Nikon D800E + 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G

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A friend of mine has recently ordered a Nikon D800E and an AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens.

I'm sure he'll get decent images, but to me the quality of the lens does not match the quality of the body, however I don't want to tell him this without some feedback from you guys.

PS I'm a Canon man so really know nothing about Nikon.
 
I think I've read of at least one or two guys on here using that combo to good effect.

Edited: Just realised you said D800E rather than D800, no idea on that front.
 
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I'm not sure about a lens like this either on an E. I mean I'm sure it will be fine but I think the E is a specialist body requiring a specialist lens? I don't know, Im not an expert. I specialize in landscape, therefor I would opt for a lens more suited to landscape. I've also bought the E and I bought the 24-70 f/2.8 for flexibility in reach and a Zeiss 3,5/18 for wide angled shennanigans. The 28-300 just seems a bit 'kit' to me, but like I said I'm sure it will be fine.
 
Jackwow said:
A friend of mine has recently ordered a Nikon D800E and an AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens.

I'm sure he'll get decent images, but to me the quality of the lens does not match the quality of the body, however I don't want to tell him this without some feedback from you guys.

PS I'm a Canon man so really know nothing about Nikon.
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Your friend needs to read this Nikon D800/E Technical Guide http://www.nikonusa.com/en_US/o/Y6wrkA9OU_z04IreazIXl_22UII/PDF/D800_TechnicalGuide_En.pdf

It shows how to get the best out of 37mp, including the lenses to use (not including 28-300).

Megapixels and stuff aside, D800/E is a fantastic camera whichever way you look at it.
 
A genuine question. If you take a shot using your favourite lens on a D700 and then take that exact same shot using the same lens and a D800 and then view them at the same size, will you not more or less see the same image? Presumably it's only when you really start zooming in on the D800 image that problems with a given lens will start to show up? Or am I being too simplistic here? I think what I'm trying getting around to is that it might depend on what the images are going to be used for afterwards. Massive printouts or extreme crops might be a problem but general stuff maybe not.
 
Yeah the extra cost of the D800E is totally going to waste there given how much the D800 already outresolves it. He'll get great images out of it but getting the D800E over the D800 was absolutely pointless as it costs more, will introduce moire, and will do nothing to get better sharpness from his images as the lens isn't sharp enough to begin with.

As to whether something like a D700 would be a better buy is debatable as having 36MP even if they're of a soft lens can be useful. What's less debatable is the waste of the D800E as the 36MP you'd get out of the D800 would be exactly the same, perhaps with less moire, as the 36MP you get out of the D800E as the lens just isn't sharp enough.
 
I saw a talk that Andy Rouse was giving at Focus2012. He used that lens for some otter stuff and other suitably time-consuming nature photography and not withstanding his eye for a good shot, the lens seemed to do a good job and he gave it a glowing description as a good all-rounder on FX. He is a Nikon-sponsored pro though (I assume) and he was talking on the Nikon stand .... ;)

Whether it'll suit a 36mp beast as opposed to the 12mp D3s he was using, I don't know. Just saying... :)
 
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D3x outresolves that lens rather a lot http://www.photozone.de/nikon_ff/578-nikkorafs28300vrff?start=1
It will of course produce quality images (in the right hands) but to me this sounds like a wasted kit. D700 is a closer match to that lens if anything.
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We use one on a D3x in work for product images. It's not bad, and fairly good quality for a zoom of that range, but I agree that it will not allow the D800E to live up to it's full potential.
 
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