Nikon D800

I'm sure all of you have seen the new D800 which Nikon have recently released, but my question is what do you think it will be like for wildlife? My D300s has been used an awful lot over the past 2 and a half tears, and presumably there will come a point when it decides enough is enough! I will then be on the lookout for a new camera, and, to me, the D800 looks very good. I know it's full frame, but I like the sound of the DX mode with 16 mp and 6fps.

Am I getting the wrong idea about this, and is it more a studio camera, or would it be just as suited to wildlife photography?

Cheers

Oscar

Hi Oscar
Just my view but I think there is too much emphasis on cameras etc. I think the lens is more important, and then getting the subject where you want it !!
My son has a D70 and does better stuff than me with it.( Not hard you cry !! )
Cheers
JR

It is my personal opinion that Nikon have just cornered alot of studio and landscape togs who wanted to go to medium format for high res no filter shots. Now they can buy a body and some lenses, of they are not already Nikon users, and save a wad of cash....if the IQ holds up. I am sure you could take some great wildlife shots with it, would avoid a crop mode though. AF is reported to be brilliant but I do wonder, even at 6fps, how large that buffer is with RAW files???

According to the blurb, Nikon are aiming this camera at wildlife enthusiasts. I am certainly interested in it, but would suggest it is best to wait until some test reviews until making your mind up. The marketing men make it sound good, but that is their job. I like my D300, and there is plenty of wear and tear left in it. If only it wasn't so grainy at 400 ISO+.

David

Hi Oscar it should be a nice camera, but it will only do 4fps @ ff and 6fps is in the 1.5 crop mode in 1.2 & 4x5 it will do 5fps the grip is going to around £400 and give no more fps as it dose with the D700/300/s.

Your D300 should last you years mine has 210,000 + shots taken and is still going strong my D2x is on 400,000+ & over 7years old so I think there is no need to rush to get the D800.

Phil.

Thanks all,

I have just been told that you need a battery grip to get 6fps with the D800 (which is over £300!) so I think that, given that I will rarely be using it in full frame mode, it may not be the right one for me.

Oscar

If you are contemplating 1.5 crop and 6 fps then get a D7000. They are less than half the cost of the D800 even including a vertical grip which I also have and is well worth the extra money. I have had it now for about a year and it is a superb camera for wildlife. I am sure John R will concur.

Nick.

I'd like to get my mits on a D800E, but I'd only be using it for landscape work, and then methinks mostly with a PCE lens. The D3X can't use f9 without going slightly soft so I don't hold out much hope for shooting at f8/f11 with the D800, but the PCE would get around the problem I'm sure (that's if the problem exists which I'm certain it must do).

I'd say for wildlife work the D4 would be a much better bet - if it exhibits D3S performance with an extra 4Mb then it's got to be worth a look.

But Oh so much money

Mind you not as much as this wonderful thing http://www.alpa.ch/docroot/tmp/940x550_stamp/products/cameras/camera-bodies/alpa-12-max/gallery-4/KL_DSC4067.jpg repleate with IQ180 back

Oscar
You can get a vertical grip for the D7000 for about 35 quid !!
Mine makes a big difference in handling the camera as the 7000 is small after a D200.
JohnR