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Oct 18, 2023 06:43:26   #
The OP is the first person I’ve encountered who also shoots the D850 at medium size jpeg, as I think the camera was meant to be used, the reduction of noise due to in camera downsizing helps contribute to the exquisiteness of the files out of the D850. Mine recently got damaged in an accident and I miss her dearly. I could only ever imagine owning another and if another used one comes up I will trade my D700’s in towards her.
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Oct 14, 2023 13:33:24   #
To the point, I have a D850, cherish it; I think jpeg perfection comes out of that camera when shot medium jpeg, plenty of detail, and a nice shot of denoizing with in camera downsizing. Or shooting crop with my 80-400d.
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Sep 16, 2023 08:31:41   #
I’ve got Oly ‘em-5(s) and Nikon D850, 700’s and have had the history of digital cameras, from Coolpix 5000.
The olys are terrific cameras and I hate using them. I need reading glasses and smaller fingers to operate them. I cannot remember what each Fn button does, the cameras are always accidentally changing something, unless the batteries are dead, which seems too often.
None of these things are the cameras’ fault, I’m too accustomed to a Nikon DSLR layout, I know where everything is and it is clearly labeled. I see little difference in 13x19 prints I do between FF and MFT, yet I swear my Nikon FF prints are somehow more impactful, could be subject matter too.
There’s no getting around that WYSIWYG is a terrific benefit.
Sooooo, there’s that
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Aug 30, 2023 10:46:37   #
I have used all versions of the 24-120 on both crop and FF, I have also owned the 28-300 for a short time. I found the 28-300 to be simply too large and I value the 24mm end more than the 300 thus I actually traded it in for the 24-120 f4.
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Jul 12, 2023 09:10:49   #
dpullum wrote:
Jon, what is the psychology for a person to spend hours making a "fly" then stand in cold glacier water to catch a fish that one could buy in the market. Worse yet to catch it and then throw it back in~! I never understood.

The photo? Well it is great because it provoked my thoughts; accomplishes story telling. Also the subtle colors and construction are excellent. Jon, you did well.
Jon, what is the psychology for a person to spend ... (show quote)


It is a fantastic photo, a nice work of art. Fly fishing is more art form, tricking the fish, fighting the fish, then releasing it. You learn about your environment and get more of a sense of things.
Fly fishing is easy to learn and hard to master, it teaches patience. There are many activities similar, why take a photograph if there’s already pictures on the internet?
I shoot Olympic Recurve, harder than a compound bow, there’s art involved, form, patience, practice and reward. All great avocations require mental attachment.
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Apr 12, 2023 11:14:47   #
Retired CPO wrote:
"46 MP is just way overkill"??? I don't even know where to go with that!


It’s all about exceeding the nyquist limit to avoid using a filter on the sensor. Then downsize the 45mpx down and you suppress further any noise in your photo. It’s not necessary to use the full resolution unless you’re printing really really big
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Apr 12, 2023 08:52:13   #
I shoot my D850 at Medium Jpeg for my work, its like 26 mpx, my belief is that once the sensor can resolve beyond the Nyquist limit that eliminates the potential for moiré, downsizing then gives you an exceptionally clean 26 mpx jpeg, still a bigger file than generally required. Of course I grew up on Kodachrome 64, and print film, the speed and detail of even the 12 mpx cameras was always enough for me and i still use a brace of D700's and I have no complaints about my D2X
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Mar 13, 2023 06:54:51   #
Back at n the day gentlemen an upgrade in “sensor” resolution was new film$3-$8.00, your Nikon FM was just as good a film holder as a new F3, they were both nearly the same size, you weren’t going to detect significant difference in the photos unless a different film was used. It’s all been turned on its head.
My first DSLR was the Fuji S pro 1, I believe it did 6.5 megapixels took wonderful pictures, I bought it used, $700? Don’t remember, the box had a sticker that said $4,995. Thank god someone had GAS in the day, someone spent $5k on a camera, that allowed the camera store and Fuji to make a profit for further model up grades, inthink I spent $800 on my Pro S2, someone had paid $3k when it was new. It’s been that way all along, my newest camera is my D700, I was fine, through a friend he told me about his buddy that was selling an D850, well those are so far out of my league, 140,000/200,000 on the shutter count, a lot, but no signs of duress, clean as new, $1,000.00, I’ve never owned a fully contemporary camera in my adult life, close, here’s where HAS comes into place; I practically lived on the desire to upgrade always checking sites, I was looking at a D810 for $800 and was going to go that route, but this D850 was win-win baby. Now my GAS has moved, I’ve got lenses but it’s those premium AF-D, and AI lenses, they’re cheap and fun to collect. And the gas goes on…
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Mar 12, 2023 10:02:49   #
JFC**pe understands it, if improvements, real or perceived, for upgrades worthy of moving up, thus acquisition.
The digital revolution in cameras could not have happened without GAS.
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Mar 12, 2023 09:39:16   #
I get bad GAS, I’m old enough to have:

“taken every picture”,
these cold cloudy daze leave little of beauty to be captured
Perhaps a __________would spin these maudlin daze anew…
Yet my new precious_________leaves me frustrated.
Perhaps I try another


“My pictures suck”
Bland and unstructured, if you can’t make it good make it red
If you can’t make it red make it big
My New camera will make my pictures better, lost horizons now colored over bright
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Mar 11, 2023 13:33:06   #
No need to argue, I know my shit on this subject, the DF has a flip away “ai” coupling lever that can be folded up and away. For many that’s only one of the Df’s many charms. The build and quality is a mash-up of D4, D800 and D610. I put the DF in the category of “Gift Camera”, expensive, gorgeous, and supremely functional. Much like the Leica cameras, sure I’d love one, but unless someone gifts me one I’m stuck.

I’ve was tempted to buy the one I fondeled, cuz she is a fondler, it’s also available in the rarer Black and Gold color way, cuz again it’s a gift camera. Like I said it is a beautiful and useful gift camera, you either buy one for yourself or you are graced with one after perhaps a successful business transaction, something more prevalent in the mid and far east.
I seriously considered the one they had at my local store $1,299.00; but the a buddy of mine hooked me up with a guy trying to sell a mint (well used and used well) D850, for $1,000. I haven’t had a first line, top of the heap camera since 1982, so it is a huge deal to me, now I can put a D700 out to pasture.
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Mar 11, 2023 12:56:48   #
Actually and officially only one digital camera can utilize all the lenses including the “Non-AI”, and she is the …DF, the pro-and enthusiast cameras can use the screw drive auto focus gem o
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Mar 10, 2023 16:53:58   #
"The EM5 (mine is the mkii) seems the unbeatable choice for great portability, especially as the lenses are so small."

Mine too!, I haven't purchased big glass cuz I keep the gear as small as i can, 2 EM5's and a p5, I have had trouble with them failing though, never had a problem with a Nikon, ever.
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Mar 10, 2023 16:46:13   #
Bill_de wrote:
If you enjoy that, you would love a Nikon D2Xs.

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It is a DX2S, i love the camera
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Mar 10, 2023 07:52:16   #
I thoroughly enjoy my DX2 with the 25-50, That's as old as I go but it is a unique camera and a unique lens. Of course it doesn't matter but I still use my D300S with my 80-400 AF-D, and I love my D850 but... My analogy is thus, I would rather own and drive an Alfa Romeo 1750 GTA than a new Ferrari, just more fun to drive.
If I were into film I would have kept my Rolleiflex 2.8F and my Zeiss Ikons.
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