranty repairs they pay the Return Shipping) So it's not 12 month Australian Warranty at all
Shipping quote
Sub-Total: AU$2,813.95
Australia Shipping: AU$110.00
Total: AU$2,923.95
Be very cautious of grey imports. When it comes to warranty, whirlpool is littered with stories of the companies not playing ball and blaming the customer for the fault. If they do fix it, it takes weeks to months.
Assume the price you pay for grey is the price without warranty. With the Australian dollar weakening, the price difference between grey and aussie stock is so small (if you price match) that it's just not worth it. Plus the extra $100-200 supports the local guy.
I'm all for buying local if you want the warranty options or if you want to walk into a store and take it home today, but I don't think this is true:
Plus the extra $100-200 supports the local guy.
What local guy are you supporting? Why would you want to support JB HiFi, what have JB HiFi's shareholders done for you? Also, on that note, if you buy grey, you're also usually supporting local guys, e.g. if you buy from Kogan, you're supporting Ruslan and his cronies, not sure if JB HiFi is any better to support than Ruslan and co.
I've price matched with teds/jb hifi and have always got to within $100-200 of grey import prices. For the extra year of warranty, I consider it worth it. Plus most people buy from overseas such as eglobal and dwi, which means no cash is actually every reaching aussie shores.
D810 anyday. don't believe me?
go buy a D750 and spend this year, next year and the year after that wandering ., "Damn, I should've gone D810 !!" /18000th, more DR, and oh, hmmmm 36.3MP!!
merchant in the title