Other studio samples - http://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-df-digital-slr-sample-photos-23600

Arguably one of the headline features is support for old non-AI lenses. These always worked on other Nikon DSLRs, but mount them on the Df and you'll enjoy full aperture metering in Aperture Priority or Manual that's equivalent to AI lenses. The lens focal length and maximum aperture can be programmed into the Df, allowing it to recognize the aperture and work out the right exposure.

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_Df/

In case of the D800 it is currently the best Dslr and by extention the best photo camera ever to exist.

One can't compare cameras for different purposes. For photographers who need fast series of many shots by any weather (action, sport etc) the D4 is much better camera. For those who need to shoot in low light, the D3s is still the king.

@ghkqn high pixel density is bad for low light, 16MP is nearly too much, 12MP and great performance up to ISO 25.600 and reasonable by 50k is what the world of photography now needs.

I really hope the Df will improve further Nikon's high ISO performance: if so, the price would be very reasonable.

Video people are just as dumb the ones in photo forum that despise video on dslr. It is the same lack of knowledge and sense of self entitlement that Nikon is not giving them what they need. In the case of the photo shooters what can they complain about? Nikon has the best Line-up since 2007/2008 at the launch of the D300/D3 since suffering for about 7 years complete dominance by Canon. Is there anything comparable to D800 in the Canon Line-up. Medium format back resolution, highest DR ever (nearly 3 stop above Canon 5d3), Low light very near to the Sport/low light camera 1dx/D4. Even the $ 1000 D7100 has better resolution and DR than the 5d3. . In case of the D800 it is currently the best Dslr and by extention the best photo camera ever to exist. So if they are complaining about a button that they are not forced to use, then they should change job/hobby/passion.

Now for our friends here, who are complaining about Nikon not putting video in the DF… why should they do it? If anyone took 5 minutes to investigate, they would see that Nikon already have a solid line-up of video dslr, that are continuously updated. They just launch the $ 800 D5300 which included 1080p at 60 fps. A feature that even the Canon C line does not have!!!

If it uses the same Toshiba sensor tech than the D5200/d7100, it will have no moire/aliasing problem like the gh2. The day Nikon change sensor manufacturer from Sony… Hey, gone are the moire/aliasing. Gh3 gets a sony dslr sensor and back is moire/aliasing. Guess who is holding back sensor tech for moire/aliasing in its sensors. That joke of a Company called Sony is now telling us that they are sampling all pixel form there small sensor compact camera and people are falling for that. This is already gone from the Apsc/S35 sensor Nikon dslr for a year.

The low light is very good, it rivals the 5dmark 3 http://www.eoshd.com/content/9713 test from here and the resolution of the d7100 comes very close to the gh2. A Blind test by me, where many got it wrong and others did not commit http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread...-gh2-sharpness. You do get a bit better sharpness using an external recorder. The DR is superb in the 11.5 to 12 stop depending on different testers. Not the best test but again confirming the more scientific test done by people like Samuel H who did the Flaaat profile for Nikon camera http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread...mic-range-test. With an external recorder, I would say that you could get 1/3 to 1/2 stop more Dr. So we would be in good 12 stop DR camera. The only caveat is the Fix patter noise, but neat video does a stunning job with the high bitrate Ninja footage which is also a bit sharper than the internal codec.

The aps Nikon are nowadays for me the best DSLR in terms of image quality below the Raw 5dmark3 and even then... until some knowledgeable people test them we will never know by how much. I have always been critical about Nikon but at least they are trying. They were the one that released the first dslr with uncompressed hdmi which is already a big step in the right direction and you even have it in its $ 800 camera. Everybody would have been all over it if there was not the RAW revolution of the Blackmagic camera for $ 1000. Unfortunately they were not bold enough as nobody could guess that you would have raw and 10 bit prores for 1k. The latest step is 60fps in 1080p, something you don't have even in the $ 12 000 Canon C300.

Again every new Nikon dslr generation is progressing, but where are the reviews, where are the bloggers/reviewers etc … who are supposed to guide us. So because it is not raw it is not good!!! I chose the D7100 over the Nikon D600 as a back-up to my D800 (I am a professional photographer), because of the video quality. I chose to buy an Atomos Ninja rather than the BM pocket camera, because I wanted the S35 camera look and lack of moire/aliasing. I sold my beloved gh2 because with my test, the D7100 was exactly what I wanted during the frenzy of hacked gh2, a better DR gh2. What I would really want in terms of image quality is at least 10 bit, the rest would be just bonuses for now.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev

Honestly, I think we are less than a decade from all cameras just being video cameras. They will shoot lossless compressed RAW 4K video @ 60 FPS in 1 minute segments. If you click the shutter button then it will save the progressive RAW frame from the video or if you press the video button it will save the video segment from a few seconds before you pressed the button till you press the video button again.

Then you will truly have a hybrid camera that can be used as a still or video camera simultaneously. This will require a global electronic shutter or an extremely fast readout rolling shutter though.

Canon just enabled a feature in their camera that was disabled at launch. I really do think that video was simply turned off in this Nikon camera. What a waste.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/11/06/canon-offers-dual-pixel-af-upgrade-for-cinema-eos-c100-camera?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0

If the high ISO / low light performance of this camera beats the D3s it would be great. 16MP FX sensor awakes my hope.... I'm waiting in vain for such camera by Nikon already sooooo long. Even 12MP would be enough, just make finally the low-light-king please.

I also don't understand the still photographer hate for a video feature, lol. It's a button... Don't push it. I almost picture a still shooter looking at the function dial and seeing the little movie camera icon:

"Son-of-a BIIIIiIIIIIIIIIiIIIIITCH!!!!!!!!"

Throws camera, flips table over.

Seriously. What's the problem?

Gives me an idea for a skit...

Should have named it dmf. IYKWIM.

Trollshavethebestcandy in a comment at dpreview: Nikon went full retard

Oh please @Vitaliy_Kiselev hack this thing to enable video. It will drive everyone who buys it nuts when they realize that they just paid more for what Nikon removed in firmware. Wouldn't it be ironic if it turns out that this camera is actually capable of 4K @ 60 FPS RAW video but Nikon just simply turned it off.

I think this camera is brilliant. None of Nikon's competitors will ever dare to compete against this.

absolutely no video

It appears as Nikon doesn't really care of how many those Dfs it's going to sell, or just adopted FujiFilm&Sony's tactic: make as many weird cameras as possible and see which ones would succeed.

"First women, then surfers, now retirees."

It's so funny that marketing finally worked themselves around to removing video being a plus. I mean I can almost see someone thinking it made sense when they first suggested it in a meeting, but for it to get to this point seems beyond crazy.

Looks pretty good, I imagine the silver in person looks more like metal than it does in these pictures. I would have preferred a D800 sensor, too.