04-22-2012, 01:15 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1335099942' post='17689']
Yeah, considering the fact that only few lenses will be capable of resolving the 36mp of the D800 at the borders it is a fairly ridiculous discussion. The difference in DR will be minimal on prints anyway.
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That's probably true.
However, the selling point for me of having 36M is the massive cropping ability. One could use a 300mm and crop quite a bit (say 1.5x) and obtain similar results (at the pixel level) to the 300mm on a D7000 (i.e. 450mm).
At least you have this option which is very useful indeed. At the center the resolution should be still very good (where you would crop most of the time anyway).
Yeah, considering the fact that only few lenses will be capable of resolving the 36mp of the D800 at the borders it is a fairly ridiculous discussion. The difference in DR will be minimal on prints anyway.
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That's probably true.
However, the selling point for me of having 36M is the massive cropping ability. One could use a 300mm and crop quite a bit (say 1.5x) and obtain similar results (at the pixel level) to the 300mm on a D7000 (i.e. 450mm).
At least you have this option which is very useful indeed. At the center the resolution should be still very good (where you would crop most of the time anyway).