Well, Nikon would like us all to get a D4 and a D800 and that would solve a few problems, plus don't forget to toss in a D400! The decision between these has gotten no easier, I will concede that. I've looked at a few high ISO D800 and I like them and am sure it will still make a great all around camera, but I can see the noise there and yes a gripped 6fps at full crop rather than DX would have been a dynamite feature.

If we look past the sensor though, the subsystem improvements on both the D4 and D800 look really really good though, so hard to go too far wrong, especially if one keeps a D700 or other recent pro-body kicking around to go with the D800.

Best regards, SteveK

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