Let me start by saying that the Nikon Df is a camera that has not earned her recognition as a qualified gear in our Nikon’s NPS membership criteria. That truth alone is enough to justify today’s article title.
But there’s more to it than a mere regulation if you are willing to read on. To begin, Nikon Df does not have a battery grip for use with the camera. This simply mean its rationale of being a lightweight camera should efficiently allow users to change their shoot orientation in fluid motions. In other words, Nikon is not designing the Nikon Df with ergonomics as a top priority.
The petite camera grip again reinforces the fact that the Nikon Df is not designed primarily to be used with the current lineup of pro telephoto lenses. Handholding a telephoto lens is extremely common but will require a bigger, stronger, comfortable grip for extended time – again something that’s not found on the Df.
The single memory card slot of the Nikon Df puts her totally unsuitable for any real commercial work of mine. A single corrupted card is all I need to kill my entire work for the client on the field, with moments that may not be available for a reshoot.
The low 16-megapixel FX sensor of the Nikon Df also makes the removal of her OLPF impossible, with disastrously more pronounced moire artefacts as opposed to the higher 36-megapixel Nikon D800E (due to diffraction) without one.
Outdoor Portrait work has all along been heavily dependent on a fast 1/8000s shutter, giving us the possible use of extremely wide aperture with fast FP sync strobes in bright day condition. A 1/4000s shutter just doesn’t fly in my professional opinion.
I could go on but I think I have made my point.
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