Here I am getting ready to do the Happy Dance.

No need to say too much about this. My new Nikon D800 arrived yesterday. The is one heck of a great camera. I shot some jumpers and dressage with it this morning and I am totally blown away. Zero noise. Outstanding dynamic range and color depth. No wonder DxO Labs says it is one of the best cameras in the world in terms of sensor performance. In fact it is number one in the DxO Mark suite of tests. There’s a lot to be said for 36 megapixels!

The shot below and the crop from it show the outstanding detail. Look at the horse’s mane in the cropped shot. Individual hairs are fully resolved! These were shot hand held at f8 1/320 using a 70-200mm f2.8 at 70mm.