Handheld experiment D800 some you will think I am crazy.

It would not be a bad idea to take a photo of your soup next time, you might find a hair in it. What a great use of D800!
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Nikhil Mehta said:

I was just trying to show that with good technique you can still get sharp pictures.

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I think the most interesting question is whether it's sharper than say a D700 under the same conditions. i.e. can you take advantage of the extra resolution on the D800 handheld, or is it wasted.

I'm also curious how many shots you took, and were they all equally as sharp as the one you posted? Handheld vibrations are very random, so given enough shots (or luck) you can usually get a relatively sharp one even if the chance of any single handheld shot being sharp is relatively low.

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..does anyone else agree?

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Nikhil,
This is a tough crowd.

It's like they want to own a Ferrari and only ever drive it flat out at 200 mph. Forget slowing down for anything at all... sometimes the logic on these forums is baffeling.

According to these guys apparently you cant use the D800 for anything other than landscape or studio photography with a tripod and mirror lock up. The d800 is just unusable beyond that right?
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Marianne Oelund said:

fabgo said:

I don't agree. Acceptably sharp is acceptably sharp.

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If you think it's "acceptably sharp," then that's fine - but only for you. Do not expect others to subscribe to your standards.

I happen to think that the camera can do much better than this, and I'd like to see (it may just be a limitation of the optics; I own the previous 120-300 version and I would only rate it as "good").

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"Seems impressive". Those are your words. Just saying.

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Nikhil Mehta said:

It's like they want to own a Ferrari and only ever drive it flat out at 200 mph. Forget slowing down for anything at all... sometimes the logic on these forums is baffeling.

According to these guys apparently you cant use the D800 for anything other than landscape or studio photography with a tripod and mirror lock up. The d800 is just unusable beyond that right?

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Wow, people are so defensive. Obviously the D800 will be at least as good as any lower-res camera for handheld shots (unlike the Ferrari which is probably a worse choice at slow speeds). The question is whether it's significantly better , or if the advantage is only realized under ideal conditions. If it's only under ideal conditions, then maybe it wouldn't be a worthwhile upgrade for someone who shoots handheld 90% of the time. Seems like a pretty reasonable question to me.

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