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Considering a D5 for wildlife
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 777421" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>I think most people would steer you to a D850 as the superior wildlife camera in full-frame F-mount, and the D500 as the superior DX F-mount. You have a lot of room to crop with the high-resolution sensor on the D850.</p><p></p><p>Just to give you some reference, I also brought out my Sigma 150-600mm C lens last month to the local eagle hot-spot. This was the first time I tried go to this particular spot since I bought my D750 in 2019. My last trip I had the Sigma 150-600mm, but it was mounted to a D7000 which is only a 16MP sensor. The D750 is 24MP, considerably less pixels than the D850 sensor. But even still just the jump to a newer and better 24MP sensor made a very visible difference. Even the dynamic range was better. Plus I believe the autofocus is also a bit better too.</p><p></p><p>Since I shoot RAW + JPEG, I can easily share a comparison of original JPEG from the camera to the final product after I adjusted and cropped the RAW in RawTherapee. Even 24MP gives me good room to crop with. It really puts my first attempts with a D80 and 70-300mm lens from years ago to shame.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]370587[/ATTACH][ATTACH]370589[/ATTACH][ATTACH]370586[/ATTACH][ATTACH]370588[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That should give you an idea of how close I may have been and how much crop was required. I think all photos were at the full 600mm. I know I cut down some others even more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 777421, member: 48483"] I think most people would steer you to a D850 as the superior wildlife camera in full-frame F-mount, and the D500 as the superior DX F-mount. You have a lot of room to crop with the high-resolution sensor on the D850. Just to give you some reference, I also brought out my Sigma 150-600mm C lens last month to the local eagle hot-spot. This was the first time I tried go to this particular spot since I bought my D750 in 2019. My last trip I had the Sigma 150-600mm, but it was mounted to a D7000 which is only a 16MP sensor. The D750 is 24MP, considerably less pixels than the D850 sensor. But even still just the jump to a newer and better 24MP sensor made a very visible difference. Even the dynamic range was better. Plus I believe the autofocus is also a bit better too. Since I shoot RAW + JPEG, I can easily share a comparison of original JPEG from the camera to the final product after I adjusted and cropped the RAW in RawTherapee. Even 24MP gives me good room to crop with. It really puts my first attempts with a D80 and 70-300mm lens from years ago to shame. [ATTACH=CONFIG]370587._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]370589._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]370586._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]370588._xfImport[/ATTACH] That should give you an idea of how close I may have been and how much crop was required. I think all photos were at the full 600mm. I know I cut down some others even more. [/QUOTE]
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