- D800e is simply a tad sharper while shooting wide open>F5.6... That extra bit of "straight out of the camera-sharpness" D800e provides over D800 makes that I seldom have to do sharpening in post processing. No sharpening needed means for me as well that there is no noise increase because of sharpening
- Moire is not an issue even though I was afraid for that..
The warning about possible moire with D800e by Nikon was TMHO more a way to play safe against possible complaints from future D800e users. - I see "False detail and artefacts reports" as myths -even if those reports are written by a respected expert- and are reporting rather as what they expected it to be(come) and not what they experienced after using D800e vs D800 extensively as I did.
- Two occasional "snapshot" portraits
First one taken at iso 100 while using the pop up flash, finally it was meant as a snap shot...
D800E and 70-200VRII F2.8 at F2.8, 195mm and 1/250sec and handheld.
And a 100% crop
Second picture taken at iso 1600, natural light, 1/320 sec, F4.5
And a 100% crop of the focus area:
- Family and fun snapshots...
A picture taken handhold at F1.8, 1/500 sec, AF-C and iso200 and no sharpening at all. Converted from NEF to jpeg. The only PP was WB adjustment sunny -> cloudy.
The focus area as seen in Nikon View NX 2.5.1:
And one more(also without any sharpening), taken handhold, 1/640sec, iso200, AF-C and F1.8 :
The focus area as seen in Nikon View NX 2.5.1:
The scene, slightly cropped to show the nice bokeh this lens produces:
And another 100% crop:
Both pictures were taken in AF-C mode. The incredible fast and accurate AF module of the D800 helps of course... - For macro - (Underneath picture was taken handheld.)
and 100% crop....
- Wildlife with 70-200VRII and TCIIIe on my D800e
Underneath image was taken with 70-200VRII + 2xTCeIII.
The original scene, resized:
a 50% crop from the underneath scene, resized to 1000px longest side:
Click here for the original crop.
So after having shot several thousand pictures with both D800 and D800e my final choise is D800e based on a relative small difference in sharpness straight out of the camera which was important enough for me to make me exchange twice...
Does that mean I would have regret if I would have stayed with the classic D800? No, both D800 and D800e are exceptional photographic tools.
Underneath a macro shot of a dragonfly made with my "normal" D800.
A screenshot of the AF area as seen in NikonViewNX:
And a 100% crop of the AF area:
Enough detail I guess...
Thanks for your attention and kindest regards,
Stany
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