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I owned the D800, then the D800E and now the D810 and I have seen it occur on a few occassions with both cameras and it comes down to a number of things. Firstly, it obviously depends on the subject, but fine detail like clothing, or feathers on a bird, may induce moire. Secondly, the sharper the lens the more likely you will see moire on the above subject matter - in other words, a less sharp lens acts like a quasi AA filter. My 400 f2.8E shows up moire more than any other of my lenses - even though it is still quite rare to get moire. So, even if you need to remove moire post process, it probably won't look worse than if you used a crappy lens, but it will only affect the spot that you apply moire correction rather than the whole image. Thirdly, the more Mp that a sensor has, the less reliance there is to have an AA filter as there is less fine detail that occurs anywhere where it can be an issue. In other words, the very reason that the D700 had an AA filter was because details like an office block tower with small windows off in the distance would show moire very easily if there was no AA filter. Even then, I have seen moire more on my D700 than I ever have on my D810 - usually an office block tower in the distance, a fence in the distance or whatever.
Now, having shot possibly about 20,000 with the D800, then possibly another 40-50,000 images with both the D800E and D810, I would still opt for the D810 (or D800E) over the D800 even though there is the slightest higher chance that there will be moire. The extra detail afforded by the D800E and D810 more than compensates for the slight possibility of moire.
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