NIKON D800 PRESS RELEASE

thenextguy wrote in post #13838891
51-point AF system with 15 cross-type AF points.

And apparently you can use crop lenses, too. That's kind of cool.

And nine of them function down to f/8!

$3000?

Canon better get their a$$ in gear and announce the 5dX soon or there is going to be a lot of new Nikon shooters by mid March.

That is once bad-ass camera for the price.

For example on D700, if you use DX lens, you'll have a "crop/smaller" image. As an example 35mm f/1.8 G is a DX lens, in D700 with DX mode you get somewhat like 50mm lens (smaller MPs) or you can get a full size image but vignette badly.

thenextguy wrote in post #13838914
Ahhh....I wasn't aware their other cameras had it. Pretty cool though. I wish Canon did that.

Shadowblade wrote in post #13838923
And nine of them function down to f/8!

I think the 5dx AF just got owned before it even made any showing at all...

Canon_Lover wrote in post #13838943
$3000?

Canon better get their a$$ in gear and announce the 5dX soon or there is going to be a lot of new Nikon shooters by mid March.

That is once bad-ass camera for the price.

Not just announce it - it also needs to be competitive!

22MP, partial weather sealing and a cut-down 7D AF system just isn't going to cut it for the same price. Heck, the D800 has the same number of f/8-capable points as the 5D2 has total points!

Ahhhh yes! .

$2999 suggested retail price from nikon themselves.

http://www.nikonusa.co​m …R-Cameras/25480/D800.htm​l

I agree that this is a fantastic price for what you're getting. I'm interested to see canon's approach to the 5D III. If they go low MP/high speed, than canon and Nikon will essentially switch places in their segment.

If 5D III has super high resolution as well than Canon better bring their A game.

KayakPhotos wrote in post #13839052
I agree that this is a fantastic price for what you're getting. I'm interested to see canon's approach to the 5D III. If they go low MP/high speed, than canon and Nikon will essentially switch places in their segment.

Good point. I suspect the D800 doesn't improve on the D700's low light performance. It's possible it's even slightly worse.

I dont see canon giving up the resolution market to Nikon. Maybe the 5dmkIII will come in at its original rumor of 30+ MP

thenextguy wrote in post #13839070
Good point. I suspect the D800 doesn't improve on the D700's low light performance. It's possible it's even slightly worse.

The D800 looks to be the perfect camera for landscape and studio users. High resolution which can be shot at ISO100 so noise at that level will be a non issue.

I can just see it...

Nikon Marketing Master...

"Sweep the legs!"

Nikon has obviously got their guns ready to take down Canon in this segment. I bet $1 that they dropped the price knowing they would gain it back in lens sales from stolen Canon landscape and studio shooters. Most of the landscape shooters I know of shoot 5d2 for resolution...

vipergts831 wrote in post #13839092
The D800 looks to be the perfect camera for landscape and studio users. High resolution which can be shot at ISO100 so noise at that level will be a non issue.

Yeah, it definitely emphasizes different types of photography than the D700.

thenextguy wrote in post #13839114
Yeah, it definitely emphasizes different types of photography than the D700.

Mind you, the 12MP sensor on the D700 was Nikon's highest-resolution sensor at the time it was released. Had the D3x sensor been available then, I have no doubt the D700 would have used it.

Great Camera great price = excellent value...Good Job Nikon! Now I want to see how Canon 5DIII responses to this.