Should You Buy This Camera

Nikon D800

DSLR · Nikon F · released 2012-03-22
Lowest now
$344
Steep discount -89% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$2,999
Mar 2012
Inventory
34
across 2 sources

Prices are rising

How we compute this

Used prices have been rising recently. Prices are up 15.1% over the last 30 days. The 90-day low was $239, $105 below today. Currently 11% of the $2,999 MSRP.

Lowest now
$344
MSRP
$2,999
vs MSRP
-89%
90-day low
$239
All-time low
$239 (May 14, 2026)
30-day trend
+15.1%
Observed across 2 sources · 82 days of history in last 90 · Methodology

Sample photos

Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.

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Specs

Brand
Nikon
Family
Nikon D8xx
Category
body
Body type
DSLR
Mount
Nikon F
Sensor
Full Frame
Megapixels
36.3 MP
Lens type
Sensor family
Nikon FX 36MP CMOS (D800/D810)
Autofocus
Phase Detection
AF system
Nikon DSLR phase-detect
IBIS
Weather sealed
Max video
Max native ISO
Weight
Dimensions
Body material
Released
2012-03-22
Status
discontinued

Autofocus & action

AF system
Phase detect
Focus points
51 phase-detect
Burst (mechanical)
4 fps
Buffer
~17 RAW
Pre-burst capture
No
Card slots
2 (Dual CF + SD)
Sensor readout
Standard CMOS

Multi-CAM 3500FX II; 36 MP resolution limits burst to 4 fps (6 fps in DX crop with grip).

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
bh
good
→ good
$475 1 Observed 11h ago view listing
mpb
good
→ good
$344 22 Observed 11h ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$469 10 Observed 11h ago view listing
mpb
like new
→ mint
$529 1 Observed 3d ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.