Traveller_Jeff wrote:
The NEF output for most of my images from the D850 is at least 50meg
The NEF outuput for most of my images from the D5 is around 25meg.
If the D5 is a better camera and far more expensive than the D850, why is the NEF output resolution apparently so much higher on the D850 than it is on the D5? Is there a major difference in the pixel size? Thank you.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEDo not. DO NOT!!!! Do Not equate bytes (file size) with pixel resolution. They have NOTHING to do with each other.
N O T H I N G
One camera is a 45MP full-frame camera, 8256×5504. The other is a 20MP full-frame camera, 5568×3712. Pixel Resolution is
pixel resolution. File size
is not pixel resolution. Isn't. Wasn't. Never will be.
The differences in price of the two cameras has nothing, nil, nada, zero, (0.0), to do with the respective pixel resolution of the two cameras.
The 'flagship' professional body, the D5, represents all the 'best' features of the Nikon line of DSLR cameras at that point of development, circa Jan 2016. The processing chip, the frames per second, the noise processing, the ISO range, the AF tracking capability, and most importantly: the all-weather resistance with an integrated battery grip
and a shutter rated to 400,000 actuations.
The $6400+ initial pricing of Nikon's flagship represents all these features, especially that all-weather ruggedness, not the pixel resolution of the sensor. We see all these technologies flowing downward into subsequent DSLRs, priced lower, even with sensors at more than 2x the pixel resolution. But, we don't seen 400K shutters, integrated battery grips, nor this level of all-weather resistance.
These apex (flagship) cameras are built for everyday, all day usage in all weather conditions by working professional news & sports photographers. The 20MP sensor is purposely sized for 2-page magazine prints, although physical printing of magazines is kind of going the way of the Dodo bird. The D850 is developed also for working professionals, especially those making wall-sized prints and the UHH chattering class.