Digital BW, The Print

On 12.03.2012 22:24, Bob Frost wrote:
> The D800 allows you to take 4 sizes of raw images - 36, 30, 24, and 15MP.

Very interesting. I wonder if the reduced sizes would bring a reduction 
in noise, which is depending on pixel density on the sensor, maybe it 
wouldn't.

Sorry to jump on the OT bandwagon, but this thread coincides with one of 
my current preoccupations. I am a very happy user of a D700. It is this 
camera which finally managed to make me accept digital picture taking. I 
can use (almost) all my old lenses which I had bought as a teenager some 
40 years ago! (That's Nikon to you...)

Since I have long been considering the purchase of a Hasselblad, I am 
now very tempted by the D800, which I would complement with a Harrtblei 
40mm to provide for studio and architectural needs.

Last but not least, the video capabilities of this camera are a major 
asset to me, since it would allow me to do at last some 
cinematographic-quality filming. The big problem with amateur and 
semi-pro video cameras is the very small size of the sensor, because 
this implies short focal lenses. You can hardly play with the separation 
of planes, having constantly too much depth of field. The 24x36mm sensor 
size of the D800 on the other hand is perfect. And you can use all those 
wonderful lenses...  And they all have a manual focusing ring, which is 
the only way to do some watchable filming.

Just mes 2 centimes

Louis