D750 vs. D7200
Jun 9, 2015 21:23:19 #
I have read a whole bunch about these two camera bodies, but I haven't been able to find an answer to my question... I currently have a D7000 and shoot some night high school soccer games and lots of family/church events (inside and outside). I am thinking about upgrading at some point and am wondering what the impact of using the D750 at night soccer games would be. I currently use a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 and normally crop a bit for my soccer pics. If I take a shot with the same lens on a D7200 and a D750, I understand I would have to crop the D750 more in order to end up with similar pictures. My question is would there be much difference in the image quality of those two pics with fewer larger pixels from the D750 vs. more smaller pixels from the D7200? Probably most of these shots would be at something like 1/800 @ f2.8 or so. Hope this makes sense and thanks for any help or thoughts...
Jun 9, 2015 21:31:12 #
If you are going to crop a lot (which according to what you said you do) then the D7200 would be better.
Jun 9, 2015 21:35:12 #
BebuLamar wrote:
If you are going to crop a lot (which according to what you said you do) then the D7200 would be better.
Thanks. May be a stupid question, but what is considered "alot" for cropping? With my D7000 I routinely crop down to two thirds or so of the original image... Would that be considered alot?
Jun 9, 2015 21:47:19 #
Well with your D7000 you cropped down to 2/3 and when you use the D750 with the same lens you would have to crop down to about half in order for you to have the same view. Since you crop images from the D7000 (or D7200) then you don't really use the FX sensor at all. You use a portion of the sensor which is even smaller than the DX sensor.
Jun 9, 2015 22:01:19 #
tomglass wrote:
I have read a whole bunch about these two camera b... (show quote)
You can shoot the D750 in DX mode to get the same point of view as a DX camera, but in DX mode but you only use approx. 10.3MP of the sensor. With a D7200 you use all 24MP of the sensor. So, the D7200 should provide better detail, especially if you plan to crop the images further.
Jun 9, 2015 22:02:58 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Well with your D7000 you cropped down to 2/3 and when you use the D750 with the same lens you would have to crop down to about half in order for you to have the same view. Since you crop images from the D7000 (or D7200) then you don't really use the FX sensor at all. You use a portion of the sensor which is even smaller than the DX sensor.
Thanks!
Jun 9, 2015 22:05:02 #
bruswen wrote:
You can shoot the D750 in DX mode to get the same point of view as a DX camera, but in DX mode but you only use approx. 10.3MP of the sensor. With a D7200 you use all 24MP of the sensor. So, the D7200 should provide better detail, especially if you plan to crop the images further.
Thanks! So, do I understand correctly that for the most part, the advantage of the FF sensor goes away once you start cropping the image? Thanks again and apologize for the multiple follow on questions...
Jun 9, 2015 22:13:59 #
Maybe I'm out in left field. The 70-200/2.8 is a FX lens. When used on a DX body, you would effectively have a 105-300 lens. If the OP is cropping heavly on the DX picture, the OP would have the crop a lot more to get the same result.
Or maybe I just misunderstood the whole thing.
Or maybe I just misunderstood the whole thing.
Jun 9, 2015 22:16:22 #
tomglass wrote:
Thanks! So, do I understand correctly that for the most part, the advantage of the FF sensor goes away once you start cropping the image? Thanks again and apologize for the multiple follow on questions...
That is only true if you are using the same focal length lens on both cameras. A 300mm f/4 on the FF camera will use all 24MP of the sensor and give you equivalent performance to a 200mm f/2.8 on a DX camera, plus have the better low light performance that the larger pixelsites on the FF sensor provide (about 1.4 stops).
Jun 9, 2015 22:27:27 #
bruswen wrote:
That is only true if you are using the same focal length lens on both cameras. A 300mm f/4 on the FF camera will use all 24MP of the sensor and give you equivalent performance to a 200mm f/2.8 on a DX camera, plus have the better low light performance that the larger pixelsites on the FF sensor provide (about 1.4 stops).
Makes sense. Thanks again.
Jun 9, 2015 22:29:36 #
Jun 9, 2015 22:30:55 #
traveler90712 wrote:
Maybe I'm out in left field. The 70-200/2.8 is a FX lens. When used on a DX body, you would effectively have a 105-300 lens. If the OP is cropping heavly on the DX picture, the OP would have the crop a lot more to get the same result.
Or maybe I just misunderstood the whole thing.
Or maybe I just misunderstood the whole thing.
Don't think you are out in left field, I'm just trying to get a sense for how much cropping before the advantage of FF goes away... Thanks.
Jun 9, 2015 22:31:08 #
Jun 9, 2015 22:32:11 #
Haydon wrote:
Ask yourself whether you're in a situation to afford FX glass if you go FF.
Yes, I think that is the question that will ultimately drive me to stay with DX... Thanks.
Jun 9, 2015 22:32:24 #
BebuLamar wrote:
The OP already has a high quality FX zoom the 70-200mm f/2.8.
That's just one lens my friend ;)
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