Always Carry a Spare

The fact that the D800 has both an SD and Compact Flash slot seems to be sort of transitional to me. I’m quite happy using SD cards, and I haven’t even invested in a really high-performance one yet. If I owned a D800, it’s unlikely I would even purchase a CF card, and that would be a waste. But the dual SD cards of the D610 are something I can warm up to.

The fact that I can configure them to work as I need them to is also a huge plus. All my cameras use SD cards, and it would be a shame to break that paradigm with the D800. I think ultimately the SD card will replace the CF card, even in professional applications. Certainly the D800 is evidence to support that fact, since the D700 only supported CF.

I could even use the second slot to simply store a second card. But I think the coolest use would be to use an Eye-Fi card to make the camera Wi-Fi compatible.