Availibility of D800 in Singapore (Part 2)
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That was Thom's point to begin with: "don't treat the D800 as an anyhow shoot and then crop in later for the right framing" kind of camera; plan the shot well, and then take the shot... Thom was saying that there are many people who say they want the D800 because there are more pixels for them to crop in later on, and his point was that if we take the effort to frame our shots right, we don't need to do that, and thus that's not a real good reason to get a D800; but that there are other reasons the D800 is the camera to get... maybe I failed to express that in my original post :bsmilie:
Well, one good counter argument would be wildlife photographer.... They cropped for composition if they don't have enough "safety" for their subjects.
nikoneer said:I am sorry. I am not giving advice, I am just explaining what THom said.
He means that stick to d7000 if you often crop your photo like for example, Shoot anything you want without miding the composition. Then when you post process the result, you crop it to get a good framing.
If I read it correctly, what he means is, if you rely on 36 megapixel by cropping your photo then you are not taking the advantage of the great image resolution that the d800 can give.
For me I'll take his advice like a grain of salt. It is like case to case basis.
I am sorry if my previous post misleads you.
P.S
Both of us are now off topic. Maybe we should continue this in D800 users thread?
Thanks a lot nikoneer
tomcat
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I look at this another way... while owning a D800 does not change my usual practice of framing-it-right for the shot I want, gaining the ability to crop for composition at higher resolution is a side benefit of owning the D800. Another side benefit which I actually value more is the really superior high ISO capability of the D800. I now have no qualm about shooting up to ISO 6400 if necessary or setting the camera to Auto-ISO and trusting it to get me the shots I want most of the time. In the past, I would never shoot at such high ISO or use Auto-ISO as most cameras cannot make it at such high ISO of 6400 or cannot choose the right exposure settings properly under Auto-ISO eg. like setting too low a shutter speed in Auto-ISO mode. I really like it that the D800/D800E uses the simple thumb-of-rule of setting the shutter speed at 1/focal length in its algorithm for determining exposure settings in the Auto-ISO mode. Why many other cameras do not do this in their Auto-ISO modes simply escapes me. :dunno:
You forgot that you can even tweak the 1/focal length as well into normal, slower, slowest, faster, fastest!..
think the discussion on Thom's review deserves a thread all of its own... so I created a thread for that purpose... I have started by replying to some of the comments here and we can go on from there if we want to... and we can leave this thread for the continued reporting of sightings and availability of D800/D800E instead
I notice since 26 June there are hardly information about D800 availability, in sg, my nor id.
kane-rulez
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kane-rulez
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Just some thoughts on the third party Pixel grip that I just bought. Haven't actually used the Nikon version, so this is really not a comparison per se.
Good feel and leatherette is nicely wrapped. Plastic quality if reasonable, paintwork/finishing is not the hard shiny plastic but looks to the D800 body itself (I'm referring to the finishing, not the mterial, which I think is only plastic).
Tried with 8xAA batteries as 3rd party EN-EL15 don't seem to be available in the market yet. After 400+ shots on 8 x 2400mah Powerex, the battery indicator on D800 still shows as full.
The shutter button on the 1st set I tried was quite fiddly, and makes a clicking sound when I half press the shutter button. Asked the shop keeper to let me try another set. 2nd set was okay.
Didn't like the catch mechanism on the battery tray as it doesn't seem very sturdy. I supposed it will last if u take precaution not to overturn or use too much force.
Good feel and leatherette is nicely wrapped. Plastic quality if reasonable, paintwork/finishing is not the hard shiny plastic but looks to the D800 body itself (I'm referring to the finishing, not the mterial, which I think is only plastic).
Tried with 8xAA batteries as 3rd party EN-EL15 don't seem to be available in the market yet. After 400+ shots on 8 x 2400mah Powerex, the battery indicator on D800 still shows as full.
The shutter button on the 1st set I tried was quite fiddly, and makes a clicking sound when I half press the shutter button. Asked the shop keeper to let me try another set. 2nd set was okay.
Didn't like the catch mechanism on the battery tray as it doesn't seem very sturdy. I supposed it will last if u take precaution not to overturn or use too much force.
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Care to share on how much you got it, and from where?
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