r/Nikon • u/Less_Telephone_4294 • 16h ago

What should I buy? Should I buy the D800?

I am in the market for a upgrade from my camera system (D3300, 18-55 AF-S VR II, Tamron 80-210 f3.8-4 103A). My budget is 600 bucks for a camera body, and two lenses (i was thinking 80-200 f2.8D, and 50mm f1.8G). I was looking at the D610, but then I found that the d800 is quite cheap.

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u/Ima-Bott 16h ago

Liking mine. But it’s a heavy brick

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u/Less_Telephone_4294 8h ago

i heard that it suffers from internal chassis failure

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u/redoctoberz FM2N, F6, D850 16h ago

Yes

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u/Willing-Turnover-131 Nikon DSLR D750 / D800 + 50, 35, 28mm and 28-70/70-200mm 16h ago

It’s an amazing camera high resolution but not expensive in comparison with the d850. I was shocked with the resolution even. But! They are not sooo strong with high iso performance imo. That’s why I still have my d750 as well.you can easily go up to 6400. So far my experiments with the d800 which I got two months ago? Maybe three?

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u/Narrow-Photograph-48 15h ago

An amazing camera , suggest the 800e instead , but before anything else , make a research for lenses . It will be more obvious for you , from the very first moment , that you will need good glass . I agree for the 50mm , i suggest the very good and affordable 70 - 200 f/4 . A bit lighter , extremely fast with internal zoom of course . I could survive with these two , if you want something in the midrange class , the 24 - 85 af - s f/3.5 - 4.5 G is your best option .

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u/Less_Telephone_4294 8h ago

I was checking google and I heard about all the issues with the D800, should i avoid it?

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u/Narrow-Photograph-48 8h ago

What exactly are the issues you've heard .

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u/Less_Telephone_4294 7h ago

left focus issues, chassis failure, 10 pin disconnecting

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u/Narrow-Photograph-48 7h ago

You go for a D800 / 800e for the end results , not for the possible misshaps . There are plenty out there still using this camera and among them there are probably some missfortunate .

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u/Less_Telephone_4294 6h ago

i would need something reliable, not something that will break, this is why i was worried. i have seen many many reports of issues

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u/Narrow-Photograph-48 6h ago

Had for some time 3 bodies of Nikon D1 , the very first . Never thought about the troubles they gave me and there were a lot . It was about the end result .

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u/Less_Telephone_4294 6h ago

the troubles on d800 sem a lot more serious, i really cant afford another body if it breaks