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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpectrumK" data-source="post: 682296" data-attributes="member: 45685">[FONT=&quot]Hello everyone,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]This is my first post here so I'd like to say hi and give you some very short background info on myself.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]I've spent the past 7 years with an APS-C and a 100mm Macro, taking very close up images of objects 5-10mm across. I've learned a lot during this time and I know the subject matter very well so I thought it's time to upgrade to a newer camera which will hopefully also be relatively future-proof.I've shortlisted the D850 on my list of stuff that could work on me based on 3 things that I need out of any DSLR:1) Close up images of tiny (usually 4-6 mm) objects, taken on tripods as well as handheld (which is counterintuitive, I know, but still important). Focus stacked to achieve the maximum sharpness in the final image but I need them to be sharp and clear out of the camera as well.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]2) Sharp close up videos with a very good autofocus system which will be able to track movements under a macro lens while the objects are handheld and moving slightly within the frame itself.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]3) Relatively good color accuracy. I have the grey cards, the calibrators and the color cards, but I do appreciate it when camera defaults don't make reds look orange, oranges look red, blues look oversaturated, greens undersaturated etc.The D850 seems to do all of this and do it well, but I've run into a real issue - subject size in the frame.Namely, I was going to buy the Nikon 200mm macro for use with the D850 until I realized that autofocus (and by extension autofocused videos, as well as in-camera focus stack creation) won't be a possibility with this lens. That threw a pretty large wrench into what otherwise seemed by far the best solution for me. I wanted the 200mm because it'd give me subjects a bit larger in the frame than the 100mm on a 1.5 factor crop sensor that I was used to, which would have been perfect (even more 'zoom' at a vastly higher resolution and a massively improved sensor over my old camera).I've checked and it doesn't even seem that I could maintain AF/stacking if I were to buy a teleconverter and mount a 105 mm macro on it either.What I'd like to know is this:Is there any solution at all to make the D850 retain its video focusing capabilities and its image focus stacking option, while retaining the subject size (in-frame) that I'd normally pull out of a 1.5 crop APS-C with a 100mm macro, or thereabout?AF is an absolute must, but so is subject size; I can't justify buying the better sensor and a 200mm macro if I need to crop it even more than I already did the 100mm on an APS-C.Any suggestions and/or solutions for this would be greatly appreciated!Thank you,S[/FONT]</blockquote>

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