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I have to agree with you Robert on this issue. I have not desire to go beyond 12 to 16 mp on the sensor. My dumb question for the day is, why can't Nikon offer the same body with a choice of two different sensors. D4 or D800/D600 and option for lower mp sensor or for more money more mp's. Seems to me there are many customers who don't want to be forced to 24-30+ mp's. I am happy with less in the mp range but would like better iso. Part of this is cost driven also, as we get pushed into higher mp's the cost of computer hardware goes up also. Not everyone can afford to upgrade camera body and computer and now entry level DSLR is going into the 20mp range.
Nikon needs to bundle RAM, graphics card, and TB hard drives with the camera.
I do agree, I wish Nikon had not gone all the way to 36MP.... 24 would have been more than enough, if it included an ISO 12,800 or even 25,000. But what they gave us, we now have to choose. In some ways, this is like the 's' and 'x' lineup, where the press camera is the D3 or D4, great ISO performance and 10-12 frames per second. The landscape camera is the D800 with decent ISO performance and 5 fps, but huge number of pixels. It's just a much higher difference than the difference between a D2x and D2s.
But 36MP is what they're offering, or 25,600 ISO. And there is the question, do I NEED that much from my photography? Regardless of which, would I rather have 36MP or 25,600 ISO available to me? I do admit that I only have 2-3 pro autofocus lenses, but I own many pro level manual focus lenses, so I'm very hopeful that my glass is adequate for such a demanding sensor as the D800. Lots of people on the internet have commented on the need for better glass with this camera, but I waited til someone I respect (Graham) actually confirmed that for me. I don't pretend that I will be able to meet the entire capabilities of the D800 should I buy one, not immediately. But, I expanded my abilities with a D200, the D800 (or the D3 for that matter) will allow me to expand further still.
Nikon got a lot right when they released their first full frame camera. We've all been reading the posts of Eric and JK and others, about how great the D3, D3s and D3x have been for them, over the past couple years. In fact, if I DO purchase a used D3, it'll be the D3x as it has 24 MP, giving me a good compromise of 6400 ISO. I'll bet it will also cost me more than the D800, even as a used D3x.
Think I better try to find the nearest camera rental that has both cameras.
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