I know everyone is excited but we should be ready for an onslaught and slew of comparisons between the D800E vs AA filtered D800/D4/D3X.
Honestly this is really unhealthy to the market considering that the high-megapixel war supposedly ended. Now that high-megapixels is no longer enough, Nikon decides to remove the AA filter to make life more difficult for everybody and earn additional USD$300 per D800E.
On the contrary, I am very happy that the D800-series is lighter than D700... which is honestly a pig with AA-batteries and MB-D10.
The expected (but not 100% confirmed) trickle down of the AWB/Meter/AF system from the D4 is impressive. But I'll wait for actual hands-on and test as D700 really had bad AWB vs D3 although it was sort of a trickle down.
Other features such as the OVF level will be really useful for landscape photographers.
When time comes where people own the D800 or D800E I hope there will not be pro/anti-AA advocators flaming and scorning fellow D800-series users because this is the last civil war I would want to see.
Good luck to all of us!
Honestly this is really unhealthy to the market considering that the high-megapixel war supposedly ended. Now that high-megapixels is no longer enough, Nikon decides to remove the AA filter to make life more difficult for everybody and earn additional USD$300 per D800E.
On the contrary, I am very happy that the D800-series is lighter than D700... which is honestly a pig with AA-batteries and MB-D10.
The expected (but not 100% confirmed) trickle down of the AWB/Meter/AF system from the D4 is impressive. But I'll wait for actual hands-on and test as D700 really had bad AWB vs D3 although it was sort of a trickle down.
Other features such as the OVF level will be really useful for landscape photographers.
When time comes where people own the D800 or D800E I hope there will not be pro/anti-AA advocators flaming and scorning fellow D800-series users because this is the last civil war I would want to see.
Good luck to all of us!
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