Birds in my Yard (yesterday) (Page 2): Thanks for your comments. I tried a few shots with the D850 and you are right about the detail. This shot isn't particularly interesting but even...

slcarn Loc: Draper, Utah USA

Retired CPO wrote:

I think you will find that the cropping ability that you get with the 850 will more than replace the advantage of the "extra reach" with the D500. Not disparaging the 500. I have one too. But you can crop a distant spot in the frame from a D850 and have a very nice, sharp, detailed photo as a result.

Thanks for your comments. I tried a few shots with the D850 and you are right about the detail. This shot isn't particularly interesting but even with cropping it does show some great detail. It also helps that it was lighter needing less ISO.
Cheers,
Steve

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slcarn Loc: Draper, Utah USA

Retired CPO wrote:

I think you will find that the cropping ability that you get with the 850 will more than replace the advantage of the "extra reach" with the D500. Not disparaging the 500. I have one too. But you can crop a distant spot in the frame from a D850 and have a very nice, sharp, detailed photo as a result.

Thanks for your comments. I tried a few with the D850 and you are right about the detail using this lens. There isn't anything really interesting about this photo but the detail is nice. It helped that there was a little more light needing less ISO.
Cheers,
Steve

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Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

slcarn wrote:

Thanks for your comments. I tried a few with the D850 and you are right about the detail using this lens. There isn't anything really interesting about this photo but the detail is nice. It helped that there was a little more light needing less ISO.
Cheers,
Steve

This is a photo taken with a Nikon 200~500 lens at 500mm with a D850.
And cropped

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slcarn Loc: Draper, Utah USA

Retired CPO wrote:

This is a photo taken with a Nikon 200~500 lens at 500mm with a D850.
And cropped

Really nice photo. What kind of bird is that?
Steve

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

slcarn wrote:

Really nice photo. What kind of bird is that?
Steve

It's a Kori Bustard. Taken in Kenya on an African photo safari in February. But the point is that you can make huge crops with the D850 and still get sharp, colorful, very nice photos. You can enlarge that second photo forever and it stays sharp. They aren't the same photo of course but they are shot at the same distance, both at 500mm

slcarn Loc: Draper, Utah USA

Retired CPO wrote:

It's a Kori Bustard. Taken in Kenya on an African photo safari in February. But the point is that you can make huge crops with the D850 and still get sharp, colorful, very nice photos. You can enlarge that second photo forever and it stays sharp. They aren't the same photo of course but they are shot at the same distance, both at 500mm

I have run across Bustards in Australia but there they aren't quite as colorful. The D850 is such a great camera and I use it almost daily now with the stay at home orders. I checked my shutter count on my cameras yesterday and have 17,095 on my D500 and 37,530 on my D850. (I think I sold my D800 at 21,000) No wonder I had to upgrade my computer for storage in January.

Thanks again for your comments and your photos.
Cheers,
Steve

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

slcarn wrote:

I have run across Bustards in Australia but there they aren't quite as colorful. The D850 is such a great camera and I use it almost daily now with the stay at home orders. I checked my shutter count on my cameras yesterday and have 17,095 on my D500 and 37,530 on my D850. (I think I sold my D800 at 21,000) No wonder I had to upgrade my computer for storage in January.

Thanks again for your comments and your photos.
Cheers,
Steve

You are very welcome. I haven't upgraded my computer yet but probably will have to in the near future. My current computer groans and moans and stutters if I try to upload more that a couple hundred D850 files at once. But it keeps chugging along and I don't want to spend the money at this time. Yeah, Africa has several different Bustards, the Kori being the biggest and the prettiest IMHO.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Excellent set, Steve.

khildy Loc: Brownsburg, IN

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lovemypups Loc: Kentucky

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These are wonderful Steve and thank you so much for sharing them with us! Fantastic job