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36 Megapixels
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It is important to appreciate, that D800 is capable of producing superb images. Undoubtedly they are or will be cameras that can do some things better. For most of us, this means little because:

1) It takes considerable expertise to get the most out of a camera of this caliber and complexity on a technical side of things. I suspect few of us are there yet.

2) Technical quality is just one of many factors that make out a great photo and provided that some more or less minimal technical quality standards are met, other factors like creativity, composition and post-processing skills probably contribute a great deal more to the success of the photo than an incremental improvement in technical quality.

3) Despite what I said above, there are special issues and circumstances when a great camera may make it possible to get a photo that would be hard or (for all practical purposes) nearly impossible to get with lesser cameras. Better viewfinder, better controls, better (brighter) LCD, better sensor, better/faster processor/focusing/exposure can make a difference in some circumstances or can make photography easier and more convenient. Overall however, I think that most of us would get greater bang for a buck by learning to post-process better or by improving composition and especially by going beyond cliche and trying for something creative. I think that if this is not your real goal, a good quality cell phone camera is all you really need. Forget about some relatively rare events (for most types of photos) where in expert hands Hassellblad could offer noticeable improvements over D800

Please see my photos at http://mullerpavel.smugmug.com (fewer, better image quality, not updated lately)
or at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavel_photophile2008/ (all photos)
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36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 16, 2012, 00:13
RE: 36 Megapixels - by slejhamer - Mar 16, 2012, 05:30
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Toad - Mar 16, 2012, 09:35
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - Mar 16, 2012, 10:08
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 16, 2012, 20:43
RE: 36 Megapixels - by EnglishBob - Mar 16, 2012, 21:43
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - Mar 17, 2012, 07:50
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 18, 2012, 17:34
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - Mar 19, 2012, 02:32
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 21, 2012, 06:40
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Toad - Mar 19, 2012, 10:24
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Zig - Mar 22, 2012, 02:34
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - Mar 22, 2012, 05:19
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Toad - Mar 22, 2012, 18:48
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - Mar 22, 2012, 20:42
RE: 36 Megapixels - by NT73 - Mar 23, 2012, 09:29
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Toad - Mar 22, 2012, 21:46
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - Mar 23, 2012, 19:24
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 27, 2012, 07:03
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Zig - Mar 25, 2012, 03:34
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Mar 29, 2012, 23:10
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - Mar 30, 2012, 04:22
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Toad - Mar 30, 2012, 14:24
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - Apr 1, 2012, 20:53
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - Apr 2, 2012, 02:31
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Apr 1, 2012, 22:25
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Kombisaurus - Apr 2, 2012, 12:36
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Apr 29, 2012, 19:43
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - Apr 29, 2012, 20:10
RE: 36 Megapixels - by NT73 - May 2, 2012, 04:46
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - May 2, 2012, 05:47
RE: 36 Megapixels - by NT73 - May 2, 2012, 12:07
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - May 3, 2012, 20:38
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - May 1, 2012, 20:36
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - May 3, 2012, 21:26
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - May 23, 2012, 20:03
RE: 36 Megapixels - by Pavel - May 24, 2012, 06:38
RE: 36 Megapixels - by matthew - May 28, 2012, 19:15
RE: 36 Megapixels - by shuttertalk - Jun 26, 2012, 23:32

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