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Last week I rented a Nikon D800 out of curiosity to see how it compares to the Nikon D600 I used to own (and still miss very much). I have been thinking about picking up another Nikon, but wasn't sure if I wanted to stick with the D600/D610 or whether I should move to the D800 instead. As some of you know I'm mostly into wildlife/macro and some occasional low-light photography.
My initial thoughts are that although the D800 has a couple of features I would have liked the D600 to have, surprisingly (at this point in time) I still prefer the D600. This is only my initial reaction after having used it for a couple of days of course. I think I'll need a little more time shooting with it before I can reach the final verdict. I might even change my mind....who knows!
As you read this, keep in mind that these are not my final thoughts and I could be wrong! Here are the differences I have observed thus far:
1.) Focusing on the D800 in near darkness is surprisingly easier, faster and more accurate in most situations, but the results are still not satisfying to me. I feel that although I got the AF to lock onto something in near darkness (and I mean near darkness), it still wasn't really quite in focus. On the screen it seemed I got great results, but when I came home and looked at the photos on my monitor, I wasn't all that pleased even when I downsized them. I felt like I could have had the same ratio of success with the D600, because the photos that turned out "O.K." were only those where contrast was available, and the D600 would have been able to handle it. In fact due to the lesser megapixel density of the D600, I'm willing to bet that some shots could have been even sharper with the D600, because it is easier to hand-hold at slower shutter speeds without getting motion blur caused by my hands.
I don't think I would have tried to focus with the D600 in near darkness anyway (it would have hunted forever without the AF-assist light). I did so with the D800 just out of the novelty of sort of being able to get in the vicinity of good focus. Although I felt like I calibrated my lenses to the D800 with the same accuracy as I did to my D600, I may re-check before I go out again to make sure that's the case. I was using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G which can have focus issues when wide-open, but it's going to have the same issues whether attached to the D600, D800 or D4. The jury is still out!
2.) During my little wildlife hike I shot a few birds in bright morning daylight with my 300mm f/4 AF-S. Again I did some quick calibration before I started my hike and I seemed to be getting sharp images of still objects. When I was out there shooting moving targets however, I couldn't seem to get images that were as sharp as I would get from the D600. The D600 gave me excellent results during most of my wildlife shoots. I had no complaints (other than the spots).
Again, the focusing speed and tracking on the D800 was very good and I was shocked to get a couple of series of in-flight shots about 90% in focus (something the D600 struggled with...so out of 5 shots there would be about two that might be out of focus...we're talking flying birds moving toward me at high speeds), but I was disappointed with the D800 focus sharpness on most other shots where the birds were moving slowly. I don't know what I was expecting. I guess my D600 was just really good at getting things to look tack-sharp. Even if I did get 1 or 2 blurry shots out of 5 (tracking fast-flying birds!), those remaining three were spot-on.
3.) Cropping ability is greater on the D800 which was nice, but since the 100% view of the photos wasn't the ideal result I was looking for, I didn't feel comfortable cropping the images to the same extent I would crop the D600 images.
I think part of it is the fact that
a.) The D800 does have more megapixels and is a little more difficult to hand-hold with slower shutter speeds (although 1/2000 doesn't seem slow).
b.) Technique may need to be impeccable, especially when hand-holding a 300mm lens. (What I liked about the D600 is that I could easily shoot sharp shots of moving subjects hand-holding a long lens.)
c.) The 36 megapixel sensor may be out-resolving my lenses and I don't have the kind of dough it would take to buy the kind of lenses that could resolve such a big sensor.
d.) I didn't do as good of a job calibrating the lenses to the D800 as I thought I did.
e.) I'm an OCD pixel-peeper who needs to stop.
So....... if I were to pick a camera right now based on my (so-far) 3 day experience with the D800, I would go with the D600/D610. I will go out and shoot some more as much as I can and I'll come back with my final thoughts for those who care. The D800 is a great camera, no doubt about it, but coming from a D600, I'm already pretty spoiled by the ease of use, excellent image quality and sharpness of that sensor. Sure the focus tracking in near darkness and during very fast-paced situations could use a little improvement, but at this time I believe that although the D800 does have a slight advantage in that respect, I'm not sure it's enough to convince me that it's the camera for me.
I'll be back in a week to either confirm or re-write my thoughts. :)
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