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Bellissimo video grazie!

Very interesting for me as i like to use the Df for street and travel photography and especially for low light conditions in free hand. Wha I don't like in this video are the long video sequences containing no meaningful information. Nice to see that you have a dog and you like birds but this is "weitschweifig" for a portrait of a camera without video capability.

This V3 has a very nice and useful panorama automatic, as the J4 and J5. its a pity that Nikon cancelled this function on their new z series.

great review!

Now in 2023, I bought a low actuation mint D4 for less than the price of a DF which is a heavily neuter version of the D4. Love my D4

I have several Fuji's, Nikon ZF and Z5 and Canon's, but the Df is the one I use the most, by far. The fact that there is no video is icing on the cake.

Fabulous review of a great camera.

Just got my DF. Love it! My old ais and pre-ai lenses work beautifully. Super nice image. I have Fuji xt-2, xpro3. But honestly I like Nikon's look so much more. Getting a split screen. Nikon, if u are reading this, please don't give up making a retro digital. Really. There are photographers who are not young in age, and don't care about videos. We have a collection of favorite old lenses, and taking photos is a way to relive our younger days. That is what DF had given me.

Negative film 🎞️ forever best

Nice review. I am surprised that given its popularity, despite its weaknesses, Nikon has not come out with a new improved version.

Turn the music off!

They should've leaned into the retro aspect harder. The dials are supposed to be direct controls but there's still a mode switch that overrides them. They gave it the vintage look but didn't support vintage manual lenses with a split ring focusing screen. It's caught between film and digital and ends up satisfying neither audience.

I liked the bokeh on the 70-300mm better in this example.

the DF is still my only Full Frame cam. its not perfect, but the experience of using it is just too good. especially when pair with good nikon primes like the 28mm f1.4D and 85mm f1.4D. the 50mm kit lens is very good. if hope Nikon produces a ZF one day

Great review! As a long time sound guy, I wanted to mention that the sound quality when you're speaking could be better and louder. Probably fixable with a microphone on a boom arm to get it closer. Also the music level was way too high while you were speaking, making it more difficult to understand what you were saying. It got even louder when you were showing different shots, so I had to turn down the volume, but when it went back to you in your studio, you voice level was extra low so I had to turn it up again. Not criticisms, just observations. The review was very helpful as I have the 70-300 and have wondered if it would be worth the extra money to get the 70-200. I didn't see a big difference in picture quality and sharpness between the two, which surprised me for the cost difference. I use mine mostly outdoors, so I'll probably stick with the 70-300 for now. Thanks!

Why they didn't use a m4/3 sensor 😢

Wow, if no-one can take a great photo with this, they should just stick with their mobile phones!! Wimps.

My Nikon digital journey went from a D800 (2012) to a D600 (2021) and recently a D700 (2022)😅 they are addition not the replacement. Now I'm shooting with all those three and not having any plan to change my setup soon. Yes, i have a nice set of F-mount lenses which would cost too much to move away from.

Couldn't agree more. I learned the basics of photography on a Nikon FM I purchased in 1977. I'm an old school geek to be sure. My first digital photography camera was a Nikon DF. I purchased in '14. The first day I used it, it felt like I'd been using it for years. I've never had even one minor problem with my DF. This camera is simply a joy to use. I've made a lot of money in my live as a videographer. If I want to shoot video I use a video camera. If I want to take incredible photographs, I use my DF. And maybe the best reason I love this camera, is that I can use all the the great Nikon lenses I've purchase over the years. I love to shoot with my 35 f/1.4. I don't need auto focus shooting wide angle thank you very much.

In 2022-when flying for travel, the Nikon 70-300 is the winner for the bag along with other lenses.

Nikon Df.. simply amazing!

I have just had the chance to review your review of some time ago. While I recognize the issues you bring up as weaknesses, to me they represent a call-back to the shooting experience I experienced when I used cameras contemporary to the style of the unit. When Nikon brought out the Df, I was immediately attracted. For me, it was the interface that took me back to my younger self, and brilliantly melded the film camera interface with a brilliant digital camera. I have two: a silver body and a black/gold special edition and I love using them still. This is a camera that CAN be used as a digital DSLR, or it can be the digital version of the film cameras I used to use back in the days when I first started as a photographer. You can choose which personality you use or apply a combination of those two interfaces. Its intent is to re-create, as much as possible, the experience that photographers had when using a film camera. It slows you down, and turns the process of taking a photograph into an occasion to be savoured. But it recognizes that digital photography has other elements that film did not have and it has tried to deal with those without losing the analogue interface and the film experience that required a discipline of approach that one does not have to have today and what some regard as shortcomings, I see as a recreation of those conditions, and I'm fine with it. The clues to the fusion philosophy are in the whole design ethic: 1. The ability to use Non-AI lenses 2. The use of analogue dials controlling the essentials 3. The fabulous sensor, upgraded with a new processor to improve low-light/high ISO performance. It encourages you to use available light and fast prime lenses. 4. The removal of video to concentrate on stills, making the camera more compact and lighter. Let me address some of the criticisms I have seen hurled at this, usually because critics did not see the whole purpose of this salute to the past of the pure SLR recreated - INCLUDING some of its limitations: 1. NO VIDEO: It's a STILL photographers' camera - that deserves no apology, SLRs didn't take video. There are many DSLRs out there that do video just fine: buy one of them. 2. It doesn't have a built-in flash. Neither did the film SLR cameras of that era, but it has a perfectly serviceable flash hot shoe with all the capabilities of any Nikon camera built-in. 3. The unit does not have enough focusing points. It has a lot more that film cameras did and it works fine. Furthermore it doesn't use a split focusing screen, according to its designer, Goto Tetsuro, in an interview in 2019: the split screen focusing was not technically viable with a multi-point digital sensor system. 4. There is only one card slot. Film cameras could only hold one film at a time. In the days of film when I was shooting around NZ, Australia and Asia for landscape, wildlife and travel production I could carry only a limited amount of film and that had a finite life in the very hot conditions. When I took a photo I would not know if it came out for maybe a month before it was developed. The temptation was to take several bracketing shots, but then there was the limited film capacity to consider. It generated a discipline of being sparing and very careful with my settings and composition. I still do that today with digital and shoot a lot less than my contemporaries who only knew the digital environment. 5. The controls have lock on them - yep and so did most of the film cameras, it's about learning to get used to them, once you do it's automatic. 6. Small battery: the battery is rated at 1400 images, well in excess of the default standards for DSLRs. But the idea is not shoot like Rambo, but to shoot like you have a limited amount of film stock. Less, with quality, is more. This camera is all about taking time to enjoy the process of taking a photo, as well as the final outcome. In a similar situation my daughter's boyfriend asked about my record turntable and asked why I would still have one of those when an MP3 player was much more efficient. My response was that playing a record became an occasion in its own right and that was a big part of the enjoyment for me - in exactly the same way as taking a photo with the Df does.

Im fortunate to own both lenses and 1.4x 1.7x & 2.0x converters you stated that a 2x converter gets you a 400mm f4 ? In fact it becomes a f5.6 equivalent. also when you did your Bokeh test you wasn’t shooting like for like with aperture settings you only used f2.8 on the 70-200mm where as the 70-300mm is a variable aperture lens, a fairer test would have been to match the apertures at the various focal length settings as you will always get better Bokeh at f2.8

I recognize those cityscapes! Funny to stumble across a review from the hometown! Thanks.

For shooting in daylight I would choose instead the AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm because of its much better reach. For 90-95% of all situations this might be the perfect thing. And for low-light I would take any nifty fifty or my 20mm f1.8.

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I bought this in 2014, then in 2016 my daughter used it in her study abroad. Now is back again to my hand, and it took me no time to use it, because it is so intuitive. I never learned the nitty gritty of the extra functions that it borrows from D610, just a quick look to set Auto ISO, Change to Monochrome, and shoot Fine JPG + Raw, and I am ready to go.

What about ad200 can i put there?

Video: use HDMI to Atomos Ninja 2, etc Split Prism focus screen: takes 5min to swap original focus screen for a split prism Low light AF: SC-29 or SU-800 Dual card memory: WU-1a Battery: En-El20 + Ep-5c Live View: performance exceeds D4, D600, D610 & D800 for pixel to pixel reproduction. Size: Smallest Nikon FX DSLR, Voitlander 40mm f2, Nikkor 45mm f2.8, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 E Sensor: physically the same but wasn't coded the same hence why the DF outperforms the D4 P,S,M,A: M only Strap hooks: can lay camera flat ISO: highest until the Z6 Now to what Nikon actually fucked up on with the DF No way to assign the "Shoot Menu" to a custom button. HDMI signal is not the best for external monitor/recording. No proper hot shoe flash water seal for Flash however a simple cut balloon solves this issue. 1/8000: Extended iso 50

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It's an upgrade to my D700 which I have I agree with you. Just I can't get it for that price! 😔

That time when Nikon wanted to see what it's like being Fuji and never tried it again afterwards.

The Df is like a old friend from Nikon

How low do you have to go for it not to auto focus?? I've never had a problem shooting under tungsten lighting in fairly dim rooms. It must be only the extremes that cause a problem.

Pure Photography??? The Design SUCKS!!!! Ok it is a small model, It is just a Retro D600 without NO VIDEO, and the body is a slight smaller, I am glad that I still using DX models, and also my mirrorless models.... See like I said a Retro D600 with a D4 chip, and it cost $3000. and one SD card slot, amd a top speed of 1/4000, and no battery grip as as with no higher low light features, and NO VIDEO. SO WHY DO YOU WANT ONE....

if they made a df 2 .few more pixels and a grip( old style) i would have one ..i used nikon f3hp cameras and loved them

I have been wanting to purchase a lens for my camera for years imgs.love/NikoAF-P but the price has always been my hang up. When I saw this one, I was skeptical because it was so much less expensive. Let me tell you, I should not have been hesitant! This is a great lens, for a great price. I use it to shoot surf shots from the pier and the beach, it has really made a big difference in the shots I am able to get! Would totally recommend.

I don’ understand the “controversy” side of this camera. For what it does the Df is a brilliant camera. I so wish it did video because everything else about it is really likeable. It encapsulates so much that has made Fuji a growing camera company, but at the same does encapsulate that which has caused Nikon to be. Company losing market share in 2020. The Df was released 5 years after Panasonic and Olympus mounted the start of the mirrorless revolution, and it was 3 weeks after Sony launched the A7 and the full frame revolution. I, and a lot of other people, bought the A7 and not the Df despite thinking the Df was the better camera in so many regards, but the A7 had no mirror, had an EVF, and did video. The Df was the camera where Nikon should have seen the writing on the wall, and gone full frame mirrorless. If they had, Sony would have been dead in the water and it could easily be argued that Nikon would, in 2020, be #1 camera seller again. A mirrorless successor to the Df would be the “must have” camera and APSC versions of the Df concept would have relegated Fuji to yesterday’s hero status. The Df’s wonderful set of controls, feeling in the hand, and image quality all appeal to those who love mirrorless. I would buy one in a heartbeat if it could do video. Instead I adapt my Nikon manual focus glass to Sony. And every time I see a Df, I feel a little sad for what might have been, had Nikon not been wearing the DSLR blinkers for too long. Perhaps it is time for Nikon to make a Z-mount Son of Df. It would do well if it did credible 4K.

that's just heresy. digital camera that looks like a film one, but doesn't *FEELS* like one

I have a Fuji xt1 and I’m dying to use my manual focus Nikon lenses on something full frame, but I don’t want to have to carry around a giant dslr body. This seems like the perfect choice for me!

Please use wireless microphones, sound is like tin can.

You seem to be criticizing everything it wasn't meant to be. It's a retro digital camera, it's the little brother of my Nikon FM3A. It's reasonably small and accepts all Nikon lenses including the original non indexing lenses. When I'm using it, it reminds me of my old Nikon F's, F2's, F3's FM, FM2 and so on, I feel like I'm exposing film so I take my time. If I need a sports camera my trusty D700 still kicks butt! If I need a high resolution camera my ancient D800 still gets the job done. When I'm traveling or doing anything that requires 2 camera bodies I grab my D600. I have to admit you did an awesome job producing this video and pointing out the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks!

Cant understand why you were showing a lot of video footage, as you said the df doesn't shoot video.

but it has no high speed sync?

Love my Df. It's the one Nikon I'll never sell. I suppose it's too much to hope for a Df 2.

I don't use auto focus, only shoot manual, don't shoot or need video, only need 1 memory card and only shoot Raw (2nd card would be an overflow), I don't shoot past 1/4000 so 1/5000 is extra. Ergonomics, I'd be adding a rotating bracket. Shoots 1200 to 1400 shots on 1 battery. I probably wouldn't even use half that in a day so it'd work for a week or more easily. I'm still tryna find something wrong with this camera aside from price. I'm only 34 so I'm not from the film days. Shutter speed dial, apeture ring and set to iso 800 - 2000 depending on available light. Pretty sweet fast camera to me

I like your editing, this would be my choice if i was going to buy a digital camera.