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D800 with a Forty-Dollar 35-80mm Nikon Lens..... Anyone have experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 107753" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Just curious, is the question a result of you wanting to know about how good the D800 is, or how good a platform the D800 is for evaluating lenses? Serious question - no sarcasm intended. I got sucked into reading some stuff on the bythom.com site this morning and came across this in his comments on the D600...</p><p></p><p><em>Update: It seems a few have objected to that last paragraph. I stand by it. The critical words are "especially" and "better matches." With a D800 and these two lenses, optimal optical results are achieved at a point where you're into the diffraction zone on a D800. When I measured the gain in resolution at 85mm f/11 between the D800 (36mp) and D3x (24mp), I got low single digit resolution gains. Is it worth paying US$900 more for a camera to get that gain if these are your choice of lenses? I say no. The D600 matches up better against these lenses: you can still stop down to f/8 and get good performance gains and about everything those lenses can deliver. Can you get a bit more with a D800? Sure, but it's the old many-dollars-for-little-gain problem. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em><em>I understand that people often buy more than they need. If that's what you want to do, fine. But my comments here were in the context of the value proposition of the FX bodies and lenses. The D600 matches up nicely against the 24-85mm and 28-300mm. The D800 matches up better against the 24-120mm and 24-70mm. I'm pretty sure that's what Nikon actually intended. </em></p><p></p><p>From that it would seem that the D800 could be "too much" for lesser lenses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 107753, member: 9240"] Just curious, is the question a result of you wanting to know about how good the D800 is, or how good a platform the D800 is for evaluating lenses? Serious question - no sarcasm intended. I got sucked into reading some stuff on the bythom.com site this morning and came across this in his comments on the D600... [I]Update: It seems a few have objected to that last paragraph. I stand by it. The critical words are "especially" and "better matches." With a D800 and these two lenses, optimal optical results are achieved at a point where you're into the diffraction zone on a D800. When I measured the gain in resolution at 85mm f/11 between the D800 (36mp) and D3x (24mp), I got low single digit resolution gains. Is it worth paying US$900 more for a camera to get that gain if these are your choice of lenses? I say no. The D600 matches up better against these lenses: you can still stop down to f/8 and get good performance gains and about everything those lenses can deliver. Can you get a bit more with a D800? Sure, but it's the old many-dollars-for-little-gain problem. [/I][I]I understand that people often buy more than they need. If that's what you want to do, fine. But my comments here were in the context of the value proposition of the FX bodies and lenses. The D600 matches up nicely against the 24-85mm and 28-300mm. The D800 matches up better against the 24-120mm and 24-70mm. I'm pretty sure that's what Nikon actually intended. [/I] From that it would seem that the D800 could be "too much" for lesser lenses. [/QUOTE]
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