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Nikon d810a hype thread

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Its the first deep sky photography specific dslr. Can also shoot 1080 at 60fps.
It has a special sensor that's 4x more sensitive to ir light waves.

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http://m.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/dslr-cameras/D810A.html
Feb 18 2015 12:05PM
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Mr.SaltyIts the first deep sky photography specific dslr. Can also shoot 1080 at 60fps.
It has a special sensor that's 4x more sensitive to ir light waves.

Link

http://m.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/dslr-cameras/D810A.html


"The D810A is a digital SLR camera designed exclusively for astrophotography. When shooting under light sources with a significant amount of near-infrared wavelengths, or capturing common subjects exhibiting high reflectance at near-infrared wavelengths, resulting images may exhibit an unusually red cast. Because an appropriate color reproduction cannot be obtained, this model is not recommended for general photography.”

Cool and all, but not for 99% of the people on NS I'd say haha. Stoked to see what images come out of this camera though. + to really get good use out of this, wouldn't you need to mount it to a telescope?
Feb 18 2015 1:31PM
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I have a friend who has the Canon 60Da that was made for this use.

I mean, I guess if you're a pro astrophotographer it's cool, but it's definitely not for everyone.
Feb 18 2015 3:24PM
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I guess if you shit 100's this thing would be nice to splurge on but I feel like 99.87% of people who are gonna get it are huge gear hoes. Besides, why can't you just convert your camera if you want it to be that sensitive to IR? I guess with IR conversions it just moves the range, maybe this has the normal visible light + extended into IR? If

If were Nikon I would release this as one of their special imaging products not in their regular lineup, but it's dope nonetheless.
Feb 18 2015 5:13PM
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The universe is a strange, scary and awesome place.

I feel like astrophotography would get sorta boring.
Feb 18 2015 7:00PM
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rtl32Besides, why can't you just convert your camera if you want it to be that sensitive to IR? I guess with IR conversions it just moves the range, maybe this has the normal visible light + extended into IR?


Because this one comes with factory warranty.
Feb 19 2015 5:44AM
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TWoodsI feel like astrophotography would get sorta boring.


The people who do it are usually retirees doing it as their own thing. These are the folks who get excited about globular clusters and newly found stars within the Orion spur.

Additionally, when you spend this much money on a rig this elaborate, 4 grand isn't really all that bad, anyway.

Feb 19 2015 9:04AM
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omnidataBecause this one comes with factory warranty.


There are companies out there who do the conversion and offer a warranty on their work. Might not be factory, but it's still something.
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