Nikon Announcement – The D750 Is Coming And It Looks Promising
Sep 12, 2014
Tiffany Mueller
Tiffany Mueller is a photographer and content strategist based in Hawi, Hawaii. Her work has been shared by top publications like The New York Times, Adobe, and others.
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Nikon announced today the release of it’s latest edition the D750, a FX format DSLR that is aimed at the serious enthusiast and advanced amateur crowd. Taking a look at some of it’s features, and $2300 price point, the D750 could be the camera a lot of photographers have been waiting for. It takes the impressive video capture capabilities of its slightly more sophisticated colleague, the D810, and combines it with a compact size and tilting LCD screen that’s appreciated by hobbyists.
The D750 is currently available for pre-sale with or without a 24-120mm f/4G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR. Read on for full specs, photos, and video of the new DSLR in action…
Key Features
- 24.3 megapixel CMOS image sensor (FX/full frame)
- Nikons latest EXPEED 4 image processor
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- Speeds up to 6.5 fps at highest resolution
- Full HD 60/50/30/25/24p video
- Pro Video feature set including: Simultaneously record uncompressed and compressed, Manually control ISO, shutter speed, and aperture while recording
- First FX DSLR to feature tilting Vari-angle LCD display
In the official press release from Nikon, the D750 hopes to attract “active photo hobbyist” by packing in a few extra features not found on comparative models, such as the D610.
“The D750 offers superior image quality with an effective pixel count of 24.3-million pixels, a new Nikon FX-format CMOS sensor, and the EXPEED 4 image-processing engine. Adoption of a monocoque structure utilizing a carbon fiber composite material (new material*), magnesium alloy and a completely new layout for the internal structure have achieved a smaller, lighter, and slimmer camera that still offers a firm and steady grip.
In addition, the D750 offers superior high-sensitivity performance and AF that supports shooting in low-light conditions, enabling hand-held shooting of even scenes offering little in the way of lighting. It is equipped with advanced functions nearly equal to those of professional models, and is the first FX-format model to be equipped with a tilting LCD monitor and built-in Wi-Fi® function that add to user convenience.The D750, which combines superior agility with excellent added value in a compact, slim and lightweight body, eliminates various limitations users face with shooting, enabling greater freedom of expression, and the ability to express their intent, with their photographic imaging. Forming a new line of Nikon FX-format models, the D750 responds to the desire of active photo hobbyists to be ever more creative and feeds their great desire to prove themselves.”
Nikon D750 Product Tour
Full Specs
| Type | Single-lens reflex digital camera |
|---|---|
| Lens mount | Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts) |
| Effective angle of view | Nikon FX format |
| Effective pixels | |
| Effective pixels | 24.3 million |
| Image sensor | |
| Image sensor | 35.9 x 24.0 mm CMOS sensor |
| Total pixels | 24.93 million |
| Dust-reduction system | Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX-D software required) |
| Storage | |
| Image size (pixels) |
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| File format |
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| Picture Control system | Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat; selected Picture Control can be modified; storage for custom Picture Controls |
| Media | SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards |
| Double card slots | Slot 2 can be used for overflow or backup storage or for separate storage of copies created using NEF+JPEG; pictures can be copied between cards |
| Speed | 1/4000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time, X200 |
|---|---|
| Flash sync speed | X=1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/250 s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/200 and 1/250 s) |
| Exposure compensation | Can be adjusted by -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV in P, S, A, M, SCENE and night vision modes |
|---|---|
| Exposure bracketing | 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV; 2 to 5 frames in steps of 2 or 3 EV |
| Exposure lock | Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button |
| ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) | ISO 100 to 12800 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV; can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 50 equivalent) below ISO 100 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1 or 2 EV (ISO 51200 equivalent) above ISO 12800; auto ISO sensitivity control available |
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Metering | TTL exposure metering using main image sensor |
| Metering method | Matrix, center-weighted or highlight-weighted |
| Frame size (pixels) and frame rate |
Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 and 23.976 fps respectively; options support both high and normal image quality |
| File format | MOV |
| Video compression | H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
| Audio recording format | Linear PCM |
| Audio recording device | Built-in or external stereo microphone; sensitivity adjustable |
| Maximum length | 29 min. 59 s (10 or 20 min. depending on frame size/rate and movie quality settings) |
| Other movie options | Index marking, time-lapse photography |
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Tiffany Mueller
Tiffany Mueller is a photographer and content strategist based in Hawi, Hawaii. Her work has been shared by top publications like The New York Times, Adobe, and others.
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18 responses to “Nikon Announcement – The D750 Is Coming And It Looks Promising”
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Hopefully canon will pull their finger out and respond.
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
Finally some real competition for the MKIII
I am really excited about the camera however two features will keep me from purchasing it. I don’t like the selector wheel on the left for mode. I also dont see an af-on button.
AF/M selector switch is clearly visible under the lens release button on the left elevation
I don’t really see any improvement since the D600.
AF from D810/D4s, including new AF group
Metering from D810/D4s, including spot highlights
Autofocus from -3ev, one more from D810
Better LCD definition and tilting
Better ISO
WI-FI to share and control
Better grip
Better video
For just a few hundreds more than D610, this D750 is better in many aspects. This is the camera I was waiting to move to FX.
AF from the D600 is just fine.
Metering too
Autofocus from -3ev ? I already can autofocus with a ND1000 filter on my D610… who needs more ?
Better LCD : gadget
Better ISO : let’s wait DXO tests, because higher ISO is not the same than better ISO… look at the D4s…
Wifi : gadget
Better grip : if you want a good grip buy a grip :D