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It like asking how is this Snap-On Phillips screwdriver. It's great until you need to drive a nail or you need flat head screwdriver. How is it? To do what? For the most part it's an awesome camera with 36 megapixels. This gives great detail, so great that it'll out resolve most of Nikon's...
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Best answer: It like asking how is this Snap-On Phillips screwdriver. It's great until you need to drive a nail or you need flat head screwdriver. How is it? To do what? For the most part it's an awesome camera with 36 megapixels. This gives great detail, so great that it'll out resolve most of Nikon's lenses. Therefore you'll need to use their top-of-the-line lenses with the D810. It great for most things except the D4 or D4s are better for sports and wildlife. If you are in situations where you need to quickly edit your images, the 200MB files generated by the D810 will slow your workflow down unless you've got a fast computer. If you shoot at very high ISOs, you should consider a camera with a lower number of pixels. With the D810 you gain a lot of resolution, but sacrifice high-ISO performance to do so.
There was a white dot problem when taking long exposures, but I understand that to have been address and fixed by Nikon.
For me, I'd buy the D810 unless I needed better high-ISO performance or if I was shooting NFL MLB games. But for landscapes, portraits, still life, macro it's the best on the market in a full-frame 35mm format DSLR. However, with that said, I wouldn't trade in my Pentax 645 DSLR to get one. Take a look at the 645D and compare the cost of the body and lenses with what Nikon system would cost. If you're not doing sports (the 645D is only 1.1 frames per second) then you'll love the Pentax 645D at 40MP or the 645Z at 50MP.