I have several hesitation in choosing these camera. I usually do a lot of landscape photography, B & W portrait and street photography. Other than that is outdoor event, relatives wedding(sometime) and animal(rarely). Back to question here, I have rm10k in my hand, which one will be prefer based on my budget on spending it alone?
D800 don't have any major changes except the megapixel and 51 AF point, but the price is a kill and I still find it hard to choose which one is better for long term uses here.

Personally done many research, the result is more like 50-50 for me. Here the things will go with my 10k, I listed down two for specified camera & lens etc.

D800
Nikon 50mm f/1.8g
Two memory card
DSLR bag
= RM9884

D610
Nikon 85mm f1.8g
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G
Two memory card
DSLR bag
= RM12k+ (I'm willing to fork a little for that wide angle lens)


Now you can see the difference in term of price and the uses of it. Of course, I like the faster auto focus and the bigger resolution, but with D610 body price, I can get very good lens(yeah, people always say lens first, camera later or whatever it is). Aside that, I can approach in different way which is excluded the 14-24mm to get 85mm+35mm, tripod, speedlight and another accessories with the D610.
But here come my doubt again, 39 AF point really enough in near future? MP is totally fine for me and I don't really like to upgrade any further in camera body alone.

Which one should I go for?

D800 do provide as it is one of flagship from nikon,
but do you really need those megapixel?
do you print out all of your snapped pictures or share it digitally?

since you do mention you focus your work vastly with landscape and i believe af would be the least of your worries.

like what others keep pointing out, body changes lens is here to stay.
with Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G to play around and compared to a solely 50mm.

I think the choice is obvious.

D750.

- Better AF than both D800 / D610
- Dynamic range that of D800
- Smaller size and lighter weight
- Cheaper than D800
- Better burst speed than both D800 / D610
- Better noise control than both D800 / D610

yeap, d750 is the perfect choice.

mind you, giving up the 14-24 for a better body is a big price to pay since you basically lose out all shots that require wider angles.

I do not print any of mine yet but I just kept 'em myself currently. I afraid the 39 F is not enough for many group in outdoor like street shopping, night market etc and I like to shoot more portrait than landscape. But I think it's fine to have 39 AF, I think.

Thanks goldfries here, I have considering D750 before hand but that flare issue under the sun reflection though but even they fixed it for me after then it still may appear some issues a little. So I don't want risk for that. May think about it again

You're right for that! The main issues or rather hesitation is still between 51 - 39 AF point for this both camera.

This post has been edited by jimmyoon: Apr 18 2015, 02:57 AM

Ehh I own the D750.

I shoot at more scenarios with strong light from above (Interior photography)

Till date I've not the need to worry about any of those, and it never appeared on my photo either.

Do you know how difficult is to create that flare / shadow issue?

You need to use a lens, and wide aperture and without lens hood AND have a light that's really strong and at a really acute angle. Put it simple - do you shoot landscape at noon? I don't think you do, that's the lousiest time for landscape photography anyway.

In the end also group them up to 11 or whatever AF points only.

The only time I use 51 AF point is when I'm shooting wedding and need to focus on specific area, either way the D800 / D750's sanitary pad shaped AF area isn't that wide to begin with so the AF point between 51 vs 39 isn't something to worry of.

A very great sentence to sums it all, thanks for clear me up.

http://landscape.kevin-young.com/nikon-d750-review/

jimmyoon have a look at that article.

That is a very good in depth review of the D750 and very informative. Yes, I got the words whereas the flare issues only created from capturing images from awkward corner like you described and rumor wrote that Nikon released 2nd/new batch that no longer have the flare issue in the camera. That bride shots there alone hook me up to getting this D750, let alone the white balance. I could take the D750, the price for those specfication is really nice. Thanks goldfries

Taken with the D750 https://www.flickr.com/photos/goldfries/set...57647659907534/

Sharp photos and every is nice in exposure/composition! The detail taken like with a D810.

I made up my mind to choose the D750. Very impressive camera for the price, not to mention the flip up/down screen able to capture exceptional photos!

Can get a brand new D800 nowdays? I think it already replaced by D810..btw D750 is a good choice..