RP McMurphy

You're a credit to the community A great example of the inclusiveness and friendliness that pervades these boards, not a hint of self high regard at the expense of others ;-) (Well done...

As said below You do it this way and you will end up with more dust not less, plus the dust you remove gets attracted back to the sensor Silliest idea I ever heard to take a 30 second picture...

As John says - no such thing as unprocessed When you output as JPG the camera processes according to the settings you have specified in camera controls It's like taking high contrast B&W...

Lance B - Absolutely superb shots - stunning!

Mine hasn't arrived yet but the overwhelming consesus seems to be that there is less flexibility to recover highlight but far far more flexibility to recover shadow detail than the D700 (and so...

Not fast enough for street imo Has a focus limiter but still not what anybody would call fast It's a cheap lens with great optics

+1 for the tokina 12-24 as well Built like a tank, plenty sharp enough - decent close focus also Tamron great lens, v sharp after f5.6 but not very robust -especially AF with the push -pull...

Mostly likely corrupt card If your images aren't critically important - ie if you could handle losing shots without too many problems - then format the card properly and try again Also check...

Sorry for even more... You say you wouldn't be able to track the animal manually because of eyesight - as said there is a green light to tell you when it is in focus - but that shot could be...

Also it seems that you may also have shutter button still activated as AF on so when you take the shot it re-centres Try to acquire focus with button half depressed and then click But with...

AF set to closest point focus? Dynamic area? Dont understand why for a difficult shot people think the camera knows what you want to focus on - either correct it manually (eyes dont matter you...

I get the feeling that the important thing was not to make the point admonishing somebody for envy but to have an opportunity to mention that you have a 'comprehensive Leica system' Envy may be...

I always check out Bjorn's comments on lenses in addition to other sources He thinks highly of it (the AIS version not so much the newer AF version) (if you want to see other nikon lens...

@KSV
The D800 isn't just for amateurs, it will be used by pros who do not need FPS. FPS is useless for most except sports pros and spray and pray amateurs

The extra MP give more detail when...

Of course it's compromised. If the camera limited because it subscribed to the purist philosophy you seem to want then it will surely impact on flexibility

You said that the D700 is plenty so if...

Really dont know how you cant see the blue magenta shift in the 12800 image Open both and compare the bottom left corner for example

You dont have to - they have US distributors and from the reviews I've read they should be considered

Nikon may have simply played catch up but there's few other cameras out there that evidently can keep up with it now

But I dont get the vitriol in trying to denigrate a camera that seems pretty...

You edited this? Would hate to see how nonsensical it was before

Or how many people can vote for a different camera as being best without comparing it to a D800?