Every Nikon DSLR camera, in front of its sensor is equipped with an optical low pass filter (OLPF) which has function to slightly blur the image at a pixel level for reducing the occurrence of improper colors and moiré that could appear when shooting repetitive and/or fine patterns. For most of photographers, the D800 give better balance between sharpness and effectively prevented moiré and improper color, ideal for taking picture using all file formats. D800E is a preferential camera that eliminates the "effect" of the OLPF. D800E could produce images with a slight gain in sharpness and resolution and is strongly recommended for studio use and still life professionals but the possibilities of moiré and improper color will become higher.
For the information above, Nikon D800 DSLR camera is very ideal for:
- Shooting with all conditions and situations
- Photographers shooting RAW (NEF), JPG or TIFF images
- Photographers who love original workflow without software manipulation to eliminate the occurrence of moiré and improper color.
While Nikon D800E is very ideal for:
- Studio or indoor, commercial and still life photographers who can control their shooting conditions, lens selection and aperture choice, as well as use of software (Capture NX2) to reduce the occurrence of improper color and moiré
- Medium format photographers whose current digital system does not utilize an optical low pass filter.
- Shooting RAW (NEF)
Nikon release Nikon D800E with $300 higher price than Nikon D800 and currently still in pre-order in Amazon.com
. Other specification of these two camera are identical except one feature mentioned above. See the update price of Nikon D800 here
and Nikon D800E here.
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