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Today, Nikon revealed its D800 DSLR, leaving photo and video nerds alike salivating for samples. Eager to show off the D800′s video capabilities, Nikon left it to filmmaker Sandro Miller to create a film meant to make us drool. And so we have Joy Ride, which chronicles the journey of one man and his motorcycle… and not much else aside from a superfluously gross childbirth scene.
The piece is pretty, but these test films generally don’t tell us very much about the performance of the camera. They are too controlled (check out the behind the scenes footage to the left) and produced with the sole intention of making things look as lush and juicy as possible. Nikon has so far failed to produce a DSLR that videographers covet as much as Canon’s 5D Mark II. It’ll still be some time until we see how the D800 measures up to further scrutiny. [Vimeo via NoFilmSchool]
It looks slightly sharper than my 5d Mkii or 550d, looks like the codec is capturing a 4:2:2 video, rather than the 4:2:0 you get with the current VDSLR’s. I also see Lots of Moire and aliasing also though (some of the shots of the bike going past, you can see the moire on the road section)
Its better, but not really a big enough evolution for me really. Also, from the sounds of it, its low light performance isnt as good as the 5d Mkii. I really like Both my Nikon and Canon cameras, i would never say one brand is better than the other.
I think the quality of this short film is pretty bad though, production values seem pretty decent, but the cinematography is not great. Badly framed shots, hand held rapid jiggle at the end, mis-focusing etc. Not a great advert for the camera I think.
Agreed, still too many shortcomings at this stage, and these promotional films for HDSLR video are always badly made.
If I got up at 3.45am, I could not ride like that. Also:is that a PAGER?!!