Review of the Nikon Df camera and examples of photos from it, especially for Radozhiva, prepared Sergey Koveshnikov.
Nikon Df. General view photo
Nikon Df - it is very unusual and ambiguous full frame digital SLR camerain the classic Nikon DSLR design. The ambiguity manifests itself both in the control features (more on that later) and in the positioning of the camera on the market. You can often find mentions that the camera belongs to the professional segment (including on the official website). However, certain technical restrictions, obviously made deliberately, strongly hinder the use of the camera precisely as a professional tool. On the other hand, the complete absence; green 'automatic modes and a considerable price, sometimes surpassing some professional FF cameras, tells us that ordinary amateurs, and even more so beginners, will bypass this device. Thus, the audience to which this camera is addressed is, first of all, advanced enthusiasts who are well versed in photographic equipment, who will not be confused by the control only in manual and semi-automatic modes, but who have absolutely no need for purely professional gadgets and functionality. Well, hipsters too, of course.
Thus, it turns out that Df is the most professional amateur and the most amateur professional Nikon camera :)
Despite the fact that the prototype of the camera was ready back in 2009, the camera was presented only in the fall of 2013. This is due to the catastrophic earthquake in Japan in the spring of 2011.
Df - the lightest and most compact in the world FX format at the time of release, it remains the same for the current day. Together with the battery, it weighs only 765 grams. For comparison, the youngest of Nikon FF D610 weighs 850 g D750 - 840 g., Canon 6D - 770 g. Even crop D7000 weighs more - as much as 780 g. Approximately the same picture is observed when comparing dimensions.
Comparison of camera sizes
However, according to the manufacturer, the camera has a weatherproof housing made of magnesium alloy. In the hands of the camera feels soundly and efficiently made, expensive thing. Although all the same, a feeling of super reliability, "bulletproof" like D700, for example - no trace of it.
Nikon Df
The camera body is made in the style of classic Nikon film cameras such as the F3 and FM, two body colors are available - black with silver and completely black. Beauty is a subjective concept, but for me personally this classic appearance simply admires; and speaking objectively, Df stands out sharply against the background of identical, to the point of being completely indistinguishable, modern digital SLR cameras, regardless of the manufacturer. Good or bad - everyone decides for himself.
As usual, the whole point is in the details.
The heart of any digital camera is its matrix. Nikon Df has a 16,1MP full-frame matrix, exactly the same as on the flagship D4 and D4s. It's a sensor NC81366W and unlike the vast majority of new products from Nikon, this part production of Nikon, not Sony. Anyway, the camera is not without pride made in Japan, which is twice explicitly mentioned on the case :)
Nikon DF - made in Japan
Of course, the relatively small number of pixels by modern standards over a large area of the matrix could not but affect the sensitivity parameters in the most positive way. Moreover, the matrix works in poor lighting conditions even better than D4 (as confirmed by tests on DXOMark). Perhaps this is due precisely to the lack of the ability to shoot video.
The standard ISO values are from 100 to 12800; all of them can be considered workers, with certain reservations. The camera works just fine in low light conditions, which seriously pushes the boundaries of creativity. AutoISO works flawlessly, and you probably won't ever want to turn it off. It is possible to give the camera the value of the minimum allowable excerptswhich it will install on its own depending on the attached lens in accordance with the golden rule of photography.
Sample photo at ISO 12800
Data can be written in traditional JPG, TIFF, 12-bit and 14-bit RAW, and unlike, for example, D750 - RAW may be uncompressed. Maximum burst speed reaches 5,5 fps. When shooting in RAW (14 bits, lossless compression, image correction options are included), the Nikon Df buffer accommodates 16 frames, i.e. a series, depending on the speed of the memory card, can be approximately 20-25 frames.
The shutter life declared by the manufacturer is 150'000 operations. The maximum shutter speed is 1/4000, nothing outstanding here.
Autofocus module - Multi-CAM 4800FX 39-point, similar to that used in D600 и D610. As usual, there’s not much sense from 39 points - all of them are piled in a heap in the center of the frame and occupy an area that does not cover even a quarter of the frame area. However, a similar problem in one way or another is inherent in all full-frame Nikon DSLRs.
Nikon Df Optical Viewfinder
But it is possible to focus with lenses, the maximum relative aperture of which is up to f / 8, although only at 7 central points.
The viewfinder is large and bright, not least due to the use of a pentaprism rather than a pentamirror. JVI has an increase of 0,7x and, most importantly, 100% frame coverage.
The main screen is large enough, 3,2 inches; bright, although it still doesn’t save you from exposure to the sun, and it’s pretty accurate in color reproduction, as far as I can tell. Many are sure that the screen, like the matrix, is borrowed from the model D4.
The camera also has a small information display in the usual place for DSLRs, where only the most important is displayed - the exposure bar, battery charge and the number of remaining frames. Although the screen is tiny, it has its own backlight, beautiful cold white color. The indication of the current AutoISO value is somewhat lacking, but, in general, it is better than nothing.
Built-in flash, like the main "donor" D4 - it’s absent, which means, on the one hand, that you need to spend a little more money to build the CLS system, and on the other, you get battery saving, a more aesthetic appearance and the notorious low weight.
Perhaps the main feature of Nikon Df is that its mount has a unique function - a folding foot rheostat rheostat. Thus, This camera is compatible with almost all F-mount lenses.issued since 1959, including pre-AI and without any filings.
There are a few things to note about compatibility: the bad news is that not every lens fits. The good news is that, in general, lenses that don't fit do not deserve the attention of a camera owner at this level. First of all, these are the lenses of the IX-NIKKOR series from cropped film cameras of the late 90s, which do not shine at all with their characteristics: everything is entirely dark zooms. Also a pair of autofocus lenses made especially for the F3AF camera. Well, and a little more exoticism, which you cannot find in every museum.
Management
How unusual is this camera in control, in other words - how much does the content match the appearance? Well, here we must admit that under the stylish beautiful case hides a completely ordinary Nikon mirror. There is nothing here that would force not only to fundamentally change the habits of a modern photographer, but do not even have to remember new buttons / items in the menu. Everything is logical, understandable and familiar to everyone who used any of the Nikon Central Controllers released in the last 10 years.
Back panel
Customized wheels for ISO input, shutter speeds and exposure compensation certainly add their own film-era charm. This is not to say that they somehow speed up or, on the contrary, slow down the reading and entering of parameters, delight or annoy, no. It's just a little different. In addition, for everything "non-standard" (except for exposure compensation - it can be set only through your wheel), you can, one way or another, use a more familiar way of control - through the main dial or through the menu. In general, the camera allows you to customize yourself very, very quickly and flexibly, an innumerable number of menu items are dedicated to customizing controls for a specific user and for specific tasks. In general, the menu structure is practically the same as that of modern high-end Nikon cameras.
The ISO value set using its drum with the AutoISO function turned on sets its lower threshold, which is extremely convenient in operation.
View from above
The control wheels have individual locks made in the form of buttons. Control wheel shutter speed it is locked in positions 1/3 STEP, X, T and B, to move to another position, press the unlock button in the center of the wheel. This is quite convenient to do by pressing the button with the index finger and at the same time rotating the wheel with the thumb and middle finger. The same is true for the correction wheel exposure, all positions of which are also automatically locked. Wheel positions for time excerpts from 4 to 1/4000 are clicked with one finger, without the need for unlocking, which is quite convenient and logical.
What is NOT convenient and NOT logical is the control of the ISO sensitivity selection wheel, as well as the correction wheel exposure all positions on it are automatically locked, but the unlock button is not located on the wheel axis, but somewhat on the side and behind on the camera body. Switching ISO with one hand while holding the camera near your eyes is almost impossible. At the very least, you need to lower the camera lower so as not to unnaturally twist the brush, or even intercept the camera. This is terribly annoying. Therefore, I deliberately, on my copy, carefully disabled the locking mechanism and now the wheel flips between its positions with the movement of one finger. It is a pleasure to work with this mechanism in this mode. For all the time, there has not been a single case when the ISO settings got lost spontaneously as a result of, for example, the wheel hitting the cover or clothes, so we can safely say that at this moment the Nikon engineers were frankly "too clever".
Another note regarding control mechanisms is the front control dial. The fact that it is installed vertically has almost no effect on the convenience of work, but it affects the low height and its overly tight course. So tight that one would think that this is a factory marriage, if not for numerous complaints on the Web about a similar problem. Confidently you can rotate the disc with only two fingers, and then, provided that the hands are not wet.
Although, both two claims are multiplied by zero, if you remember exactly how the developers imagined (and told in press releases) the use of this camera - leisurely artistic shooting for your own pleasure, when you can spend as much time on each frame as necessary, you can slowly spin the wheels, push the buttons; no one should be in a hurry, obviously, according to the intention of the developers, the owners of such a camera have long been everywhere :)
Top right photo
Shooting modes, unlike typical amateur devices, there are exactly four - M, A, S and P. In order to change the mode exposure you must first pull the selector up, and only then turn it to the desired position.
There are two programmable buttons on the front panel, as well as in its rightful place a very convenient button, usually present only on models of the professional line –AF-ON.
Example photo on Nikon Df
The release button is threaded for a mechanical release cable. Nowadays, this thing is not so much for the benefit as for maintaining a nostalgic image. Although, if you still have a cable from the old "Zenith", then you can save on buying an electronic one. the built-in intervalometer with extremely wide possibilities completely replaces it. The cheapest version of the remote control, with an infrared remote control ML-L3, not a ride - there is no infrared receiver.
Automatic white balance It works quite adequately, but in natural light the camera tends to sometimes slightly move the white point towards the magenta. Automatic modes BB there are even two: the first works similarly to most other cameras - in all conditions it tries to keep the colors neutral, the second differs from the first in that when the color temperature is lowered (incandescent, flame, sunset) it keeps warm colors. A very interesting feature for those who are used to shooting immediately in JPEG.
The burst speed at 5,5 frames per second should be enough for the eyes for any unprofessional photography. On the selector of the drive mode, you can select both the maximum burst speed and the slow speed, the low speed is set through the menu.
One of the artificial limitations that was mentioned at the beginning of the review is a memory card. It is only one (which is almost unacceptable for professional work, since the possibility of duplication of images is not provided) and in addition the SD / SDHC / SDXC format. From an amateur point of view, this is a definite plus: these cards are cheaper, more common, and card readers of this particular format are more common. Supported cards up to 64 GB.
Another limitation is the relatively small 1230 mAh battery. On a commercial shoot, you can plant a handful of these in a day, especially in the cold; for an amateur one - enough with a head and one, since not in extreme conditions it keeps at least 1000 (or even 2000) frames.
Image quality
As you would expect, the flagship sensor allows you to get just the same uncompromising image quality. Color reproduction is excellent, even at the default settings. Due to the use of incredibly huge pixels by today's standards in the matrix, getting pixel-by-pixel sharpness is no problem; and the bonus to this is that even in conditions of very insufficient lighting quite tolerable pictures will come out.
Sources can be downloaded at this link.
Personal impressions
Due to the fact that Nikon Df, as already mentioned, is the lightest full-frame on the market, it is very easy to operate with it, especially with the almost weightless standard fix - "fifty kopecks". However, if you plan to take this camera with you, say, on vacation, keep in mind that it is still quite a weighty "brick", unable to compete with mirrorless cameras in this regard.
A rather unexpected nuance that surfaced during operation is compatibility with lenses. No, on the technical side, everything is absolutely flawless, it's aesthetic: harmoniously, from the point of view of appearance, only native Nikkor lenses of the film era “sit” on this camera, and even then - not all. In addition, the small size and weight of the carcass predetermine varying degrees of inconvenience when using heavy professional zooms.
The level of the camera is quite high, so that you can scold anything in it only from a subjective point of view; The quality of the output image is amazing. Having taken a few shots, you understand that it’s not 50, not 90, and not even 99, but 100% - what happens at the output depends only and only on the radius of curvature of the photographer’s hands. Within reasonable limits, naturally, Df practically does not limit the user to anything. This again plays into the hands of the image invented by marketers for this product - this is a camera in which nothing distracts from the creative process of photography, including the camera itself.
Postscript
There is a paradoxical and very funny pattern in the world of photography: often here and there you can see how people choose photographic equipment with an eye on the pros. It is universally and categorically considered the standard and measure of quality, while amateurs should strive entirely towards the pros. At the same time, if you look, for example, at the car market, you can easily see the absolute absurdity of this approach: a professional (it does not matter if he is a taxi driver or carries goods) will never buy a Porsche for work, a car enthusiast will never dream of what he bought for his hard-earned trunkline a tractor, or a bus, or a wedding limousine to drive to work or dacha. With all this, it would never occur to anyone to say that Porsche is worse than Scania, or vice versa. They have an extremely different set of qualities that satisfy completely different needs.
The same is true for professional photographers - they have a clearly defined and very specific range of tasks that they successfully solve using appropriate, no less specific tools.
What should an enthusiast photographer who wants to get (and do not ask 'why should he, if he is not talking about' - after all, Ferrari is not produced for Formula 1 pilots) the highest possible image quality to do? Saving up a lot of money for equipment with functions that they will never need in real life, and then, having saved up, carry around a large, heavy and ugly (yes, this can also be important!) Camera?
Actually, that was before.
Before the release of Df.
Nikon Df
You will find more reviews from readers of Radozhiva here.
By the way, I remembered that I did a review of Nikon Df with the guys from Fotozen, but the review was according to their scenario, because I did not publish it on Radozhiv. You can look hereor below:
the operator is clearly not Vladimir Morgunov :)
Filmed, by the way, on micro 4 \ 3
Vladimir’s videos are definitely better
They didn’t publish it in vain, nothing happened.
A fashion camera, it doesn’t have to be such that many want to buy.
Question to Lynx: We did not decide to sell the Fuji and return to Nikon. After all, agree that the X-T10 against Nikon does not frankly roll.
So the Lynx moved from Fuji to Fuji.
With 4 times the price difference?
In the sense of?
Camera velmy is a decent viglyadє. The first quality of the mark is at the top.
The correct review for this camera. It must be perceived at the level of emotions. For those who are trying to approach it from a logical point of view, as a rule, the camera is not clear.
I myself look at the camera for a long time in love and look for an excuse for a purchase.
Thanks to the author.
Here I am. But bought and do not regret how much.
I also enter this category of DF owners because I just like her
Wanted as soon as I saw! Year dragged with the purchase. And I want to, and inject, and do not order money ...
Unhappy :)
Not ordered of course. The typo is higher.
Cool reviewer, I liked it, thanks.
And the camera ... well, it's generally a dream!
Modern DSLRs are boring and having a D800, I suddenly wanted Df with a single lens and never regretted it)
I bought Df, having old lenses for Nikon - Tair11A and 3A, Yu37A, Biometar 80mm, Volna3 ... and also FF Sigma lenses, I shot D7000 grandchildren. The exposure setting on the Df body is pleasant, the exposure meter automatically changes the sensitivity of the “film”. I liked and attracted professional fujiki with the same settings - the usual manual ones. Anyone who has the first FED camera and the last Zenit TTL .. wants to plunge into the past ... While happy with Df. Nikon 80-200 MKI, Nikon 75-150 E, Nikon-Nikkor 135 3.5 / f were installed as native. Those who buy Df are sometimes called “fetishists” by photographers ... it's easy to guess, the outer vintage surroundings are very attractive ...
They are also called aesthetes.
Great to be compatible with USSR type “H” lenses! So they write nonsense that if you put a Soviet lens for cameras like Kiev-19, then it can tightly jam in the camera (because of the screw slot on the lens) so that not every master can handle it and the lens will have to be cut with a hacksaw ???
In some Nikons, it can also jam.
I'm interested specifically in DF, jam or not?
In general, it shouldn't, unless the lens is defective / reworked. My world-24n of 1990 edition got up on all Nikons like my own. And optically it is comparable to Nikkor 35/2 - the picture does not “ring” 2.8-4, but, nevertheless, started with 5.6. Nikon's bayonet geometry has NEVER changed. But micron discrepancies are
This did not change for “theirs Nikon”, but for “ours” it is unknown)
It got wedged only on a few Nikon film films, there was an additional pin on the front of the bayonet, which fell into the mounting hole of the bayonet mounting screws on Kiev lenses and wedged tightly. I once had a chance to cut a lens on Nikon Fa to save the camera. On Df, there is no such pin and all the lenses are there, except for some Kiev lenses the landing tolerances were too large and sometimes they do not turn stupidly on the Nikona mount.
It depends more on the lens itself. The first models were copies of Non-AI lenses, for example the Helios-81M. Can be put, but after alteration. Subsequent are already AI compatible and do not require alteration for installation and normal operation. Read more in the lens reviews. Arkady in his warns if the lens is a "surprise".
The comment is good and consistent like a seller to sell an item. I have been engaged in photography for over 50 years and naturally I could not pass by such a novelty. I rented it and wandered around the city for 2 days. Frankly, not impressed, I expected more. And the funniest thing happened in Bremen when I met Russian tourists. I am taking pictures of the monument to the Bremen Town Musicians and I hear the Russian language and listened ... Look Fritz is shooting with what old-fashioned stuff. And when I approached them and met them, of course, they were surprised when I took out my pet D 600 with a large 50x500 sigma lens from my bag, they immediately switched to it and asked him to at least hold it in his hands without paying attention to the novelty hanging around his neck. In no case do I want to give criticism or bad feedback about the NIKON DF, but for me personally, the cost for its abilities is greatly overestimated.
Well, your comment sequence does not shine at all:
Pichal-bida: the camera disappointed, because some redneck-Russo-tourist who did not hold D600 in their hands said that it was old and did not show admiration.
And why not express your opinion instead of this very informative message, because you used the camera (you can’t hold it in the store) for two days? What exactly did not like, what functions were not enough, what do you consider a reasonable alternative and why?
normally written. design misleads people who think it's junk
... misleads those for whom this technique is already completely unnecessary ...
Leica is most misleading
Dear Onotole, these are your words that I did not write ... some kind of cattle-Russo-tourist, Onotole, if you wanted to crap my comment, it does not paint you as a photographer and an artist. I did not say a single bad word about the camera. I expressed my opinion about the price and nothing more. I really liked the camera itself with its design and weight, all the settings were also not difficult, but you need to get used to it. But again, the price is too high ...
Dear Yuri, in no case did not want to disgrace your comments.
All I wanted to say (and said) is that the information content of your statement tended to zero.
And this is instead of speaking out on the case, at least as in your last message, because you (unlike me, for example), as I understand it, have real experience using this camera.
And how old are you, if not a secret. Expressions always confuse me, I've been doing photography for 73 years ...
The comment is really from the category - “the camera is so-so, why? - guess yourself ”. And the price is too high relative to which it is also unclear, if it is not positioned clearly even by the manufacturer himself.
I would stay away from anyone who calls Brementsy “Fritz” especially in Bremen. And even more so, he did not show them the equipment. D600 is, frankly, not the crown of the creation of modern photographic equipment, but it is not surprising that it struck them as in a viral video "which is better than Nikon or Canon".
One could understand if this would be the last mirrorless Sony or Fuji.
I was also asked more than once whether I was shooting on film at the sight of Df.
I also have friends for whom the best lens is a large lens. No matter what.
Hello, how is she doing with focusing screens? on the Internet, controversial information, and how difficult is it to induce manual glasses on a standard screen?
Excellent review! I agree with the author in many ways. I’ve been using this camera for 2 years already. Just for a leisurely and thoughtful shooting. I bought a dozen lenses for it, 3 of them are manual. It's a great camera! This is my first Nikon, before that it was ardent a canonist, but as soon as I saw this obsession camera I forgot 5d mark 3 and take it off only with a nikon, and a nickle is only for traveling abroad)))))
I wanted to buy a limited version of gold on injapan, but there the menu is in English and Japanese, and in the official service they cannot guarantee that it will work properly after Russification.
Good review, interesting camera, thanks, Sergey! Ignore the curvature seekers for the perfect skin. There are always eternally dissatisfied.
A light filter heart will buy any photo bank! Very well!
Well, some wrote nonsense, having your df, everyone is happy
execute cannot be pardoned
The world of photography is divided into two camps, one of which is photographers. Photographers are engaged in photography and take pictures using whatever technique is convenient for them. Others are skin ton theorists. They are “connoisseurs” who “know” everything about photography and are looking for the right skin tones and cameras with one button, which is called a “masterpiece”. They have no time to photograph, they are in a “creative” search.
When asked about skin tones, Mike Toptygin somehow wrote (quote);
- As for the "skintons" - I don't know what else to say ... I have not seen a photographing artist (with an art education) (and there are many) who would be dissatisfied with the "skintons". Francisco De Goya once said - "give me a piece of dirt and I will write the body of Venus to them, provided that I choose the colors for the background at my discretion." Color is very relative. To think, and even more so to argue about the color of faces in isolation from the gamut of the entire frame, is ... amateurism.
Failure to properly adjust the white balance on any camera is curvature. It is ignorance to dispute color combinations in other photos. This is not a struggle between "good and evil." This is the struggle of one ignorance against another. And this is depressing.
Therefore, the dispute about "skintons" is for a bunch of people unfamiliar even with the basics of color science, painting and photography.
and - this is their problem and - their entertainment. And do not interfere with them in this.
Great machine. The gum, of course, has come unstuck and looks dumb, hands do not reach to re-stick, from ergonomics there is only a question to the AutoISO hidden in the depths. The settings wheels rotate without problems with one hand.
Autofocus is not cool, it's a fact, but I often focus on the center point with cropping and do not experience torment.
Sigma Art 35 and Nikon 80-200 Mk3, and rarely the Chinese yongnuo 50 - I did not catch any difference in the pictures with Nikon 50 1.8, but these fifty rubles merge strongly with sigma.
Yes, rubber bands are terribly annoying! Do they glue them to casein or what? Mockery, take out two pieces of bucks, and at 50 mileage, the rubber bands come off. Tryndets ...
What is NOT convenient and NOT logical is the control of the ISO sensitivity selector wheel. Also, like the exposure compensation wheel, all positions on it are automatically locked, but the unlock button is not on the wheel axis, but somewhat on the side and back of the camera body. Switching the ISO with one hand while holding the camera near the eyes is almost impossible. At a minimum, you need to lower the camera below so as not to turn the brush unnaturally, or even to intercept the camera. This is terribly annoying. Therefore, I intentionally, on my copy, carefully disabled the locking mechanism and now the wheel flips between its positions with the movement of one finger. In this mode, working with this mechanism is a pleasure. For all the time, there was not a single case that the ISO settings were spontaneously lost as a result of, for example, grazing the wheel over a cover or clothing, so we can safely say that at this moment Nikon engineers frankly "were too smart."
Of course, of the film cameras I used only Kiev 19, but he, and I think the sensitivity of the film, and the same blocking mechanism are also set in others.
I think this was done so that the process of setting up the camera was as similar as possible to film cameras.
And I’ve been shooting on my 6D for a couple of years and I don’t think to update, + some video is there, and by the way there is less noise than a hero who does not believe can look here https://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
This is especially noticeable in terms of Low-light ISO at http://www.dxomark.com ))) 3279 for DF versus 2340 for 6D))) DFka is a camera that works out high ISO better than top D4, so you shouldn't talk nonsense.
I was not too lazy, went to the link, looked. At ISO12800 (the objective maximum, in my opinion, there is no point above) the 6D has about the same amount of noise, but the details sink so much in the noise reduction that it seems that there is 2-3 times more ISO (or at DF - 2- 3 times less, there really is someone else). Noise is not just zeno or blue-red snow. It is also small distinguishable details, not distorted rendering of colors and color shades (all this is especially clearly visible on the thread bays on the right).
Comparing the noise of a matrix by evaluating the performance of noise reduction is at least silly. At 6D, both color and details are gobbled up at 6400, while the competitor still has nothing
I'm a beginner, I want to immediately note this))
After reading the benchmark performance review https://radojuva.com/2015/11/nada-shakti/ I got the impression that Df is slightly worse than the D750. Is this the case or are the numbers misleading me? The fact is that now I am in search of ff and am thinking about buying a used Df (mileage up to 30k) and the new D750 at about the same cost. What to prefer?
I will correct the question: what should I prefer to a landscape painter “for growth”?
Tripod. And a camera with a lot of pixels, a large matrix, a large DD. The rest is about reporting, including performance
D810 / D850_ A7Rm3
Looking at what outgrowth of course. But if a person on the D750 has money, it’s not enough that there is enough for the D810, especially for the D850 (not reasonable for a beginner in general, I think). Therefore, the D750 and a good wide-angle lens seem better to me (the better, the better and therefore more expensive). Tripod of course. He himself owned the D750 and D810, D750- practically no worse, but somewhere better.
The device is BEAUTIFUL!… .But control… .akhtung!
There is not much grip.
Japanese photographers with flickr mostly prefer to cling to it something light and small like 35 / 2D, and other small lightweight screwdriver glasses.
Is the battery only 14a or 14 also suitable?
https://www.ixbt.com/news/hard/index.shtml?17/70/12
The difference is only in capacity and rated voltage. Old cameras may have "problems" when installing 14a without updating the firmware - they will not calculate the battery charge correctly. Many people use Chinese in general - and nothing.
Thank you.
What is better to take for still lifes and df or d600 items?
Don't take 600. For nothing at all. And if you shoot a subject for money and in large quantities, and not for yourself, then take D2x - it's cheap. But better - Canon (any full-frame, but best of all 1ds III or 1DX) - it has unique shifts that allow you to shoot subjects correctly.
If there is no money for anything serious, take the new iPhone 11 and take objects with them: the quality of the photo is beautiful there! I'm not kidding.
And yes, Nikon optics, especially non-afs, can be perfectly screwed to Canon through an adapter. So, for example, you can get hold of super-quality macro lenses for $ 70-150. Yes, taking off objects, you can do this perfectly with a macro of the 60-70s. The laws of physics have not been canceled even at aperture 16-32, almost all narrow lenses give a picture to themselves. But to save on lighting is not worth it.
Thanks for the review! Teach you how to carefully disable the ISO lock mechanism?
And another question - after all, pentaprism in this camera, in comparison with a pentamirror, gave some kind of gain?
Pentaprism always gives more light in the viewfinder than a pentamirror.
Camera - fire) for those who suffer from choices, I strongly advise! I had a sony a7, it's good that I got rid of it) I thought for a long time what to take for non-commercial photography, took df, and was not disappointed! Those bz that are now on the market for a price of up to 100 are not at all very good, unless you have a box of manual optics, or a lot of money for new glasses for bz. And so for commerce mark 3-4, nikon 750, and for the soul and family df. Glasses are not expensive, the quality is just super.