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<blockquote data-quote="richlewt" data-source="post: 164952" data-attributes="member: 14263">HiI currently own a D7000 and my main interest is in sports photography. I use it mainly with a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 and am very happy with results. A lot of the images I take do involve cropping.Anyway, I was drooling over a D4 and trying trying to convince myself that I would get better image quality with the D4 when I had a few thoughts.Leaving aside that that the D4 wins in loads of other departments but focusing specifically on image quality, am I right in my following assumption.Both cameras are 16.2 MP with very similar sensor sizes. If I were to stand in the same place and photograph the same object with the my 7-200 lens would there be any better image quality with the D4?I think the answer is no. In fact the D4 would not benefit from the 1.5x magnification I get with the D7000. So if I wanted to reproduce the same image proportions I would have to crop the D4 image and I am guessing loose image quality.Am I right with this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="richlewt, post: 164952, member: 14263"] Hi I currently own a D7000 and my main interest is in sports photography. I use it mainly with a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 and am very happy with results. A lot of the images I take do involve cropping. Anyway, I was drooling over a D4 and trying trying to convince myself that I would get better image quality with the D4 when I had a few thoughts. Leaving aside that that the D4 wins in loads of other departments but focusing specifically on image quality, am I right in my following assumption. Both cameras are 16.2 MP with very similar sensor sizes. If I were to stand in the same place and photograph the same object with the my 7-200 lens would there be any better image quality with the D4? I think the answer is no. In fact the D4 would not benefit from the 1.5x magnification I get with the D7000. So if I wanted to reproduce the same image proportions I would have to crop the D4 image and I am guessing loose image quality. Am I right with this. [/QUOTE]

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