d800 to risky to buy?

If you are buying a DSLR there is only one choice, go for the Nikon.............

There's no beter camera like the D800

Early on there was a focus issue with some of the D800's. It was remedied and affected bodies repaired. I would say that the "risk" involved with regard to that specific issue is practically non-existent. Thousands of D800's and D800E's have been bought and sold since, including one to me, and if it were still an issue it would have killed the company by now.

BackdoorHippie said:

Early on there was a focus issue with some of the D800's. It was remedied and affected bodies repaired. I would say that the "risk" involved with regard to that specific issue is practically non-existent. Thousands of D800's and D800E's have been bought and sold since, including one to me, and if it were still an issue it would have killed the company by now.

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Oh that's good to know, thank you BackdoorHippie

Yoram Pohl said:

I have been researching the d800 and d800e as a new camera, though all i am seeing is focus issues on forums, which is obviously very important. I would love any feedback on how big a issue it is for anyone. Initially i was looking at the Canon 5d mark iii though in video reviews the nikon came up better. Do i go the nikon or is it safer to go the mark iii route, if you were going to start fresh again?

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Gee, I bet that if you posted this same question on Canon sites, you would get the reply that Canon is better! You really need to consider your own photography background, study independent reviews, perhaps rent both cameras for a day each, and decide what you like for the type of photography you like to do.

Yoram Pohl said:

I have been researching the d800 and d800e as a new camera, though all i am seeing is focus issues on forums, which is obviously very important. I would love any feedback on how big a issue it is for anyone. Initially i was looking at the Canon 5d mark iii though in video reviews the nikon came up better. Do i go the nikon or is it safer to go the mark iii route, if you were going to start fresh again?

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I'd say the risk is almost non existent, and if you buy refurbished from say b&h or keh then if you do have a problem you can always send it back for repair or replacement. No risk at all then.



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I bought my D800 as a Nikon refurbished camera over 4 years ago. It is an excellent camera and there's nothing out there that interests me in a change.

TedG954 said:

I bought my D800 as a Nikon refurbished camera over 4 years ago. It is an excellent camera and there's nothing out there that interests me in a change.

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I shoot a used d600 myself. Love it. Never had any problems at all.

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I have both the D800 and the D810 and although the D810 is better in some minor respects in practical terms the main "problem" with the D800 is that it is very noisy in use ..the 810 is quiet.

The D800 is one of the very best cameras that you can buy. Only drawback I can see and this may not be the case with the OP but there is a learning curve with the 800. It is a little different than most dslrs. If you are a novice your initial photos may indeed be blurry...because the 800 is that good!

Thanks for advice. I have decided to hire one out along with a 50mm 1.4g. Shooting at 5.6 iso 100 and 1/200 my shooting day of portraits came in quite out of focus. Do you feel that the centre focusing point has to be used to et them in focus, is af fine tune a neccessity, or this just a low light issue. My camera shake is quite minimal.

Have you reset the camera and/or checked the AF Fine Tuning? At those settings you shouldn't get this.

Anyone who gets a new camera rented or not the first thing to do is to set the fine focus adjust ...I have had the D800 for I think 3 years and had no problems like you show ...I don't use it much because for events its too noisy and I hate the pro controls .If this is not a problem ie for landscapes or in a studio there is no problem . If you can wait or afford the D810 its quiet and has the group focus and those are the only differences I can see,

Yoram Pohl said:

Thanks for advice. I have decided to hire one out along with a 50mm 1.4g. Shooting at 5.6 iso 100 and 1/200 my shooting day of portraits came in quite out of focus. Do you feel that the centre focusing point has to be used to et them in focus, is af fine tune a neccessity, or this just a low light issue. My camera shake is quite minimal.

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One reason to always do a factory reset first thing on a rental. You never know what idiotic settings the previous renter might have left in the camera.

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I am going to have to try both, thanks

AS always we don't know if the pic shown came from RAW or JPEG doing a reset will make the JPEG soft ( 3 ) so look at the picture control if using JPEG ( 7 at least)

D800 from day one... NO ISSUES.