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bechdan

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J-see

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Gorf said:
I meant being able to crop a shot while still being left with a good quality image.
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That would be an advantage indeed. The bigger the image to start with, the bigger the crop. Yet that's still a 3000 dollar solution to a problem that I can also solve by taking a step forward. ;)

Only when going full 1:1 it would pay for me.
 
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Bill16

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The cropping ability from what I understand is that you can shoot in crop mode, that will give you the equivalent of a DX. This will give you half the total MPs of the D810 in crop mode even allowing a person to use DX lenses.
But with the newer DX Nikon's your already getting 24 MPs which is higher than the 16 MPs you get in crop mode on the D810.

But if you did other shots more to the fx specialities then the crop mode is a great compromise saving you from having to have a DX too, for more DX style shots.

At least that is what I think my buddy Gorf is referring too. :)

J-see said:
I'm not sure what you mean by cropping ability?

From what I read one of the disadvantages of the D810 would be its increase in sensor size coming at the expense of DOF when taking the exact same shot. I'd have to check that out some more but in macro, that's a pretty high price to pay.
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wev

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I don't know if this is a fly or a wasp or what, but it was barely an 1/8" long

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aroy

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Bill16 said:
If macro is your prime focus, then I'd say no you don't "need" the D810. The D7100 or it's replacement would do an awesome job and you'll still get most of the perks of a pro camera. For macro, DX is made to order, with it's crop sensor. :)
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I agree. A DX sensor will give you more pixels/mm of the images, so if the image does not fill the sensor, you are better off with DX. Secondly D3300 is one of Nikon's lightest bodies, while D8xx are pretty heavy and that matters when you are taking macro shots with your body contorted at odd angles.
 
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J-see

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aroy said:
Secondly D3300 is one of Nikon's lightest bodies, while D8xx are pretty heavy and that matters when you are taking macro shots with your body contorted at odd angles.
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That too yeah, especially when you got a heavy weight lens.

I have a hard enough time as is shooting handheld, add some more weight and I got to go to the gym and do Tai Chi classes to get rid of shake. ;)

In macro 1:1 is 1:1. The way I see it, unless the bug is bigger than my current sensor, a full only provides me more "environment", not more bug. The bug is going to be just as big on both. Once the subject is larger than the sensor, a full has more advantages.
 
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J-see

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I'm experimenting a bit to see how far I can take it before photography slides into "painting".

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J-see

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Bad weather makes for few shots to work at during the evening. To kill time, I'm having fun with some older. It's practice after all.

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