If you read the reviews so you'd think it would be better to buy a Canon camera. I have over a year of experience with the D800 and I'm still excited. The image quality is outstanding and pushes for a miniature camera into new dimensions. The wealth of detail appropriate to that camera, reveals itself only at home on course (the largest possible) Monitor. However, you can only use many of these achievements makes sense if you considered that certain conditions have to be right. The high resolution displays mercilessly the weaknesses cheaper "kit" lenses. In order to buy a very good lens you therefore can not avoid. The large image files make considering the low price of hard disks is not a problem, but with a 5 year old computer you should not try to further process the images via Lightroom prefer. If you come from an APS-C camera, the system requires very shallow depth of increased demands on the photographer, because the focal point has to be set very precisely and deliberately. One must also often pick up the tripod, because even notice slightest motion blur immediately. The D800 has a plethora of features and settings. It takes some time to become familiar here in all ways and to explore these. Anyone planning to film with the camera, you should plan to buy a monitor with the same magnifying glass, as in daylight checking the sharpness is impossible, which regulates all digital SLR cameras. A large and fast memory card should also be purchased because cheap tickets thwart the camera fast moving images noticeable. To the battery handle to get around as an accessory barely. Especially for the power-sapping filming he reserves and also the camera is particularly for upright shots better in the hand. If I could wish for something, especially a higher-capacity battery and finally a built-in GPS. Perhaps in the D900?