nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Buy a Canon. You should go for variety in your life.

Bullfrog Bill Loc: CT

Forget all the advice; if you want it and can afford it, buy it. You don’t have to justify your actions to the hogs.

Bill_de Loc: US

So that's your advice?



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photonutt1970

Depends are all your lenses full frame or DX?

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

You know what? If you can afford it, knock yourself out and enjoy it, even if it’s more camera than you “need.” It’s your life, your money, and there is such a thing as “pride of ownership.” All the best!

Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

To the best of my knowledge FX, or full frame lenses, work just fine on DX bodies. I have both FX and DX lenses and use them with very good results on my 2 DX bodies. Everything I read confirms this. You can even put DX lenses on FX bodies, but expect some real issues at the edges.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

People are blinded when their "expertise" is called upon. Most cannot see the forest for the trees...lol

indigoblues

I also cannot tell if you’re being facetious or not, but here are my thoughts.

The d850 will require some VERY nice (read: expensive) glass to use the full potential and resolution of the full-frame sensor. If you do not have the funds for this, then stick with what you’ve got...

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

My big knock on the D7500 is no 2nd card slot.

Don

Bill_de Loc: US

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I gather you're being facetious !

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AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

@Indigoblues

👏👏👏👍👍👍

There are some times that these forums seem to be composed mostly of Rockefellers. 😉💰

Andy

Bill_de Loc: US

Not true. Unless you change the settings Nikon DSLRs switch to DX mode when a DX lens is attached. That means they only use an area of the sensor equivalent of one from a DX camera.

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jastewart

I've been away from serious photography for some 15 years, and I just dove into digital with the D7500. My big question was, could I do exactly what I was doing with a series I abandoned years ago with my beloved Hasselblad XPan, a rangefinder film camera designed for panoramic mode. I wondered if digital resolution could have improved enough to allow me to use only a horizontal center strip and rival the sharpness I got with the XPan.

So I rented a D850 and a D7500 and took the same shot using the same lens with each. I blew the pix way up and found the resolution to be virtually the same. Help me out here: I thought resolution was directly related to megapixels, and the D850 has over twice the number. Or do you question my methodology?

More generally, I wonder about the recommendations to buy the D850 without knowing what kind of photography the questioner does. What can the professional or serious amateur do with the D850 that can't be done with the D7500? I would think there must be a lot to justify triple the price and the heavier weight. I've heard better low-light performance due to all those megapixels; what else?

Yes, I bought the D7500 and am very happy with it so far, although I will probably never use half the features. I think resolution is more than adequate for a 20-inch print.

mudduck

I thought the D5 was top of the line in FX cameras, thats why it costs about twice as much new as the 850.

Bill_de Loc: US

The D7500 should be no problem with large prints.

The D850 not only has more pixels, the sensor is physically larger.

I have read that some lenses are not up to the resolution capability of the D850. Nikon (and others) has a list of recommended lenses.

Also, if you were using a DX lens the D850 would switch to DX mode. In that case you are using very close to the same number of pixels.

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