I shoot Kodak Gold now, as well as various types of expired Fuji film; they are nowhere the same, other than both being film.

J11 - great results, colors!!

Who can have a positive attitude about inferior results?

Shooting in JPEG is nothing to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Photography is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you refuse to go mirrorless.

A recent study found that 68% of the statistics on 37% of the discussion boards are 84% made up.

Don't let the noise of other people's opinions stop you from having the wrong one.

When I shoot in RAW, I am a photographer.

It's no harder to find than my signature line, appearing under every post ...

Shooting RAW is a pathway to photography success that some consider to be unnatural.

The D850 in question is the final and best full-frame Nikon DSLR they could create. But, this relic has been surpassed by even the entry-level MILC models in terms of newer processors and an overall better shooting process. At 45MP with a number of cutting-edge shooting features, it is the apex DSLR in the Nikon line. As an apex model, and the even more rugged D5/D6 flagship models, these cameras can / should last forever. As 7+ year old designs, though, they're now behind the technology curve. That doesn't make them inferior, just not worth buying new. Only pay 'new' prices for new models, with 'new' features you can't find in any other older model.

The unprocessed image is not worth sharing ...

Check your facts there son, you're completely mistaken.

The success is not something that happens while waiting for your DSLR to fail. No, you create the future by filling your online shopping cart with mirrorless camera equipment.

It's a tad more than that. The picture controls adjust the saturation, contrast, and sharpening. There's also the WB - white balance and Noise Processing that are baked-into the JPEG by the camera's processor chip. Then, there's the pixel resolution of the sensor. The pixel resolution comes over to the full-sized JPEGs, although the bit depth of the D850 (either 12- or 14-bit) is 'compressed' by the camera's unique processing into the 8-bit format of the JPEG.

It doesn't matter what is in front of your camera if a mirror is still sitting behind the lens.