Rick,

>Good technique is always important, but you'll be able to handhold a D800 if you use it in a reasonable manner...<

Reasonable manner? If I may ask, do you consider that the same image shot with a D800 from a tripod will be equally as sharp as the image shot in a "reasonable manner"?

If your answer is anything other than "yes", then surely the photographer that hand held when capturing the image has lost the benefit of some magnitude of the 36.3MP of the D800?

Rob
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