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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gfinlayson" data-source="post: 57054" data-attributes="member: 8768">The D800 is a pro-grade FX camera and requires very good technique to get the most out of its 36MP sensor.1. The key differences are better high ISO performance and better AF - itworks in lower light and at smaller maximum apertures than the D7000's. And of course, it has many more pixels.....2. If you can't get to grips with a D70 in manual, then the D800 isn't the camera for you (this is my opinion, others may disagree)3. The D800 will revert to DX crop mode and give you a nearly 16 MP image (slightly smaller file than the D7000) with a DX lens. I think you can override the auto DX mode - on some lenses, you'll get heavy vignetting, on others, you'll be able to get a near 36MP image.Your 70-300 is already a full-frame lens and will work fine on the D800. The 18-70 will vignette heavily.In all honesty, I think your money would be better spent on photography workshops and good lenses than a D800. The D7000 has a built-in focus motor and will meter perfectly with AI and AI-s MF lenses, so it substantially widens the range of lenses available to you and is definitely worthy of consideration.Given the option of buying an expensive camera or upgrading lenses, I would always err on the side of buying good lenses. Lenses last a very long time and hold their value well. Camera bodies depreciate rapidly after a couple of years and are regularly superseded by new models.</blockquote>

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