Is The Nikon D6 Worth The Price?
Feb 28, 2020 14:02:20 #
I have a lot of money tied up in glass and don't plan to start over with a mirrorless camera. I have two D750's that are great. I am going to get a D850 soon, but I am thinking about adding a D6 to the mix. I want a camera that will bring out the best of my large glass investment. Taking a RV to shoot the USA. I earned it. Not sure it should have been called a D6, it seems more like a D5 S from what I have read. What do you think?
Feb 28, 2020 14:05:00 #
What makes you think a 21MP D6 will bring out more from your Nikon lenses than a 45MP D850?
Feb 28, 2020 14:16:05 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
What makes you think a 21MP D6 will bring out more from your Nikon lenses than a 45MP D850?
Rumored at 61MP.
Feb 28, 2020 14:18:48 #
Brucej67 wrote:
Rumored at 61MP.
That's not the presale info at Adorama, but I guess you can pretend ...
Feb 28, 2020 14:21:46 #
Hi Curt I have the D5 and the D850 my D5 blows the doors off of the D850 Don't let the resolution scare you my D5 is my go to camera not many differences from the new D 6 The D5 or D6 is a much higher quality Camera all my studio photo shoots mostly with my D5 my 2 cents and yes it is worth the money Mike
Feb 28, 2020 14:28:52 #
Feb 28, 2020 14:31:49 #
CaptCurt wrote:
I have a lot of money tied up in glass and don't plan to start over with a mirrorless camera. I have two D750's that are great. I am going to get a D850 soon, but I am thinking about adding a D6 to the mix. I want a camera that will bring out the best of my large glass investment. Taking a RV to shoot the USA. I earned it. Not sure it should have been called a D6, it seems more like a D5 S from what I have read. What do you think?
The D850 is for quality. It pushes the envelope of what your lenses can do.
The D6 is for speed in the midst of incredibly heavy usage, dangerous environments, etc. It is the photojournalist's Nikon dSLR. Fast frame rates for fast action... Weather sealed for rough environments... Die cast chassis and super-heavy duty components for durability and longevity...
Nikon has always made a line of heavy duty cameras. The F, F2, F3, F4, F5, and F6 film cameras are legendary. The D1x, D2x, D3, D3x, D4, D5, and D6 are examples of the same idea in the digital world. The D500 is an APS-C/DX version of the same idea.
Unless you have money to burn, and a burning desire to own one, OR, you have a very specific professional need for a D6, it is hard to justify its purchase. In a professional environment, it will probably outlast its depreciation schedule, but it also will be obsolete before fully depreciated, unless you use the crap out of it on a daily basis, or it takes a bullet in a war zone:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/martsharm/4683329492/in/photostream/
Feb 28, 2020 14:31:53 #
davesit
Loc: Media, PA
CaptCurt wrote:
I have a lot of money tied up in glass and don't plan to start over with a mirrorless camera. I have two D750's that are great. I am going to get a D850 soon, but I am thinking about adding a D6 to the mix. I want a camera that will bring out the best of my large glass investment. Taking a RV to shoot the USA. I earned it. Not sure it should have been called a D6, it seems more like a D5 S from what I have read. What do you think?
You should think about what you will be shooting. The D6 is geared toward the sports photographer. It is a great camera, but it is heavy and ruggard. If your primary shooting is landscape around America, the D850 is more than enough a camera to do that.
Feb 28, 2020 14:33:26 #
burkphoto wrote:
The D850 is for quality. It pushes the envelope of... (show quote)
Mike can see the difference ...
Feb 28, 2020 14:40:19 #
The thing Nikon seems to be pushing in the D6 is "lightning fast autofocus". If all "real" photographers shoot in manual it seems a lot to pay for something nobody uses. Why not wait until all the refurb D5s come on the market and save some $$.
Feb 28, 2020 14:41:51 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
The thing Nikon seems to be pushing in the D6 is "lightning fast autofocus". If all "real" photographers shoot in manual it seems a lot to pay for something nobody uses. Why not wait until all the refurb D5s come on the market and save some $$.
Real photographers know that's manual exposure, not manual focus ...
Feb 28, 2020 14:42:30 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Mike can see the difference ...
There are advantages to BIG sensels. They suck more photons to convert to electrons, so noise is reduced, compared to the tiny sensels in the D850. In LOW light, that can be very important. In bright sun, photographing landscapes and touristy destinations, I'd rather have the image size for cropping options.
But, just as I know Canon users with a 1Dx Mark III and a 5Dsr, there are Nikon users with a D5 and a D850. Different weapons for different targets...
Feb 28, 2020 15:19:43 #
smf85
Loc: Freeport, IL
Brucej67 wrote:
Rumored at 61MP.
Nikon's buying a Sony 61MP chip for one of their TBA camera's. Could it be the Z8 - probably; also could be for a Z9 - unlikely but not impossible; or for a follow on to the D850 - less probable.
The Z9 is supposed to be a sports professional camera (Olympics?) - to get the frame rate of a D6 Nikon's going to need to use a roughly 21MP sensor. The limiting factor for frame rate in a digital camera is sensor end-to-end read out time. There isn't any current transfer technology in commercial use that I'm aware of that can get 14FPS out of a 45 (let alone 61) MP sensor. Its worthwhile to note here that image data is a surprisingly small percentage of what comes from the sensor into the processors.
Will Nikon bifurcate its camera line? It will be interesting to see if the Z series becomes the high quality line - sacrificing speed and flexibility for maximum MP at the maximum IQ. And to see if the D series cameras become the speed line - sacrificing the MP count for maximum speed (FRS, ISO, AF) and flexibility.
Feb 28, 2020 15:25:29 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
The D5 and D6 are geared for fast action sports. The D5 had a release date cost, in 2016 of $6500. The same for the new D6. Both have sensors in the 21 megapixels range. Making them both a speed and low light capability DSLR. The D5 has an expandable ISO of 3280000, which I suspect would never be used? The D850 has a 45.7 megapixels sensor, and has 7 fps without a battery grip, and 9 fps with the expensive battery grip. Which would qualify it, for a professional action DSLR sports camera. Minimally.
Feb 28, 2020 15:31:43 #
CaptCurt wrote:
I have a lot of money tied up in glass and don't plan to start over with a mirrorless camera. I have two D750's that are great. I am going to get a D850 soon, but I am thinking about adding a D6 to the mix. I want a camera that will bring out the best of my large glass investment. Taking a RV to shoot the USA. I earned it. Not sure it should have been called a D6, it seems more like a D5 S from what I have read. What do you think?
My opinion stick with your D850 and forget about the D6. My 2 cents.
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