I'm looking to hear from anyone who has had some actual use of the Nikon D800, as I am considering purchasing one in January.

I know it's certainly good enough for stock etc, but what I would really like to know is how you think my current lenses will cope with the sensors quality. I currently use a Nikon 80-200 f2.8 AFS ED lens (non VR model, prior to that) which is still pin sharp, a Nikon 28-105 AFD Macro (cheapish lens, first one I ever bought and it's still going!), and also a lens I will have to sell - the Nikon 17-55 2.8 AFS ED DX (will have to ditch it as its DX, not full frame)

So with the first two lenses, the 80-200 in particular, anyone using that on a D800 and finding it quality enough? For a $2500 lens I surely hope it is, but still it is a bit old now, so I'm not sure.

Also, with the lens I need to replace, I was considering either the 12-24 or the 24-70 from nikon - any experiences with either? Pro's/Con's? ( I do a bit of travel/hiking so zoom lenses are very useful for me, although I know I will get a lot of comments to get primes only. Just not sure I can justify a prime, other than perhaps a 50mm 1.4 or something)

And after a few months of use now, how are people finding the D800 overall?

Thanks so much for all of your feedback to come, much appreciated.

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The market is so completely oversaturated that the supply outstripps the demand by a million percent.

You know, I hear that all of the time, but whenever I'm looking for a photo for a client, it seems like I can never find what I want!

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Quote from: WarrenPrice on November 21, 2012, 20:49

Thanks; your opinions are the ones that mean most to me.   They are always so well stated. 

And yet they state the obvious.  Seriously, what was the point of the post?

The point of the post, Sean, was "Why" are Thanksgiving sales slow?  It should affect only US businesses. 
I did receive several informative responses -- one PM was especially enlightening.

As for being stupid -- I probably do ask some dumb questions.  Some posts I have regretted.  Posting does tend to expose one's ignorance.
As for attention seeking -- * right I seek attention.  Isn't that what selling is all about?  I want to be seen and heard.  I want buyers to know me and my images.  Anyone who claims otherwise is a fool.

Thankfully, I am wrong about Thanksgiving.  My sales have been great today ... so far. 
Thanks to those who tried to satisfy my curiosity. 
A few of us are in awe of the intellectual egotists.  Keep the insults coming.  As they say in advertising ... even negative publicity is publicity.   

Ok, one possible scenario consists of two sides of the coin(just playing around with probabilities) :
1. There is a huge low quality demanding market (in terms of resolution and technic) which MS stimulated at first: Bloggers, private websites, etc.. Possibly this market will focus more and more on even cheaper offered crowd sourced material which incorporates phenomena like instagram or phone photography. This market segment never hd been soooo quality sensitive like e.g. the prepress and print segment when it comes to image quality. On the other hand this trend might get pushed from the content creators too. Many People will not see the point anymore to buy a 36 MP / 2 Kg DSLR and walk around with that but will rather just switch completely to other mobile devices, low end system cameras or whatever.
So: imagine a site like Flickr working as a Agency. People upload their content directly from their device. Quality is not that a huge issue anymore, so inspection process is easy. Content is available almost immediately. Clients download the images for 5 or 10 cents a unit or have incredible cheap sub-plans. Most content is from mobile devices and includes not only creative material but editorial too.

The natural rebound effect to 1. is:

2. Because most of the low end / private clients / consumer market is covered by sites like above and most photos / creatives do use lower end devices instead of high end heavy and expensive cameras there are less and less people who shoot in this area. Buyers who are looking to buy these images are mostly professionals who seek out for either exclusive material or printable or high quality stuff. Prices here establish at a higher level and although the market is nowhere near where it was in the old, traditional stock days it may make some people remember those days. This high end market is not a mass market anymore since devices for creation are not considered as "sexy" anymore by the mass nor there is such a huge demand anymore for 50MP files since most of the media moved to the net. Exclusivity may be a important matter in this field. Photographers here may make a good living anyhow since competition might not be as harsh anymore.

....well, just playing around with concepts and strange predictions :-)

I thought you'd gone to the pub!

I dont get this, your sales plummet at IS, but you see an increase at DT and you are all ecstatic about it. In my books that doesnt make sense, in my books thats just balancing the books.

BS!!!!!

For those saying small batches only that is total BS!!!!

There are many who submit well over hundreds at a time and some thousands.

It has nothing to do with how many you submit!