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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDFlood" data-source="post: 160667" data-attributes="member: 11653">On the other hand don't worry too much about not having the best possible lenses at the start. Let's pretend you own a pinto and you have an opportunity to get a Porsche... But can't afford good tires at first. Your entire driving experience is going to change, and you'll be able to shut everyone else down... Unless you come on to another Porsche with fancy tires. The D800 is an astounding camera in all respects, I think, if you put cheap kit lenses on it, it will still do incredible photos. Don't pay attention to this "it'll" push your glass... It is wrong from a practical point. If you take a photo with a D700 with cheap glass and then one with a D800 with the same cheap glass and examine at 100% (1pixel in photo = 1 pixel on monitor) the photo with the D800 is going to be jaw droppingly more detailed than the one from the D700. Faces in the distance on street photos for instance, clear as a bell with D800. Stop go no further... That answers the question. But everyone must keep going and start comparing a D800 with a cheap, really good and the best lens made, and which one has the best definition of someone's nose hair at one hundred yards... This is where all the BS comes from. The BIG difference is coming from the jump to the D800, from there you just get smaller improvements. I would just start with your zoom and get the new camera. Dump the two DX lenses and get a 35mm f2... And just shoot that for a year. The 35m is a perfect general purpose lens and learning to use a prime lens well will be both satisfying and rewarding. JD</blockquote>

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