trvyyz From Canada, joined Oct 2004, 1266 posts, RR: 13 Posted (3 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1979 times:
The next model to D700? http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/nikon-d800-officially-unveiled The Nikon D800, which Nikon says will sit alongside the D700 rather than replace it, will feature a 36.3 megapixel sensor, which Nikon claims will offer the imaging potential to rival medium format cameras, but “with all of the agility of the D-SLR format.”
SNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3192 posts, RR: 32 Reply 1, posted (3 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1965 times:
Of note:
"The D800's supplied battery is the EN-EL15 - the same battery used in the D7000" (good, in case you already have a D7000 or you want a D7000 backup body)
"The D800's central AF point will still operate as a cross-type point with lens or lens/converter combinations with a maximum aperture of f/8. In addition, 10 AF points retain horizontal sensitivity at this aperture." (is the D800 currently the "cheapest" body that can AF at f/8?)
Auto ISO can now take the lens focal length into account (like the D4).
Unfortunately, the biggest disappointment for me: 4fps, up to 6fps in DX mode. Seriously, who'd spend $3,000 on a D800 and shoot it in DX mode while they can get a D7000 for close to a 1/3 of the price?!?!?!
Tony
Nikon: we don't want more pixels, we want better pixels.
Quoting SNATH (Reply 1): Unfortunately, the biggest disappointment for me: 4fps, up to 6fps in DX mode
Similar to the D3s/D3x trade off isn't it? Surely you choose whichever fits your needs better, D4 for speed or D800 for resolution
Quoting SNATH (Reply 1): Seriously, who'd spend $3,000 on a D800 and shoot it in DX mode
For what we do it doesn't sound that ridiculous does it? I have a D3 and a D300s, OK, the D3 is much better if the light is a bit suspect, but the D300s images are very close when the light is good and you get the benefit of the 1.5 x crop factor with makes my 200-400mm (effectively) a 300-600mm....which is nice! And wouldn't the DX crop on this be something like 4900 x 3274 px (Maybe I am wrong on that?!?) That sounds like an awful lot of image for me.
I know what you are saying Tony, it would be perfect if you could blend the best of the D4 and D800 But seriously, in the short space of time since I started with the D70 and a 70-300mm G Kit lens, things have moved on amazingly. And anyway, lets not give Nikon to charge anymore for these top line FX bodies, a 36.3 mpx D4 blistering 11fps FX would be retailing for >$10,000, i've already had one divorce thanks
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scopedude From Indonesia, joined Oct 2010, 35 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1669 times:
in DX mode, D800 will give you 15.3MP more or less, similar to D7000 (16MP), so noise-wise it will be much better than D200. If you downsample the 36MP file to 12MP, I think noise should not be worse than D3. You'll need a fast CPU, though to post process the file (36MP TIFF would be around 200MB) - and sharp lenses to utilize full potential of this camera (or get the D800E for better details).
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But seriously, in the short space of time since I started with the D70 and a 70-300mm G Kit lens, things have moved on amazingly. And anyway, lets not give Nikon to charge anymore for these top line FX bodies, a 36.3 mpx D4 blistering 11fps FX would be retailing for >$10,000, i've already had one divorce thanks 
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