Fortkentdad
Senior Member
While shopping for a gimbal head was tempted by a used D800e on offer in the city. Shuttercount I was told was 56,000 (or there abouts).
It seemed to work fine when I tried it out. Shutter was much louder than I've heard on any of my other cameras. I liked the feel of it in my hands (but I also liked the feel of the $1,300 in my own pocket).
I did a wee bit of reading on line about it over lunch, and while at 36 megapixels it has more than my 24 megapixel D610 - but not sure that warrants the cost of adding another camera to my stable, nor is it enough of an upgrade.
I wonder if the D750 which would only be a few hundred more was a better idea? And the D810's can be had for a few hundred more too (there was one of those on offer at another shop at $1800).
I decided not to return and buy it, although I could call on Monday and buy it as they set it aside for a day for me to think about.
Looking on line the price $1300 (CDN) or about a grand US$ is isn't lose change but I don't see myself spending $4000 on the new D850 or even $3000 for a new D810.
Of course my wife asked the wrong question "why do you want yet another camera?" ... saying I have a pair of DX bodies and only one FX body which is lonely, was not the right answer. (I don't count the D5100 anymore, that is officialy her camera now). Does one need a reason?
I was tempting but it is still in the shop. . . . for now.
It seemed to work fine when I tried it out. Shutter was much louder than I've heard on any of my other cameras. I liked the feel of it in my hands (but I also liked the feel of the $1,300 in my own pocket).
I did a wee bit of reading on line about it over lunch, and while at 36 megapixels it has more than my 24 megapixel D610 - but not sure that warrants the cost of adding another camera to my stable, nor is it enough of an upgrade.
I wonder if the D750 which would only be a few hundred more was a better idea? And the D810's can be had for a few hundred more too (there was one of those on offer at another shop at $1800).
I decided not to return and buy it, although I could call on Monday and buy it as they set it aside for a day for me to think about.
Looking on line the price $1300 (CDN) or about a grand US$ is isn't lose change but I don't see myself spending $4000 on the new D850 or even $3000 for a new D810.
Of course my wife asked the wrong question "why do you want yet another camera?" ... saying I have a pair of DX bodies and only one FX body which is lonely, was not the right answer. (I don't count the D5100 anymore, that is officialy her camera now). Does one need a reason?
I was tempting but it is still in the shop. . . . for now.