Nikon D4 & D800 prices

[Scooby_snax]

Question is have Nikon boobed in the first place or due to the high demand are trying to capitalise on interest in these latest cameras
As it is I have got my D4 and the results so far are a significant step up from the D3

Nikon has revised the D4 and D800 price tags up to £5289.99 and £2,599.99, respectively, the manufacturer has announced.
The Nikon announcement states: “Due to a local internal systems error,the incorrect RRPs on the D800, D800E and D4 products were communicated in the UK and Irish markets at the time of the announcement.”
The increase means the Nikon D4 price will be nearly £500 more expensive than the previously reported £4799.99 figure. The Nikon D800 price tag is now £200 higher than previously announced.
Nikon says it apologises for the mistake and that it will honour the original prices on all customer pre-orders placed before 24 March 2012.

[jimmy156]

The cynic in me would say that Nikon saw what Canon would be charging for the 5dIII, and considering that the D800 seems to have been better received by nikonions then the 5dIII has been by us Canon users they thought they would squeeze a bit more £££ out of it!

[Cheib]

jimmy156 said:

The cynic in me would say that Nikon saw what Canon would be charging for the 5dIII,

This. Though that doesn't explain D4 pricing....I guess thay have got huge demand.

Anyway....show us some sample pics with the D4!!!!!!

[s2t]

Cheib said:

This. Though that doesn't explain D4 pricing....I guess thay have got huge demand.

Anyway....show us some sample pics with the D4!!!!!!

Not sure whether showing sample pics at low res actually demonstrate anything online as they will be at 72dpi with a high compression

[Cheib]

s2t said:

Cheib said:

This. Though that doesn't explain D4 pricing....I guess thay have got huge demand.

Anyway....show us some sample pics with the D4!!!!!!

Not sure whether showing sample pics at low res actually demonstrate anything online as they will be at 72dpi with a high compression

Well given all the pictures we see are in that low res it will still look better.....everything is relative.

[Craikeybaby]

It's probably more to do with the GPB:Yen exchange rate.

[Cheib]

Craikeybaby said:

It's probably more to do with the GPB:Yen exchange rate.

Not that quickly. Companies like Nikon set the RRP and then hedge it the amount based on expected sales.

[_dobbo_]

s2t said:

Not sure whether showing sample pics at low res actually demonstrate anything online as they will be at 72dpi with a high compression

DPI is meaningless for display on computer screens - it's a print terminology.

Nothing to stop someone posting a full resolution sample either - if they can be bothered.

[s2t]

_dobbo_ said:

DPI is meaningless for display on computer screens - it's a print terminology.

Nothing to stop someone posting a full resolution sample either - if they can be bothered.

It may be print terminology but it is the accepted low res format for the web...anymore and it is wasted on the average monitor....also probably orginated to stop people thieving your images and trying to print them

[_dobbo_]

s2t said:

_dobbo_ said:

DPI is meaningless for display on computer screens - it's a print terminology.

Nothing to stop someone posting a full resolution sample either - if they can be bothered.

It may be print terminology but it is the accepted low res format for the web...anymore and it is wasted on the average monitor....also probably orginated to stop people thieving your images and trying to print them

No, it really isn't anything to do with monitors.

Edit - sorry let me try to be a bit more helpful.

If I put an image on the web at 800x600 pixels saved at 72dpi, does this cause all monitors to display that image at the dimensions of 12" x 8" or will the monitor display it at whatever size is correct for the configured display resolution?

If I download an image at 800x600 saved at 72dpi, what effect does the dpi setting have on my ability to print that image? None.

Edited by _dobbo_ on Tuesday 27th March 17:37

[Simpo Two]

To make a 72dpi image into 300dpi, open it with Photoshop and change to 300dpi. The internet has many things but not inches.


You can host any size image you want on the net, and anyone who posts an 800x600px image to demonstrate the possibilities of a D800 shouldn't be allowed to own one!

[flat-planedCrank]

s2t said:

_dobbo_ said:

DPI is meaningless for display on computer screens - it's a print terminology.

Nothing to stop someone posting a full resolution sample either - if they can be bothered.

It may be print terminology but it is the accepted low res format for the web...anymore and it is wasted on the average monitor....also probably orginated to stop people thieving your images and trying to print them

In addition to dobbo's post...


dpi is basically just 'metadata' unless you actually print it. You can create a 10 pixel by 10 pixel box and set it to 300 dpi or 3 dpi - it's the the 10x10 resolution that matters.

Changing the DPI in photoshop doesn't effect the quality in any way

Quick example:



One of these images is 300dpi, the other is 3dpi - they are the same image.

The image is essentially a series of values for the colour of each pixel (or dot) - DPI is basically just a number stored with that image to tell printers how many of those dots to cram into an inch. So changing that value doesn't actually effect the quality of the image.

Monitors showing images from websites don't care about dpi, they just show each pixel in the image as a pixel on the screen.


Hope this helps

[_dobbo_]

Thanks FPC - much more eloquently put and more informative than my post.

[flat-planedCrank]

_dobbo_ said:

Thanks FPC - much more eloquently put and more informative than my post.

No problem It's mostly just a copy-paste of my post about dpi from a couple months back

Edited by flat-planedCrank on Tuesday 27th March 23:16