REVIEWS / DSLRS / NIKON INDIA PVT LTD

Best PerformerNikon D4 Review

22 Jun, 2012, 5:00 pm IST | by Aaron Almeida | DSLRs

DSLRs

The Nikon D4 can be held in portrait mode as well

The Nikon D4 can be held in portrait mode as well
Full sized Ethernet port at the side of the Nikon D4
Adjustments can be made while viewing through the D4's viewfinder
The Nikon D4 is not the lightest camera in the market
The Nikon D4 features a 3.2-inch display
The ergonomics of the Nikon D4 is really good
Controls found at the top of the Nikon D4

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PRICE IN INDIA

310,000

TECH2 RATING

9.0

AVERAGE USER RATING

8.0

How we test

CONTACT

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 +91 124 4688 500

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Performance
To start off this section of the review, it can be safely said that using the Nikon D4 is a pleasure and professional photographers will be delighted to use it. As far as handling goes, it is on the heavier side, but the design of the magnesium alloy body allows you to grip it easily and capture images easily, whether you are using the vertical hand grip or the horizontal one. The weight of the body of the DSLR is 1180g, and will go up quite a bit, depending on what sort of lens it is paired with it. The position of the buttons is another great aspect of the camera, as it allows you to adjust the different settings, while peering through the viewfinder. Besides the viewfinder and handling, the shutter release button works incredibly fast resulting in no delay whatsoever between pressing the shutter release button and the image being captured by the camera.

Outdoor shot

Outdoor shot

 


The Nikon D4 is one fast camera and sports photographers will enjoy using it as it quickly locks on to the subject. The 51 point AF system does a good job in assisting photographers to get the necessary accuracy in shots. Moving on to the image quality, we noticed that in outdoor shots, the quality of the picture processed by the camera is really good. The colours render accurately across the display as well as on a PC. There was a lot of detail in the images captured and skin tones appeared accurate.

 

Macro shot

Macro shot

 

 

In indoor or low-light photography, the camera really comes to the fore and produces stellar quality images in almost all light settings. One can easily capture images at an ISO range of 6400 without fearing that the image will be unusable. The Nikon D4 can capture great macro images and one will notice a nice depth of field as well.

ISO sensitivity test

ISO sensitivity test

 


ISO Sensitivity Test
The native ISO range on this camera is from ISO 100 to ISO 12800. From the image you can see that the camera provides a lot of detail without any image noise in most sensitivities. The image grain can hardly be made out even at a high ISO of 8000. At ISO 12800, though there is image noise, there is no major loss of detail in the objects captured.

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Performance - ISO Sensitivity Test


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Features
The features component of the score is rated based on the kind of features present on a particular product. Features are a big part of what people look for when they’re buying a new product such as a phone or a camera.

Performance
The performance score is derived from the benchmarks and tests run on the product. In case of the subjective scores, an average of the scores given by the group of reviewers is considered.

Build Quality
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Value
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There are many other aspects of the product that are looked at such as the bundled software and accessories. All of these scores are aggregated together to form the final score.

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An average product that isn't the best you can buy, but isn't the worst either.

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Product with this rating is highly recommended because it's priced sensibly, has a good set of features and performs well.

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