A) With the E you also get over-clarity and occasional moire you need to process down
B) I have seen no noise issues related to sharpening ISO 800 and under files; what I do is mostly in a Photoshop action that I give away to all workshop participants and even sell on the forum if you're not a workshop participant. But you will need a "workflow," and not just a haphazard methodology of pushing sliders to the final effect you want -- if that's you, stick with the E and live with the occasional moire. But don't buy a second non-E, buy a second E so everything looks the same, good or bad.
C) It will be oversharpened.
D) Actually moire in the IQ140 is identical to moire in the 160, the 180 is less due to smaller pixel pitch. And yes MFDB fashion shooters have to deal with moire and I have yet to meet one that didn't hate moire showing up. Moreover MOST fashion shooters shoot tethered to an assistant who yells out "MOIRE!" when it happens so the photog can step back or move in to attenuate it. Most fashion file showing moire are trashed and not worked. SO with your E's if you shoot fashion, keep an eye out for it...
E) Yes it does. Download Rob Galbraith's example image and print it out full native size and look at the no skateboarding sign -- moire'd so bad you cannot read it. But wait, print the same non-E file and you can read that sign. Hmmmm....
Look, end of day nothing wrong with the D800E -- my point is we're not talking major gains going either side. If you shoot mostly jpeg and don't mind occasional moire, then the E is the better choice because of slightly better resolution in an out of camera jpeg. OTOH if you know how to process raw files and normally print, and sometimes have people wearing nice clothing or fine repeating patterns and details in your architectural images, then I would reco the non-E over the E. If you just shoot family gatherings and miscellaneous street, travel, landscape or nature for your own enjoyment, then frankly it isn't going to matter which camera you choose... The difference between these two cameras is just about same as it would be ordering extra cheese or not on your combination meat-lover's pizza; it's just not that important either way.
B) I have seen no noise issues related to sharpening ISO 800 and under files; what I do is mostly in a Photoshop action that I give away to all workshop participants and even sell on the forum if you're not a workshop participant. But you will need a "workflow," and not just a haphazard methodology of pushing sliders to the final effect you want -- if that's you, stick with the E and live with the occasional moire. But don't buy a second non-E, buy a second E so everything looks the same, good or bad.
C) It will be oversharpened.
D) Actually moire in the IQ140 is identical to moire in the 160, the 180 is less due to smaller pixel pitch. And yes MFDB fashion shooters have to deal with moire and I have yet to meet one that didn't hate moire showing up. Moreover MOST fashion shooters shoot tethered to an assistant who yells out "MOIRE!" when it happens so the photog can step back or move in to attenuate it. Most fashion file showing moire are trashed and not worked. SO with your E's if you shoot fashion, keep an eye out for it...
E) Yes it does. Download Rob Galbraith's example image and print it out full native size and look at the no skateboarding sign -- moire'd so bad you cannot read it. But wait, print the same non-E file and you can read that sign. Hmmmm....
Look, end of day nothing wrong with the D800E -- my point is we're not talking major gains going either side. If you shoot mostly jpeg and don't mind occasional moire, then the E is the better choice because of slightly better resolution in an out of camera jpeg. OTOH if you know how to process raw files and normally print, and sometimes have people wearing nice clothing or fine repeating patterns and details in your architectural images, then I would reco the non-E over the E. If you just shoot family gatherings and miscellaneous street, travel, landscape or nature for your own enjoyment, then frankly it isn't going to matter which camera you choose... The difference between these two cameras is just about same as it would be ordering extra cheese or not on your combination meat-lover's pizza; it's just not that important either way.