D800; Expensive and Nominal IQ  Started Mar 28, 2012 |
Discussions thread Lance B Forum ProPosts: 26,469Gear list Re:
You're missing the point In reply to zzzzzzzzzzz, Mar 29, 2012
zzzzzzzzzzz wrote:  Someone earlier in this thread said the D800
DX mode gives extra reach. The exact quote (not my quote) is as
follows:  So, these people have a D700 and their 14-24 f2.8's or
16-35 f4 VR's, 24-70 f2.8's and 70-200 f2.8's and maybe the 300
f4 but would love a crop sensored camera for extra reach when
required so that their 300mm becomes a 450mm, or their 70-200
f2.8 + 2x TCIII (400mm on FX) becomes a 600mm on DX for those
times when they need it. It gives us all options. They don't
want to lug around a crop sensored camera specifically for these
times when they want to shoot long, but having a D800 gives them
an option for cropping when required, for reach.  My post was
intended to say that the DX mode does not provide extra reach,
it just crops to the DX FOV. If you put a 300mm FX lens on a
D800 and shoot in FX