Upgrading (Page 2): All Nikon FX cameras have a DX mode which does a 1.5x crop. The megapixel count becomes = 16.

amehta Loc: Boston

doduce wrote:

This post has me confused which ought not be too surprising. D810 isn't DX and where did the 16MP come from?

All Nikon FX cameras have a DX mode which does a 1.5x crop. The megapixel count becomes [36 / (1.5 * 1.5)] = 16.

amehta Loc: Boston

joer wrote:

The D810 has two DX modes; 1.3X and 1.5X the latter resulting in 16mp.

The D810 has 4 image area modes:
1. FX (1.0x, 36x24mm)
2. DX (1.5x, 24x16mm)
3. 1.2x (1.2x, 30x20mm)
4. 5:4 (30x24mm)
(D810 manual, p 75). Perhaps there is also one in video mode.

The "1.3x" mode is a D7100 feature, where the DX sensor area is further reduced, giving an effective crop factor of 2x.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Eagle Eye wrote:

Dear Hoggers
I want to upgrade from my Nikon D5300 to either the D750 or the D810. I have two related questions: strictly from the pov of camera capability it seems the 810 is a superior camera in terms of mp and low light. Is there any reason to choose the 750 instead, other than cost and the tilting screen? I'm interested in landscape, nature and people shooting.
My second question is, whether to sell my D5300 and Dx lenses or keep them.
All feedback welcome.

This review tempted me to get a D750 - but I resisted. It sounds like a great camera, especially comparing the price to the D810. It has Wi-Fi, but no GPS. That would have been a good addition. That will probably be in the D760.

http://petapixel.com/2014/10/14/nikon-d750-review-nikon-youve-created-monster/

And here's a comparison from snapsort.

http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-D750-vs-Nikon-D810

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

HallowedHill wrote:

Currently I'm leaning to the 750, as it saves $1K...

A major consideration.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Eagle Eye wrote:

Dear Hoggers
I want to upgrade from my Nikon D5300 to either the D750 or the D810. I have two related questions: strictly from the pov of camera capability it seems the 810 is a superior camera in terms of mp and low light. Is there any reason to choose the 750 instead, other than cost and the tilting screen? I'm interested in landscape, nature and people shooting.
My second question is, whether to sell my D5300 and Dx lenses or keep them.
All feedback welcome.

An upgrade is needed when the gear we have is not satisfying our needs. Your D5300 seems to be a great camera body from what I know which should fulfill your needs for the type of photography you mentioned in your post if you have the lenses required for it. What I am saying is that instead of going for a new body perhaps what you need are new lenses that will allow you to do the type of photography you like.
I share your same photographic interest and I am perfectly comfortable with my D300 and D7000 to do the job with the lenses I own.
I see no need to go after such expensive cameras when most probably what you need are the right lenses.
Just my opinion.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

There was a comparison test on a photography site between the 750 and the 810, the 750 won.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ebbote wrote:

There was a comparison test on a photography site between the 750 and the 810, the 750 won.

Maybe you can find that link. Here's one.

http://photographylife.com/nikon-d750-vs-d810

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Are you kidding me Jerry, I am 72, I can't even remember
what I had for breakfast, much less where I saw the video.
The link was on this site, the guy was comparing both the
750 and the 810, his preference, for whatever reason, was
the 750.

jerryc41 wrote:

Maybe you can find that link. Here's one.

http://photographylife.com/nikon-d750-vs-d810

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ebbote wrote:

Are you kidding me Jerry, I am 72, I can't even remember
what I had for breakfast, much less where I saw the video.
The link was on this site, the guy was comparing both the
750 and the 810, his preference, for whatever reason, was
the 750.

As I saw on TV last night, "Yesterday is another country whose borders are forever closed." The writer must have been proud of that line.

There are lots of comparisons between those two models. If they were the same price, there wouldn't be much discussion about which to buy, although I still prefer the D750. I don't like the idea of those huge files from that 36MB sensor, and I don't want to have to start buying CF cards.

The D750 has Wi-Fi, but not GPS, while the D810 has GPS, but not Wi-Fi. Nikon should give more thought to what to include with each model. Both of these features are available - together - on cameras costing a fraction of what the Nikons cost.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

I can only speak for the D810. It is simply a great camera. I moved up from a D800 and D7100.

Eagle Eye wrote:

Thanks to all of you for your very helpful comments and suggestions. I wondered before I posted my question whether it would be a worthwhile discussion and now I really see how many factors need consideration which is why I had trouble deciding. Now I'll try to take it all in and make a decision. Seems to me I can't go too far off with either the D750 or D810; each has its own merits and limitations. Thanks again to all of you for the generosity of your responses.

texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

I would prefer the 810 only because sometimes I want to crop and blow up parts of an image and think that is better done with the larger megapixel file. The down side is the bigger files! I hate that I always have to carry extra drives with my laptop these days.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

You know Jerry, I think you are a great guy, you provide
with links to a wealth of information that we would not otherwise find on our own and I think that most of us really
appreciate that, I know I do. As for your comment, it was
really uncalled for. I went into a hospital for a procedure
and was to be there 3 to 5 days. 4 months later I had to
leave as I was not longer employed and my insurance had
been dropped. I am a 6 footer and had dropped under 150
lbs and couldn't walk and had slight case of dementia. Any
way it left me with a very short memory span, not an excuse just a fact of life. By the way, six years later and I
am still not back to normal. Earnest

jerryc41 wrote:

As I saw on TV last night, "Yesterday is anot... (show quote)

Kuzano

SonnyE wrote:

Given the choices, I would likely grab the D810.
In a needles eye, simply do to the mp advantage.

Let me put it another way...
I have a wood shop in my garage. I have a large table saw.
Most are 3 HP. Mine is 5 HP.
I'd rather have the extra and not need it, rather than need it and not have it.

That approach kinda explains my point of view.

And I would keep the D5300 and it's lenses.

Agreed... a 5HP table saw will take your fingers off less painfully than when the 3HP table saw gets bogged down on those bones!!!

Good Point.

And being a car guy, I subscribe to the "no replacement for displacement rule". However, my traffic record has reached the level of tickets actually being classified as "felony misdemeanors". Tricky choice of words.

Megapixels in large numbers is why I still shoot large format film. Since the media size is 13 times larger than the sensor in either of the two camera's originally asked about in this post, when I scan an image from 4X5 film, I get between 400 to 550 megapixels in the file size.

How is all this relevant to the OP... Hmmm, doan know???

Jess sayin' there are other ways to get massive pixel count. Go to film. Was there, went digital, went back to film. Love that pixel count.

Kuzano

camerapapi wrote:

An upgrade is needed when the gear we have is not satisfying our needs.

Same reason some of us went through so many relationships when we were younger.

As we aged we didn't get smarter about that. We simply changed what we were chasing so ardently. Now, it's camera's, and yet not one has ever satisfied my needs. Relationship, or otherwise.

mdsiamese Loc: Maryland

It's not about the prints, it is about the crop. I just went through this. I had the same choice, and I was upgrading from a d700. I went with the d810 because my attitude is that I would rather have more pixels to crop. Also, the d810 is laid out closer to my d700 than the d750 is.

About your crop-sensor camera. You probably won't get more than a few hundred for it. I had a d90 and stupidly sold it. What I should have done is send it to a company that converts cameras to dedicated infrared cameras. If you don't want to do that, there may be a situation where you don't want to take your d810 where the other camera will suffice. I'm thinking of an area where the risk of damage or loss is high - such as a beach with all of that sand. Unless you need those few hundred, keep it.