Upgrade of D700 to D800 - Handheld Question

This is slightly misleading, because your D800 images will be usually be more crisp than a lower-resolution even without taking those steps.

The OP was asking about handheld shooting, and the fact is that if you are not shooting at lowish shutter speeds, the D800 will resolve more - even handheld. You may not be maximizing that output, but you don't need to maximize it to get better output. This is an element of the misconception: maximize is not required for better.

You said "A handheld shot is never going to be as sharp as a solid technique tripod shot, ever. " At high shutter speeds they may be so close as to not be able to tell the difference - but again, even if the shutter speeds are lower, you don't need to maximize the output to simply get better shots.

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