tenny52 wrote:
Today I saw Adorama has a D780 (used, very good V for $1299) for sale. I am still using my D610 with many OK lens.
Is it a good deal and should I care about its shutter count? Can anyone tell me what would I expect to see the difference if I update to that model?
I have an issue, I would bring my X-T10 and Insta360 x3 for my coming trip to China because of their portability. I don't want to carry too many lens for travelling because of my age.
That sounds like a lotta money for a D780.
leftj wrote:
That sounds like a lotta money for a D780.
The D780 is still in production and sells today for $2199.95 on sale from Nikon.
tenny52 wrote:
thank you, I will wait for it a little long. Isn't the later camera with a higher useable ISO has less noise with the same setting?.
This is my casual observation about noise level as impacted by higher ISO capability:
•Low ISO (up to 800). The results are so clean from both cameras that the "high ISO" camera does not seem any better.
•Mid ISO (up to 6400 or slightly higher).
Maybe a one stop benefit to the "high ISO" camera. Sometimes seems no advantage.
•High ISO, "night vision" (25,000 and up). This where the "high ISO" camera really come thru. This is where "the rubber meets the road".
It seems to me that altho the "high ISO" camera visibly improves the 5-digit high ISO range, that high range is where the engineering is focused. IOW its NOT as if the *whole* ISO range of the camera is uniformly moved ahead. Nothing visible in the low end, hard to tell in the mid range, visible gains in the really high range.
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All of that is my general impression. No specific testing involved. One "casual" observation that is hardly casual concerns sibling cameras with a large MP difference between them. Examples on hand here and in regular use are:
•Z6 vs Z7 (24 vs 45MP)
•EOS 5DII also 6D vs 5DIIISR (20 vs 50)
•Sony a7II also a7III vs a7RII (24 vs 42)
In the above pairs the high MP versions get noisy waaaaaay before their siblings, easily 2 stops or worse.
If you shoot in near darkness a lower MP camera has HIGHER resolution than a higher MP camera. The noise level deprives the high MP camera of its supposed resolution advantage.
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