Well I've been reading more and more about the D800 and 5D iii and i seriously cannot wait to get my D800E now! It SEEMS the 800, although perhaps better in some areas and not as good in others when compared to the 5D iii, is better overall for what I want to use it for. And I stress what "I" want to use it for there... There are a lot of people arguing about both and how much better each will be but it really comes down to each individual's use of the camera they buy. Both are great cameras (only from what's on the net some of which I take with a grain of salt) but until I have the camera in my hand for a month or two I won't know how good. I'll be doing astro, landscapes and wildlife with some sport (probably in low light too). My camera has to fit a range of situations I'll be shooting in and I believe the D800 will do the best job, for the price!!
On paper I do like the features and supposed performance of the 800 much better, and the higher res "E". I think having those extra megapixels and resolution will be great for cropping photos down of wildlife where they would normally be out of the range of the zoom that I use and cropping a 16 Mp image makes it too pixelated to be of any use. A 36Mp image can be cropped by an amazing amount and still be great for blowing up. Can't wait to try that out....
People are going on about frame rates being low for the D800 but seriously besides pros who needs to shoot frames at faster than 1/4 sec between each? The sports photography I've done I've never had to worry too much about speed - it's more about timing and skill I find - if you know something is about to happen on a field start aiming with finger on the button ready to fire and predict when the event will occur. As for noise, if it's about the same as the D3 then that'll do me! Is the 5D iii noise reduction with the NR turned on where it doubles the exposure time by subtracting a sort of a dark frame or the instant processing when images are taken? If it's the former then it's no good for me when doing long exposures as it takes far too long. Maybe I'm wrong...
As for astro work time will tell, but the low noise should be fantastic regardless of anything else. I'm also upgrading my lenses so I think the improvement in my images will be phenomenal. I'm off to Alice and Uluru the week after I get the camera so that'll be perfect to test it out in all situations. I can't wait!
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