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The D800 and the D800E (1 Viewer)

Traveling back to Singapore for a break next week and pretty much decided to pick up a D800. Any reason I shouldnt go ahead and grab the D800E if its available?

Ive been monitoring the web for updates on issues with moire.... so far doesnt seem to be much of an issue.
 
I almost changed my mind and bought one yesterday, stock is becoming available in several places now. They couldn't get it to me in time for my leaving on holiday so I didn't go ahead and on reflection I'm glad.
Prices are coming down..Amazon have knocked £100 off the price and they are selling the "E" for the same as the standard body.
The main reason for not going ahead is the fps. I still maintain it's not fast enough. I had a session shooting Stoats a few days ago using my D300s and the number I binned because the subject had changed direction etc was huge.

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/419238

A fraction of a second does make a lot of difference in some situations.

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/419705/limit/recent
 
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The number of complaints is still putting me off. Some reckon half need fixing, AF problems, quality control issues, software faults, LCD colour, flash control, hanging - needs battery removed to work again, oil splatter on the sensor and more.

The price went down during the week to £2,399 even at Jessops but I think I'll give it even longer before I jump in.

The quality difference between the D800 and the E version is too small to justify the price increase IMO.

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=5517
http://bythom.com/ various see D800
 
The number of complaints is still putting me off. Some reckon half need fixing, AF problems, quality control issues, software faults, LCD colour, flash control, hanging - needs battery removed to work again, oil splatter on the sensor and more.

The price went down during the week to £2,399 even at Jessops but I think I'll give it even longer before I jump in.

The quality difference between the D800 and the E version is too small to justify the price increase IMO.

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=5517
http://bythom.com/ various see D800

Yes DXOMark only gave the D800e one more mark than the D800.
My D800 is sharp as a knife. I'm content I didn't pay extra for the e.
Good to see that supply is improving and prices coming down.
 
I was thinking, if I get the D800 once the stock is available in my place, most of my subject at this moment is mainly birds and also wildlife, does the megapixels gives us extra in cropping let say 50% when we use 300mm - 400mm lenses ?

Will the quality retained for printing etc ?
 
The resolution of the D800/D800E can be used in whatever manner you desire. It's no magic bullet, but it will be much better than the same crop from almost any other camera. The high resolution can be used for a crop while retaining detail and still taking advantage of the dynamic range and color rendition.
 
I was thinking, if I get the D800 once the stock is available in my place, most of my subject at this moment is mainly birds and also wildlife, does the megapixels gives us extra in cropping let say 50% when we use 300mm - 400mm lenses ?

Will the quality retained for printing etc ?

Jason, from what I've read DX mode will give you approximately 15.5 megapixels in resolution, so the D800/D800e gives great resolution even when either used in crop mode or should you manually crop your photo. It is akin to, literally, having two birding cameras in one. You'll have to get used to the slower but usable fps in FX mode though, at least in comparison with your D300s.
 
Interesting review of the D800 / D800E by Thom Hogan here: http://bythom.com/nikond800review.htm

Thom suggests that for most bird photography, the D7000 would be a better option than the D800 or D800E (greater pixel density, higher frames per second, lower cost, etc.). Other things to consider of course, but food for thought.
 
Interesting review of the D800 / D800E by Thom Hogan here: http://bythom.com/nikond800review.htm

Thom suggests that for most bird photography, the D7000 would be a better option than the D800 or D800E (greater pixel density, higher frames per second, lower cost, etc.). Other things to consider of course, but food for thought.

I read his review and also bought and read his D800 book. However Thom isn't a small bird photographer. I have both the D7000 and the D800 and the performance of the latter is significantly better apart from fps which is 1fps less than the D7000 with I do not consider important in practice.. For BIF the D800 autofocuses, tracks and shoots much more accurately than the D7000. Sure the D7000 can be used for this but it requires more patience anticipation and luck.
 
Interesting review of the D800 / D800E by Thom Hogan here: http://bythom.com/nikond800review.htm

Thom suggests that for most bird photography, the D7000 would be a better option than the D800 or D800E (greater pixel density, higher frames per second, lower cost, etc.). Other things to consider of course, but food for thought.

I agree with Rich on this. I have both D7000 and D800 and much prefer the AF of the D800. The D7000 never did a great job of tracking birds in flight and was slow to lock on also. I used the D3s for fast action and the D7000 for slow action and walking around. Now I use the D800 for both.
Neil
 
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