[JDFlood]

Guess the question started a lot of technical discussion. Let me answer this simply from a D800 users point of view. The D800 DR is incredible. I also, shoot a D700, Leica X2, and Fuji XE-1. And in conditions of high contrast (white clouds, and forest or clifs), backlight situations... well frequently, you can make huge adjustments, pulling the details out of the shadows in PP. I've fiddled with the special camera funcitons and prefer to use post processing to adjust the hightlights and low lights. From everything I have heard at the moment, Canon has nothing  like it. I am sure that will be temporary, but for now the D800 is an incredible camera and the light gathering power and resolution is absolutely worth every penny. JD