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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 136136" data-attributes="member: 9240">There are a lot of misconceptions in this statement, most of which are clearly explained in this <a href="http://photographylife.com/dx-or-fx-for-sports-and-wildlife-photography" target="_blank">blog post from Nasim</a>.&nbsp; You do not &quot;get closer&quot;, you just get pre-cropping.&nbsp; Yes, with a D600 you lose mexapixels, but you gain IQ.&nbsp; I spent a week in FL shooting birds with my D600 and my D7000, swapping my Sigma 150-500mm back and forth.&nbsp; I was far happier with the D600 images I got than the D7000.&nbsp; I shot in FX mode, and in many cases needed to crop to DX sizes or smaller, but the images were amazingly sharp and given that I'm firing at ISO 800-1250 with birds in flight, the difference in noise was beyond significant.&nbsp; I had little to no noise worries, whereas the D7000 at ISO 1000 immediately gives me noise to deal with.&nbsp; 90% of what I shoot will never be shown anywhere but a computer screen, and I can certainly get an 8x10 out of a 10MP image.&nbsp; If I ever sell one of these to someone who wants a huge print, the money made will help pay for some good upsampling software. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 136136, member: 9240"] There are a lot of misconceptions in this statement, most of which are clearly explained in this [URL="http://photographylife.com/dx-or-fx-for-sports-and-wildlife-photography"]blog post from Nasim[/URL]. You do not "get closer", you just get pre-cropping. Yes, with a D600 you lose mexapixels, but you gain IQ. I spent a week in FL shooting birds with my D600 and my D7000, swapping my Sigma 150-500mm back and forth. I was far happier with the D600 images I got than the D7000. I shot in FX mode, and in many cases needed to crop to DX sizes or smaller, but the images were amazingly sharp and given that I'm firing at ISO 800-1250 with birds in flight, the difference in noise was beyond significant. I had little to no noise worries, whereas the D7000 at ISO 1000 immediately gives me noise to deal with. 90% of what I shoot will never be shown anywhere but a computer screen, and I can certainly get an 8x10 out of a 10MP image. If I ever sell one of these to someone who wants a huge print, the money made will help pay for some good upsampling software. ;) [/QUOTE]

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