Do I really need 45mp

[greybeard]

How Big Can You Print with Your Camera’s Megapixels?

 

[bribrius]

How Big Can You Print with Your Camera’s Megapixels?

Are you hoping to print very high quality prints greater than 20x30?

 

[greybeard]

No but I like to crop a lot. I'm trying to talk myself into a D850 but I fear I might be disappointed.

 

[bribrius]

No but I like to crop a lot. I'm trying to talk myself into a D850 but I fear I might be disappointed.

Go for it! Why not? 45 mp!!

 

[cgw]

Camera makers have "mp jonesing" down cold when it comes to separating you from your money.

So far, 16-24mp APS-C Nikons and Fujis keep me happy. Neighbors still talk to me, too.

 

[Braineack]

disappointed with a d850?! Time to sell a kidney and go directly for the D5.

I would love a D850 with the 24MP sensor however.

 

[bribrius]

disappointed with a d850?! Time to sell a kidney and go directly for the D5.

I would love a D850 with the 24MP sensor however.

Why would you not want the 45 mp sensor? That is like medium format territory

 

[compur]

No but I like to crop a lot. I'm trying to talk myself into a D850 but I fear I might be disappointed.

When you crop an image you are discarding a portion of the image's MPs.

 

[greybeard]

disappointed with a d850?! Time to sell a kidney and go directly for the D5.

I would love a D850 with the 24MP sensor however.

The d850 with the RAW size set to medium is around 25mp or so

 

[bribrius]

Camera makers have "mp jonesing" down cold when it comes to separating you from your money.

So far, 16-24mp APS-C Nikons and Fujis keep me happy. Neighbors still talk to me, too.

Really all anyone needs unless they large print or crop a lot. I must admit though if prices up in the high mps continue to drop the idea of a large format digital intrigues me. But yeah, out of my league..

 

[Braineack]

Not the same thing.

 

[DarkShadow]

I have to wonder how many lenses that can actually rock that much resolution from that sensor.all those pixels are a total waist for just posting on the net and I certainly wouldn't want all that resolution just to crop it away.I still would take A D850 and not change a thing on how much i crop away which would be little as possible. IMO 24 MP is a sweet spot and more then enough for most things.

 

[Derrel]

I thought 24MP on Nikon FX was all I would ever need. I shot 24MP FX from 2012 to 2017. Then I bought a used D800, with 36MP on FX. I was _shocked_ at the crop-in ability of 36MP versus 24MP...a MAJOR difference. Even using relatively modest glass on the D800's 36MP sensor, I can crop in and crop in and crop in. So...yeah, 45 MP ought to be quite impressive as far as crop-ability.

I dunno though...24MP NEF files are large....36MP NEF files are significantly larger, and lead to file-bloat. I can only imagine coming home from a big trip to the Oregon coast, with 700 45-MP NEFs to download...OMG...

One of the BIGGEST "sales points" I recall from the 70's and 80's was the massive crop-in capability of medium format film! it's a real joy to me to be able to shoot relatively loose, say going from a half-body pose, and then being able to crop-in to a bust pose, or to a head-and-shoulder pose, from the SAME frame shot with the D800 and studio flash at f/8, with basically almost no visible lack of quality to the final image. These new-generation FX sensors are quite amazing. I would think that the 45-MP sensor ought to offer amazing crop-in capability. I mean, throwing away HALF of the image will still give you almost a 24-MP image...

 

[bribrius]

I thought 24MP on Nikon FX was all I would ever need. I shot 24MP FX from 2012 to 2017. Then I bought a used D800, with 36MP on FX. I was _shocked_ at the crop-in ability of 36MP versus 24MP...a MAJOR difference. Even using relatively modest glass on the D800's 36MP sensor, I can crop in and crop in and crop in. So...yeah, 45 MP ought to be quite impressive as far as crop-ability.

I dunno though...24MP NEF files are large....36MP NEF files are significantly larger, and lead to file-bloat. I can only imagine coming home from a big trip to the Oregon coast, with 700 45-MP NEFs to download...OMG...

One of the BIGGEST "sales points" I recall from the 70's and 80's was the massive crop-in capability of medium format film! it's a real joy to me to be able to shoot relatively loose, say going from a half-body pose, and then being able to crop-in to a bust pose, or to a head-and-shoulder pose, from the SAME frame shot with the D800 and studio flash at f/8, with basically almost no visible lack of quality to the final image. These new-generation FX sensors are quite amazing. I would think that the 45-MP sensor ought to offer amazing crop-in capability. I mean, throwing away HALF of the image will still give you almost a 24-MP image...

I dont expect most would use that for a vacation camera and have 700 photos. Just the weight alone plus file size. Suppose one never can tell though storage is getting cheaper. I do wonder about glass though. Just thinking i dont even have the best glass now to really utilize 24 mp quality i cant imagine pushing that to 45mp. Crazy out of my league.,,,
Have to wait and hope a bunch more people dump full frames and saturate the market with used fx lenses

 

[DarkShadow]

Nikon D850 paired with the New 500mm f/5.6 PF for wildlife Drooling.