Purchasing D850 - Tell my your experience.
- Thread starter Moab Man
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Bought mine Spring of last year - retirement award from me to me
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Guess what? You are in for a learning curve
. How deep is your pocket?
If you do purchase you'll maybe want/need new FX glass? - the holy trio, WA Zoom, Mid-Range Zoom, and Telephoto Zoom. That's 3, stay with Primes and you can easily double that number.
Also how's your back? Unless you've got a pocket mule (wives don't count, ask them!) somebody (you, see comment above) has to schlep this stuff around. (Hey at one time I came equipped with a 6x6 Square Bronica, 3 lenses, filters, extra backs, a strobe and much extra film).
Get the fastest SD and QXD cards you can find. And ... You might want to up date your electronic darkroom to a honking big desktop.
I'd put the camera on a tripod and study it while watching all the D850 videos you can stomach on a tablet for starters.
But just do it, you won't be disappointed.
.Guess what? You are in for a learning curve
. How deep is your pocket?If you do purchase you'll maybe want/need new FX glass? - the holy trio, WA Zoom, Mid-Range Zoom, and Telephoto Zoom. That's 3, stay with Primes and you can easily double that number.
Also how's your back? Unless you've got a pocket mule (wives don't count, ask them!) somebody (you, see comment above) has to schlep this stuff around. (Hey at one time I came equipped with a 6x6 Square Bronica, 3 lenses, filters, extra backs, a strobe and much extra film).
Get the fastest SD and QXD cards you can find. And ... You might want to up date your electronic darkroom to a honking big desktop.
I'd put the camera on a tripod and study it while watching all the D850 videos you can stomach on a tablet for starters.
But just do it, you won't be disappointed.
Blade Canyon
Senior Member
I went D600, D800, then D850. Purely want, not need. Then decided that the best sensor and processor needs the sharpest glass by all reviews, so I bought the Sigma 135mm ART lens.
It has been fun, but honestly for how I use photographs (as a hobby), the D600 would still be enough camera to do most of what I shoot, and the D800 would cover the rest. (Bigger sensor was helpful in shooting surfers at a distance.) Still, for portraits with artificial lighting, seeing that extreme detail is fun from a hobbyist/techno standpoint, but it's too much detail for most subjects. Women do not like to see their facial hair!
Here's a detail from a couple shot:
The crop is from a file already reduced, so doesn't show how extreme the detail can be.
It has been fun, but honestly for how I use photographs (as a hobby), the D600 would still be enough camera to do most of what I shoot, and the D800 would cover the rest. (Bigger sensor was helpful in shooting surfers at a distance.) Still, for portraits with artificial lighting, seeing that extreme detail is fun from a hobbyist/techno standpoint, but it's too much detail for most subjects. Women do not like to see their facial hair!
Here's a detail from a couple shot:
The crop is from a file already reduced, so doesn't show how extreme the detail can be.
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Dawg Pics
Senior Member
Right on. Use a D850 with your awesome Sigma Art lens and then put a soft focus filter on it. :shame:
Blade Canyon
Senior Member
Then it would be no different than a cell-phone pic with a greasy thumbprint over the lens...
I never buy a camera new, as in when introduced. I also wanted a full frame with no AA filter. Ultimately though, there is no NEED, just want.
I don't have a problem with refurbished. Assembling some lenses before I pull the trigger on the body, but I'm not on any hurried timeline.
Photowyzard
Senior Member
I purchased my D850 last November. Be prepared to give up a vital organ. Along with the camera I purchased the grip, batteries and charger. I don't even want to tally it up.
So, after I recovered from the sticker shock .... the images are ... simply incredible. Not much else I can add to that. Best camera I have ever had, seen or held. I just love it.
The step focusing feature on it is just incredible. Do you like taking portraits? The detail in portraits is simply amazing. My only regret .... I didn't know the Z7 was coming, I would have very much have liked to make hat comparison before I dropped $5 on the D850 and all the do-dads. As good as the D850 truly is, the Z7 and Z mount is the future. I am wondering if I should have gone that route. R&D efforts moving forward will all happen for that line.
However, I do not regret one minute with the D850. It is simply a pleasure to use.
So, after I recovered from the sticker shock .... the images are ... simply incredible. Not much else I can add to that. Best camera I have ever had, seen or held. I just love it.
The step focusing feature on it is just incredible. Do you like taking portraits? The detail in portraits is simply amazing. My only regret .... I didn't know the Z7 was coming, I would have very much have liked to make hat comparison before I dropped $5 on the D850 and all the do-dads. As good as the D850 truly is, the Z7 and Z mount is the future. I am wondering if I should have gone that route. R&D efforts moving forward will all happen for that line.
However, I do not regret one minute with the D850. It is simply a pleasure to use.