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<blockquote data-quote="Stoshowicz" data-source="post: 519307" data-attributes="member: 31397">To make two matching photos, where a face fills the frame, the sum of all magnifications is basically the same for those final products. Im told Larger sensors have a bit less noise due to spreading out of the photo sites, (but they cost 'exponentially' more.)The smaller sensors are actually saturating at a lower ISO than the full frame , ( a big 'bucket' takes more photons to fill ) so one shouldnt compare&nbsp; what they call 'equivalent exposures' to compare ISO related noise levels. One needs to compare based on the amount of incident light captured. The efficiency ( how much incident light actually translates to digital signal ) of sensors is more complicated than just pixel size or spread. Summary I dont have the D810, its outside my budget, for indoor work it may perform better for 2500 bucks, with slightly less noise, than the 7200 costing about 1000 bucks ,it also may have better buffer capacity . Outside , with better light levels the 7200 is lighter to carry and I can replace it, if I drop it in a swamp or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stoshowicz, post: 519307, member: 31397"] To make two matching photos, where a face fills the frame, the sum of all magnifications is basically the same for those final products. Im told Larger sensors have a bit less noise due to spreading out of the photo sites, (but they cost 'exponentially' more.) The smaller sensors are actually saturating at a lower ISO than the full frame , ( a big 'bucket' takes more photons to fill ) so one shouldnt compare what they call 'equivalent exposures' to compare ISO related noise levels.[U] One needs to compare based on the amount of incident light captured. [/U] The efficiency ( how much incident light actually translates to digital signal ) of sensors is more complicated than just pixel size or spread. Summary I dont have the D810, its outside my budget, for indoor work it may perform better for 2500 bucks, with slightly less noise, than the 7200 costing about 1000 bucks ,it also may have better buffer capacity . Outside , with better light levels the 7200 is lighter to carry and I can replace it, if I drop it in a swamp or something. [/QUOTE]

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