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In May of 2015 Nikon provided me with their brand new D810A to give it a workout for landscape astrophotography. I wrote an article for their Image Chaser blog, and this is my personal review of the camera
The Short Answer
In my experience the D810A matches the high ISO performance of the D750.  The D750 has a 24MP sensor and until the D810A came out it was the cleanest high megapixel DSLR, about a stop better than the D810.  But the D810A, like the D800/D800E/D810, has a 36MP sensor and appears to have the same high ISO performance of the 24MP D750.  With some other nice features, the D810A is an amazing landscape astrophotography camera although there are some gotchas caused by the IR filter.
The Long Answer
Read on!
Monument Cove
Nikon D810A
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens
Sky: Star stacked from 10 x 10s f/2.8 ISO 12800
Foreground: Multiple exposures at ISO 1600 f/2.8 15 minutes
ISO 12800 Comparison
For shooting landscape astrophotography when you're not using a star tracker or star stack...

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Adam Woodworth
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Adam Woodworth is a landscape photographer, fine art printer, award winning filmmaker, and software engineer. He is originally from Maine and now resides in New Hampshire. He has had a love of photography for most of his life, and one of his main focuses is landscape astrophotography. His earliest memory of gazing up in awe at the night sky was as a child in a canoe on a lake, fishing at night. The intensity of the star filled sky in such a peaceful spot was a powerful experience, and now he enjoys sharing that experience through his photography.
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