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p.1 #1 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Glad to join you guys. Cheers.

I absolutely love the D800.

I do think it is a storage hog. It would be brilliant if it could drop down to 15-20 Megapixels in raw and FX.

That said it is a great camera. I also wish the price was $2k(not for a refurb).

I am just like everyone else on this forum, or so it seems. I have a desire for a camera that does not exist

And I want to bitch about what does exist

Still a $2k D800 that can drop down in megapixels, stay in raw and in FX would be awesome.

The D600 was going to be my jump to FX but that camera just does not work for me.

Jan 12, 2013 at 12:47 AM

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p.1 #2 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

I love what 36mp gets you. I can see wanting to drop it for certain reasons... but you just can't beat resolution. Downsample your images and smash everything with that native resolution.

Jan 12, 2013 at 12:49 AM

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p.1 #3 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

moonpeep wrote:
I love what 36mp gets you. I can see wanting to drop it for certain reasons... but you just can't beat resolution. Downsample your images and smash everything with that native resolution.

I agree the 36 mp would be used most of the time. I just take a lot of practice, random shots that I am experimenting with so 36mp in raw becomes crazy after a while.

Jan 12, 2013 at 12:52 AM

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p.1 #4 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

So why not just shoot RAW and JPG and only pull out the RAW versions of shots you're especially pleased with?

Agree it's a near perfect camera, I do wish for better viewfinder and live view for MF use but that's about it

Jan 12, 2013 at 07:18 PM

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p.1 #5 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

I think mRAW and sRAW mode like Canon would be perfect. Choose when you want the resolution, and when you just want snapshots.

Jan 13, 2013 at 07:28 AM

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p.1 #6 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

workerdrone wrote:Agree it's a near perfect camera, I do wish for better viewfinder and live view for MF use but that's about it

I find the viewfinder okay; about the same as my D3 but not as good as my old F2AS.

Jan 13, 2013 at 08:23 AM

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p.1 #7 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

My D800E is is pretty much the dslr I always wanted when I moved from 6x7 film.

My biggest complaint is probably the handling which is a step back from the D700 , it is quite uncomfortable to use for any period of time for anyone with normal sized hands.

The af system could have really have done with a bigger update from the D700/D3 version too. Shooting at 1.4 is still a lottery and canon has cross points away from the central area as well as double cross points.

Jan 13, 2013 at 01:29 PM

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p.1 #8 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Well since we are nit picking about the price I wish the D800 was below $1500. The only thing I feel missing is like what mrkon said. I want lower resolutions for times when I don't need it.

Jan 13, 2013 at 02:36 PM

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p.1 #9 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

So many "It's a perfect camera, except for XYZ".

Isn't that the case with most newer cameras?

Jan 13, 2013 at 03:09 PM

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p.1 #10 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Dave_EP wrote:

So many "It's a perfect camera, except for XYZ".
Isn't that the case with most newer cameras?

And televisions, computers, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, boats...
It's life, human nature, and the world keeps turning.
It's progress. The good news is it will never end.
Features & quality will keep going up and prices will keep going down.

Jan 13, 2013 at 03:19 PM

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p.1 #11 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Dave_EP wrote:

So many "It's a perfect camera, except for XYZ".

Isn't that the case with most newer cameras?

It is the same with every camera despite those that wax lyrical over the F3, FM2, Hassy V series and Leica M

Jan 13, 2013 at 03:49 PM

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p.1 #12 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

popinvasion wrote:
Glad to join you guys. Cheers.

I absolutely love the D800.

I do think it is a storage hog. It would be brilliant if it could drop down to 15-20 Megapixels in raw and FX.

That said it is a great camera. I also wish the price was $2k(not for a refurb).

You're talking about the D700. Such camera already exists. 12 MPs is not that different from 15 MP.

Jan 13, 2013 at 04:07 PM

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p.1 #13 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

EltonTeng wrote:
popinvasion wrote:
Glad to join you guys. Cheers.

I absolutely love the D800.

I do think it is a storage hog. It would be brilliant if it could drop down to 15-20 Megapixels in raw and FX.

That said it is a great camera. I also wish the price was $2k(not for a refurb).

You're talking about the D700. Such camera already exists. 12 MPs is not that different from 15 MP.

That is true but I need video, otherwise I would own a 700.

Jan 13, 2013 at 05:13 PM

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p.1 #14 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Live view improvements and S/Mraw would be awesome. The latter could be done via firmware. Live view is a problem we are stuck with until a new camera comes out.

Jan 13, 2013 at 05:15 PM

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p.1 #15 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Hardcore wrote:
Live view improvements and S/Mraw would be awesome. The latter could be done via firmware. Live view is a problem we are stuck with until a new camera comes out.

Nuts, how could I forget the auto gain and interpolation live view issues in my list? Both really annoying.

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Jan 13, 2013 at 06:17 PM

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p.1 #16 · The Nikon D800 is probably a near perfect camera.. But

Why couldn't the live view be fixed with firmware ? I doubt that they hard-coded the level of data loss into a cpu; it's far more likely to be done in firmware. Ditto for the gain. It fixes itself briefly when AF is started and so it must be possible at other times too. All it needs is stills mode vs a video mode selector with different attributes for each.

Jan 13, 2013 at 11:17 PM

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