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This may not be the answer you hoped for Dave but if you are hoping to realise the full potential from your new D800 you need Nikon's latest and greatest glass.
If you aren't looking for the full potential the D800 can provide, then keep the D700 and sell the D800 and save a bunch of cash.
According to Nikon even the select range of the most recent glass will only realise all of the D800 resolution at the optimal 'sweet spot' apertures.
My two cent's
I am indeed looking for the D800's full potential, so your point is well taken. So I guess I should spend the dollars for the best glass. Your two cents, my thousands of dollars.
I make large prints for gallery exhibition sometimes. I had been using the D700, taking several shots, and stitching them into a pano in Photoshop. I can do this with one shot on a D800.
I have noticed that my fears about handholding are coming true. Even with a VR lens my attempts to handhold at marginal conditions (shutter speeds longer than 1/focal length) usually result in blurred images. It's fine on a tripod. I guess the laws of physics still apply - the D700's pixel pitch is 0.00033 vs D800's 0.00019 inches.
I will be hiking here next week, not wanting to carry a tripod but maybe a monopod.
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