I have 2 D800s and unfortunately they only work in studio....

Like these shots taken in very dim conditions and every one that I took had perfect focus where I focused them, which is nearly always on the eye if I can, and these are just a very few of those that I take in such conditions, I could show many more! The D800 has rarely ever let me down for focus accuracy or speed of acquisition, better than my D700.

I was an early adopter and obtained my D800 in May 2102, which all these below were taken with, so one would assume that if there were models that were less accurate, it would be the early release models, not the latter versions where they have got their production line up to scratch. I have just purchased a D800E and sold the D800 as I wanted the slight resolution increase for my bird photos and for ease of post process.

NIKON D800 + 500mm f4 VR handheld

Focal Length 500mm

Exposure Time 1/250sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 7.5

Crop of above to show focus accuracy

NIKON D800 + 500mm f4 VR handheld and cropped to about DX size post process

Focal Length 500mm

Exposure Time 1/250sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 8

NIKON D800 + 300mm f2.8 VRII + 1.4x TCII handheld

Focal Length 420mm

Exposure Time 1/250sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 7

NIKON D800 + 500mm f4 VR handheld and cropped about 25% post process

Focal Length 500mm

Exposure Time 1/833sec

Aperture f/5

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 8.5

NIKON D800 + 500mm f4 VR handheld and cropped to about DX post process

Focal Length 500mm

Exposure Time 1/320sec

Aperture f/5.6

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 7.5

NIKON D800 + 300mm f2.8 VRII handheld cropped to square and by about 15%

Focal Length 300mm

Exposure Time 1/60sec

Aperture f3.5

ISO Equivalent 6400

This is about EV 4.5!!

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