By f/5.6 diffraction has reduced the advantage of the D800E over the D800. According to web opinions and/or speculation. I have not compared them myself.
Well, the sentence reads as follows - "Some lenses that offer excellent resolution are listed below."
I guess the key word here is "Some", as it implies that the list is not all inclusive or comprehensive. There are other lenses that will perform at the required levels also.
The Technical Guide was released in April of 2012. Since that time Nikon engineers for the D800 cameras have stated that due to diffraction the best image quality will be acheived with a lens aperture of f8. Attempting to get increased DOF with smaller apertures will be at the expense of image quality.
The 36MP sensor will magnify and deficiencies of the lens that is used and Nikon is simply letting its customers know which lenses will produce the best results. F1.4 primes are a bit of an anachronism with the advent of ultra high resolution sensors and capable of ISO 6400 signal amplification with noise well controlled. I started out shooting ASA 16 sheet film, graduated to ASA 32 to ASA 400 35mm roll film, and initially to DSLR's that topped out at ISO 800. There was value in ultra fast lenses and these had to be primes to produce acceptable image sharpness corner to corner. Those days passed a long time ago.
