Do I really need 45mp

Braineack · Dec 7, 2018

35mm is like 8MP at best...

markjwyatt · Dec 7, 2018

Probably, effectively. That would be non-Bayer, so 24MP Bayer?

ac12 · Dec 7, 2018

With digital you may/have to upgrade your computer (processor, RAM and disk space) as you upgrade your camera.
That is the hidden cost of upgrading the camera.

bribrius · Dec 7, 2018

ac12 said:
With digital you may/have to upgrade your computer (processor, RAM and disk space) as you upgrade your camera.
That is the hidden cost of upgrading the camera.

Meh.. Whats another $2500 , pocket change right?

DarkShadow · Dec 7, 2018

My Mac is a mid 2012 2.9 GHz Intel core i7 with 8 gigs of ram 750 HDD handles 24Mp piece of cake not sure about the D850 files and no hurry to find out either.

markjwyatt · Dec 7, 2018

My Contax IIa takes as nice of pictures as it did in 1953. On the other hand my Fujifilm XT-2 also takes nice pictures. I suspect the Fujifilm will become obsolete some day, but not the Contax (unless film becomes unavailable).

ac12 · Dec 7, 2018

bribrius said:
ac12 said:

With digital you may/have to upgrade your computer (processor, RAM and disk space) as you upgrade your camera.
That is the hidden cost of upgrading the camera.

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Meh.. Whats another $2500 , pocket change right?

How about TWO computers.
The power desktop at home where you do most of the editing, and the portable laptop for on the road editing.
My desktop is fine (for now), but my laptop definitely needs upgrading, for photo editing.
The old laptop was struggling to do minor edits after my nephew's wedding last year. Just not enough horsepower for the image processing.

greybeard · Dec 8, 2018

Not worried about my computer, i7, 16 gig (correction) of ram, 1TB SSD. I'll convert the RAW to DNG which is about 1/3 smaller than the nef with no data loss. I've got the glass to take advantage of the MP's. 24 f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 105 f/2.8 micro, 300mm f/4 primes plus 24-120 f/4 and 150-600 Tam. My fear is that the jump from 24mp d750 to 45mp d850 won't show enough difference to be worth the $3300 investment. I think I'm gonna rent one for a week and just see how good it is. I have recommended this to several readers with a similar question, time to take my own advise.

Braineack · Dec 8, 2018

really depends on how you use it to get most out of it.

Derrel · Dec 8, 2018

I am a big believer in used camera bodies at substantially lower than new prices. I think you could go for a used D800 or D810, and have 36 million pixels instead of 24 million, and you would get a very substantial improvement over your current 24MP.

ac12 · Dec 8, 2018

greybeard said:
Not worried about my computer, i7, 16meg of ram, 1TB SSD. I'll convert the RAW to DNG which is about 1/3 smaller than the nef with no data loss. I've got the glass to take advantage of the MP's. 24 f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 105 f/2.8 micro, 300mm f/4 primes plus 24-120 f/4 and 150-600 Tam. My fear is that the jump from 24mp d750 to 45mp d850 won't show enough difference to be worth the $3300 investment. I think I'm gonna rent one for a week and just see how good it is. I have recommended this to several readers with a similar question, time to take my own advise.

I think you mean 16 GIGAbytes of RAM.

I have done what you are planning to do, heavy cropping, and if you have the sensor and glass resolution to support it, it is neat.

2x the MP resolution is a step that makes sense. That is 37% more resolution in V and H axis.
But will you crop deep or print big enough, to make use of that increased resolution? That only YOU can answer.

BTW, be prepared for a significant weight increase. My notes show the D850 at 21% heavier than the D750.

greybeard · Dec 8, 2018

ac12 said:
greybeard said:

Not worried about my computer, i7, 16meg of ram, 1TB SSD. I'll convert the RAW to DNG which is about 1/3 smaller than the nef with no data loss. I've got the glass to take advantage of the MP's. 24 f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 105 f/2.8 micro, 300mm f/4 primes plus 24-120 f/4 and 150-600 Tam. My fear is that the jump from 24mp d750 to 45mp d850 won't show enough difference to be worth the $3300 investment. I think I'm gonna rent one for a week and just see how good it is. I have recommended this to several readers with a similar question, time to take my own advise.

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I think you mean 16 GIGAbytes of RAM.

I have done what you are planning to do, heavy cropping, and if you have the sensor and glass resolution to support it, it is neat.

2x the MP resolution is a step that makes sense. That is 37% more resolution in V and H axis.
But will you crop deep or print big enough, to make use of that increased resolution? That only YOU can answer.

BTW, be prepared for a significant weight increase. My notes show the D850 at 21% heavier than the D750.

Yes, I mean gig and not meg and thanks for your response.

greybeard · Dec 8, 2018

Derrel said:
I am a big believer in used camera bodies at substantially lower than new prices. I think you could go for a used D800 or D810, and have 36 million pixels instead of 24 million, and you would get a very substantial improvement over your current 24MP.

I have considered that too. I can get a like new D810 with like 8,000 clicks for around $1600 from mpb. But, it lacks a few of the newer features like the improved AF, flippy touch screen etc. that I really like.