Be sure to read all my articles at How to Take Better pictures, especially the classics like F. A  R. T. and What Makes a Great Photo. About The Nikon D500 and the Nikon D780 are two enthusiast cameras that were officially introduced, respectively, in January 2016 and January 2020. In any sort of reasonable light, all of these take the same pictures. Sadly there is no automatic control as in almost every other modern camera, TV and iPhone. I prefer to set the cropped areas to appear in the finder as darker, fuzzier regions. Multiple Exposures, even with non-consecutive frames. If and only if my D780 can't figure out the correct AF zone to use on its own, I'll use S (single) AF Area mode in AF-S, or 3D in AF-C. Both are DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras that are equipped with a full frame sensor. Home Set this at MENU > CUSTOM SETTING MENU (pencil icon) > d Shooting/display > d10 Framing grid display > ON. bigger or camera-original © file. It allows the camera to correct from about 10,000 K to 5,000 K on the amber/blue axis, and doesn't let it vary much on the green/magenta axis. This D780 is a new take on Nikon's most popular FX DSLR, 2014's D750. Superb Nikon image quality: better looking JPGs direct-from-camera than from Sony or Fuji if you demand the vivid colors I do. This is very helpful if you get or borrow a second body, or if you send your camera out for repair, or just want to use all my settings and be done with it. To look at details, remembering that overall everything works better and faster on the D780 versus a mirrorless camera: The [ FORMAT ] marking between the movie and ISO buttons near the shutter release doesn't make clear to which of these two buttons it refers (hint: it's the red dot button. Use whichever looks best. Adorama is paying the following pricesto buy these cameras, used. Sunset Palms, 5:28 PM, 06 February 2020. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPal me $5.00 per printout or part thereof. I hate having to wait for my camera to respond to my commands; I need a camera that serves me, not one that expects me to wait for it and expend my time, effort and concentration working around its defective firmware that's always updating. No mention of the availability of a battery grip, and no apparent contacts for one. New Fuji X-T2 $400. To see a level or virtual horizon display on the rear LCD, press the rear INFO button (the bottom button on the left) a few times until it displays. For shooting sports and action, I set AF-C and either Auto AF-Area or 3D. Nikon adds all these extra modes to sell more cameras; you don't have to use them. When you set it to Natural Light Auto, it knows there isn't any fluorescent light, and lets the leaves look green as they should. You might want to set one of these for your studio setup with strobes. No news here; this is excellent. Likewise, the Format options only format one card at a time. If you see a flashing "fEE" in your finder, that means that your lens has an aperture ring and that it's not set to the smallest aperture (the largest number), usually in orange. This is set as a tweak inside any of the main picture controls. I can't vouch for ads below. You don't need to do this, but it is good practice. The most amazing new thing about my D780 is that I can photograph a sunset and the sky looks natural, with no weird colored rings in the sky around the sun. I love the square crop; here are the equivalents for HASSELBLAD lenses (or any other 6×6cm camera): I use my old SB-400 all the time; fill-flash is critical to great pictures. By S. Dent, 01.06.20. When I shoot square I don't have to worry about turning my camera for vertical or horizontal; I just shoot away and my editor or I can crop them later to any shape we like. I rarely need to select anything other than AUTO 1 or NATURAL. They pay cash outright; you don't have to buy or trade unless you want to: Sony A7R Mk 4: $2,000. If you find this page as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may have had to take, feel free to help me continue helping everyone. ISO AUTO, range 100 - 51,200, Auto ISO slowest shutter speed 1/125. bigger or camera-original © JPG file. Set this at MENU > PHOTO SHOOTING MENU (camera icon) > ISO sensitivity settings > Auto ISO sensitivity control/Minimum shutter speed. © Ken Rockwell. Ignore the darker corners; those are artifacts of the special camera I use to photograph the finder screen itself. The serial number on the card must match the serial number on the bottom of your camera, or you have no warranty. "Negative Digitizer" is for negatives, but for slides I'm unsure if there's a mode that optimizes the contrast so it doesn't build up as it can do if shot as a regular photo of a slide, or if you just skip this mode and snap the slide like a regular picture. With Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-D (1986-today). Now you'll have full color Matrix Metering and EXIF data! Nikon D780 has a 25.0MP Full frame (35.9 x 23.9 mm) sized BSI-CMOS sensor and features Expeed 6 processor. Also see How to Shoot Sequences with Flash and How to Shoot Sports. (Some will have mechanical interference and not mount; every one is different.). Click any for the camera-original © LARGE FINE JPG files: Click any for the camera-original © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 15 MB each). By ISO 12,800 the bricks in the back of the fireplace are gone. Camera Obscura & World of Illusions Museum. I only force 3D if I have to select an area manually. bigger or camera-original © JPG file. Nikon D780, Nikon 28-300mm VR at 44mm at f/16 hand-held at 1/50 at Auto ISO 110 (LV 13.5), exactly as shot in square-crop mode. These places always have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. More advanced model: Nikon D850 (2017-). Thanks for helping me help you! As a reminder, that XMP data includes: Picture Control (profile) and all of its individual parameters including contrast and saturation, … USA versions include two printed manuals, one in English y uno en español. Set up your My Menu menu at MENU > MY MENU (checkmark icon) > Add items. Cropped from Nikon Z50 with flash, Nikon Z 16-50mm DX VR at 35mm wide-open at f/5.3 hand-held at 1/15 of a second at Auto ISO 640 (LV 6.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original © JPG file. It also comes with the 24-120mm VR as a kit for $2,797 at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield. You'll see a number on the top LCD or in the finder as you set this. Contact, 04 March 2020, 06-08, 11, 26-27 February 2020, 05-07 January 2020, all its memory and saving functions work as they should, I can photograph a sunset and the sky looks natural, Manual exposures now settable to 15 minutes in Manual mode, are not displayed in minutes, but instead as long numbers of seconds, up to 900 seconds, Saves and recalls all camera settings to and from a memory card in slot 1, compatibility with tens of millions of Nikon lenses made for over 60 years, use the second card as backup, overflow, or raw/JPG split for still photos, settings only save to and recall from card 1, the D780's images look just as they should, How to Use the D780's Auto White Balance Settings. Nikon D780, Nikon 28-300mm VR at 78mm wide-open at f/5 hand-held at 1/40 at Auto ISO 5,000 (LV 4.3), exactly as shot. Links This was not a regular tungsten light; it was a tungsten light deeply dimmed so it was about 1,500 K or less— and the D850 in its Keep White mode still did exactly that! I'll get less if I stop and twiddle settings and zoom-into each and every shot played back, and more if all I do is shoot action sequences without ever looking at the LCD. Touch screen works great for entering text and data and working menus, much better than Sony. All mirrorless attempts at this easy function today have failed: the Nikon Z6, Z7 and Sony A7R Mk IV all forget and reset their shooting memories when you recall settings from a card! First Nikon DSLR ever with phase-detection live-view AF (Nikon 35mm SLRs have used phase-detection since at least 1986). Especially great are the D780's immediate low-light autofocus, and how well it handles highlight overload. Depending on what I shoot, I might set either U1 or U2 to any of these: ISO AUTO, range 100 - 51,200, Auto ISO slowest shutter speed1/500 (or 1/1,000). The D780 can correct for any or all of distortion, diffraction and falloff, any of which you may turn ON or OFF. ISO AUTO, range 100 - 51,200, Auto ISO slowest shutter speed AUTO (or AUTO Slower with a VR lens). MENU > PHOTO SHOOTING MENU (camera icon) > Role played by card in slot 2 > Backup. Turn on Facial Recognition at MENU > CUSTOM SETTING MENU (pencil icon) > a Autofocus > a4 3D-tracking face-detection > ON. Manual focus lenses are better suited to video use than AF lenses because they work much better with follow-focus rigs and have dedicated aperture control rings. It works in the Mirror Up mode, but we no longer use that mode because it requires buying a cable release and the Exposure Delay Mode I explain next doesn't. Lighting is the most important technical part of every photo and every painting. Which of these is the best — for you — doesn't depend on anything technical like high ISOs or resolution. This is typical for Nikon DSLRs. If you shift the program with the rear dial, it resets when you turn the power off and on again. The Natural Light Auto setting is expecting light from the sun, so it doesn't correct for tungsten at all and it stays very orange. Nikon D780 24.5 MP Full Frame DSLR Camera (1618) - Accessory Bundle - with Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB Card + Additional ENEL15 Battery + Nikon Case + Cleaning Set + … This should be an incentive to update your copyright and contact information, otherwise your photos will be marked with my information. I set this at MENU > PHOTO SHOOTING MENU (camera icon) > Image area > Viewfinder mask display > ON. There are three of the usual AWB settings: AUTO0, AUTO1 and AUTO2, and a new Natural Light Auto setting. Live View with f/2 lens: LV -4 ~ +17; LV -6 ~ +17 in low-light AF mode. The D780 isn't smart enough to be able to do this in-camera. With all lenses shot via the viewfinder, the electronic rangefinder works with any of the 51 points with lenses as slow as f/5.6. It's like pianos: anyone can talk forever about how pianos are made, but to most ordinary players the subtle variations between different samples of a Steinway Model D are eclipsed by their own limitations in playing, but when you're a virtuoso even subtle differences become obvious to the seasoned master. Nikon D780, Nikon 28-300mm VR at 250mm wide-open at f/5.6 at 1/1,000 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 14.9), exactly as shot. It autofocuses with every Nikon autofocus lens made since 1986. The D780 handles much better and faster than any mirrorless camera. This D780 User's Guide will teach you tricks and secrets to get the most from your D780, however photography is all about seeing the picture in the first place, not simply how to operate a camera. More about Picture Controls (for older cameras; follow the settings here for the D780). Looking for a Nikon D7500 vs Nikon D780 comparison? I usually leave exposure compensation at 0. They vary in what they do under tungsten, sunsets, and with green or yellow subjects or under fluorescent light. With Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-D (1986-today). The Natural Light Auto setting can look better (warmer) in shade or indoors lit by window light, and also prevents the camera from confusing green subjects or plants in shade with fluorescent light so these shots stay green instead of turning too purple. Reviews Contact, 03-04 March 2020, 06-08, 11, 26-27 February 2020, 05-07 January 2020, (old way; only use for exposures longer than 15 minutes), photography is all about seeing the picture in the first place, The D780 can work with most Nikon lenses made since 1959, almost all of which work great on the D780, Exposure Delay and Electronic Front Curtain tricks, Saving and Recalling Camera Menu Settings to & from a Card, use the settings of anyone else who's shared this file with you, update your copyright and contact information, virginal NCSET004.BIN from when I first got my new D780. Canon 6D Mark II. bigger or camera-original © JPG file. I never use the 16: 9 crop, but use whatever you want. Nikon D780. I use -5 for outdoor night shooting and astronomy. The old way is to press: MENU > SETUP MENU (wrench icon) > Format memory card > choose one of them > OK. the easier way is to hold both buttons marked with a [ FORMAT ] icon (that's the Trash and ISO buttons) for a few seconds at the same time, use the front or rear dial to select which card you want to format, and then hold both buttons again. If you just want to set up your D780 exactly as I have mine set, simply download and copy my NCSET004.BIN file to your computer. Night Stairs, 5:54 PM PM, 06 February 2020. Manual exposures settable to 15 minutes in Manual mode, hallelujah! enlarge. Single lets me pick just one sensor, and 3D lets me pick one sensor and then the camera moves it around the finder to track the subject. These are set on the bottom ring of the top left dial. The AUTO2 "keep warm lighting colors" limits the camera's ability to correct for tungsten light, leaving indoor shots to look warmer (more orange). ISO button now up by the shutter button while the Metering Mode button moves to the back of the camera. This is Nikon's first full-frame DSLR in over two years, and it feels so much better using a real camera for a change rather than the pokey mirrorless excuses that have come out since the D850 in 2017. This is magnificent performance. Sony A7 Mk 3: $1,200. AI (1977-1981), AI-s (1981-today) and AI converted (1959-1976) lenses give you A and M exposure modes and, if you tell the D780 what lens you're using at MENU > SETUP MENU (wrench icon) > Non-CPU Lens Data, you get full Color Matrix metering. No 4:3 or 4:5 "Ideal Format" crop modes (only square, 16:9 and DX crops). See also Best Full-Frame Lenses covered at Best Nikon Lenses. Nikon USA enforces its trademarks strictly. Much better than I had expected, the D780 is still fully compatible with manual focus lenses. By default, the back dial moves back and forth picture by picture, while the front dial jumps ten images at a time. I set mine to ISO 51,200 because it looks fine if I need it. (755g) stripped. The AUTO0 "keep white" setting allows the camera to correct more fully under tungsten light to let indoor shots look whiter (less orange). Hint: If you don't want to read all this and prefer to download my own settings and shoot that way, skip to the bottom to My Own Camera Settings File. It also prevents shots with pale yellows or oranges from being presumed to be under tungsten and made to look too blue. (829.7 g) with battery and one card, actual measured weight. Regular AUTO lets the camera correct from a maximum of about 7,500 K and as low as about 1,500 K in AUTO0 Keep White, about 2,700 K in AUTO1 Normal and about 4,000 K in AUTO2 Keep Warm. It's unlikely, but possible that US customs won't let your camera back in the country if you bought a gray-market version in the USA, carried it overseas, and try to bring it back in. 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