>
>The D800 will not stress lenses any more than the D7000 since
>the pixel resolution per area of sensor is the same. At least
>in the centers. It will stress corner resolution and people
>that pixel peep the corners may not be terribly happy. But
>corners on FX lenses have always been issues for those that
>want to look for the problem. The centers should not be a
>problem, at least for those happy with D7000 lens
>performance.

I agree completely.
>
>I do agree with many here that in order to fully
>utilize the resolution of this camera a tripod will
>probably be needed. Doesn't mean it won't take fine pictures
>hand held. Just means a lesser res sensor could do the same
>job. From that point of view I question if those that buy
>this camera and always or usually shoot it hand held will get
>the resolution (in the final output) they paid dearly for. At
>the expense of some low light performance too (edit: and frame
>rate).

Not sure I completely agree. I think you need to pay closer attention to hand holding technique and the 1/focal length rule (1.5 for DX) for speed will be tested.
With a non VR lens I find I often maximize my sharpness with handheld technique and 1/ (2 x focal length)


>
>I also doubt that many D7000 images shot hand held fully
>utilize the resolution of that camera. I suspect it has a big
>element of placebo effect. The D800 will be far tougher.
>
>Personally I'm not sure I'm excited about this camera. If the
>high ISO performance is decent it will offer interesting
>flexibility as a wildlife camera, in that FX will provide some
>"zoom" for long prime shooters.
>

I would rather have high iso performance as well but clearly some shooter want pixels.

Below is an example of what I get handheld with a 50 1.4 lens shot at 7.1 1/200 sec. This was shot with a D7000 which has similar pixel pitch to the D800. This is an old Af not AFS lens that I bought used here on Nikonians. The eye is a 1:1 crop and I would argue the detail is there although on a tripod maybe it would be better. Do you agree or should I be expecting even more?


A 1:1 crop with the D800 should give similar if not better results. The image will be much larger though and most would never need to use a 1:1 image.

JohnE Nikon

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