D800 horrible noisy thing...argh

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Ruidoso Bill

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My D800 is more quiet than my D700, noise doesn't bother me in either case. You need to learn the top controls and the top lcd, I seldom go to menus.
 
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Steve B

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Personally I prefer the control layout of the D800 over the D7100 at least for the type of shooting I do. Do you even use the shooting menu banks? While it may take an additional button push or two to access/change them they are much more versatile than the U1/U2 settings on the D7100. Maybe you should do what one of the people in the local camera club did. He thought the shutter noise was too loud on the D800 so he bought a D4 instead.
 
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Millie

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yes done the hassleblad and bronica bit ...so a pro is someone who stops and keeps 100 people waiting while he fiddles with dials/menus.......and uses the control wheels which then get knocked while one body swings at your hip whilst you use the other ??? On my D7100 I tape up the comand wheels so they dont get knocked ...its horses for courses and the D800 is the slow horse even though it gets to the finish line...
 
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A pro is someone who anticipates the situation and doesn't need to fumble around with dials and menus to get the shot. If you're so far off that you need to reset that much then I would posit that it's the photographer at issue, not the camera.

And you're right, there are horses for courses. So if you're going to make your purchasing decisions based on the recommendation of others rather than doing the digging yourself then you're likely going to be sending a lot of perfectly good horses to the glue factory.
 
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BackdoorHippie said:
Like Marcel, I use Q mode a lot on my D600 because it makes for a very physically quiet camera as well. The thing about the D800 is that the added body mass compensates for the snap of the mirror and shutter and I find I don't need Q mode on it. That said, I was surprised how differently the two cameras are in that mode. It's still physically quieter, which may be the point, but definitely not audibly quieter. I'd be curious as to how the D3 and D4 are in that mode. It may have something to do with the metal body or more durable shutter mechanism.
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For what I know, D3 doesn't have quiet mode, it has mirror up mode, but thats still very noisy.

D3 makes a HUGE sound when shooting. I love it :-D Even when I get old, I'll still know I took the image cause the ground are shaking under me.

Here is the D3s, its more or less the same sound:



D3s silent mode: ニコン「D3S」の1コマ撮影モードと静音モードの比較： 静音モード - YouTube



KA-KLUNK. Yeah baby.
 
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Ruidoso Bill

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From the way it sounds it may be you that are the slow horse, the camera is being used professionally by many. I have not experienced or read of anyone having the difficulties you are experiencing. If you are not familiar with your camera practice and read the manual.
 
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wud

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BTW, just did a quick look how the D610 and D800 looks on the back of the camera, do D800 have any easy way to ISO and WB?
 
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wud said:
BTW, just did a quick look how the D610 and D800 looks on the back of the camera, do D800 have any easy way to ISO and WB?
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Yes, the WB, ISO and Qual buttons are on top where the mode selector is on the 7000 and 610.
 
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I am no where near Pro level, but I do not find any issues in changing settings on the D800E. My photography though ranges from Landscape to wildlife, and am slowly getting into portraiture. I understand that changing from landscape shooting to something like portrait shooting I would change some inner settings like vibrance and sharpness but thats an easy change and something that you can do prior to the photo shoot. My command dials only change A and S and if bumped I know how to quickly change them back to what I was using. Also I like to alter A and S so this is not a big deal anyway.
 
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Steve B

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If the only reason you bought the D800 was for the 36MP sensor then you need to learn to live with the controls and the shutter sound. I doubt you actually NEED the 36MP though unless you are cropping the !@)) out of your images and printing them poster size.
 
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Marcel said:
Yes, the WB, ISO and Qual buttons are on top where the mode selector is on the 7000 and 610.
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That is one of the reasons I like the D800 layout better. I am always hunting for the ISO button on the D7100. On the D800 it is a lot easier to adjust ISO on the fly.
 
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Scott Murray said:
I am no where near Pro level, but I do not find any issues in changing settings on the D800E. My photography though ranges from Landscape to wildlife, and am slowly getting into portraiture. I understand that changing from landscape shooting to something like portrait shooting I would change some inner settings like vibrance and sharpness but thats an easy change and something that you can do prior to the photo shoot. My command dials only change A and S and if bumped I know how to quickly change them back to what I was using. Also I like to alter A and S so this is not a big deal anyway.
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That is exactly what the shooting menu banks on the D800 are for. Set one up for landscape, one for studio portraits, one for wildlife, one for low light (or whatever your 4 most used setups are).
 
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Dave_W

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wud said:
BTW, just did a quick look how the D610 and D800 looks on the back of the camera, do D800 have any easy way to ISO and WB?
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Yes, very easy. It's on top where the dial is placed on prosumer cameras are. I've found the two things that I change the most are ISO and aperture. Any other larger changes I have programed in the 16 different saveable settings that are available on the D800. I have one for night shooting, marco shooting and several set for daylight shooting.
 
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Steve B said:
That is exactly what the shooting menu banks on the D800 are for. Set one up for landscape, one for studio portraits, one for wildlife, one for low light (or whatever your 4 most used setups are).
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I should really get around to setting them up lol

Might be a job for tomorrows night shift I think.
 
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gqtuazon

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Folks, we are beating up a "dead horse" here. The OP was already clear that we do not understand his situation and that this is his problem to deal with.

He is obviously upset about the louder shutter noise and none of us can do anything about that. Just let it be.

This is now more of a bitching thread since the op's expectations are not fully satisfied. Nothing new so move a long now.


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Millie

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I am not bitching just looking for others confirmation or ways around the problem .Nikon could have done a better job.
I only bought it for one thing ..to use with a wide angle probably the Samyang 14mm. If you halve the focal length you need 4x the MP for the same definition.(wait someone will dispute that !!! )
Its noisy so I must use it when other noise covers the shutter ...
Because its slow to set and I only use one lens probably dont need to adjust the settings. f8 auto iso 100-6400 1/30 min will cover most things if not all ,but I need a different setting for flash an F8 100- 800 auto iso
It would not be as versatile as a D7100 in a fast moving event situation..but I did not buy it for that .
Nobody has said I set it like this or that for fastest use.
 
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Ruidoso Bill

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I mostly shoot in full manual, aperture priority some times. I have not used any mode settings (shoot raw) in this or any of my dslr's. I just finished shooting the nutcracker performance and had no problems keeping up with the action.
 
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