{"id":12432,"date":"2022-05-27T19:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T19:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/?p=12432"},"modified":"2022-06-06T00:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T00:51:39","slug":"new-camera-or-megapixel-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/new-camera-or-megapixel-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"New Camera – or Megapixel Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I did it, I purchased a used Nikon D850. I did get a good deal, but why did I buy it. Functionally it is very similar to my Nikon D500. In fact there are a few areas where the D500 is superior, faster burst speed, lighter, better focusing, etc. but the one area the D850 wins is resolution (as well as theoretical image quality, but I will have to test that)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now if I would just post images on this website, instagram, or the internet in general, or if I did not print too large, resolution would not be important, however I have started printing larger, and submitting to sites to produce merchandise (redbubble.com<\/a>). I also have another project where resolution may become more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did look at the mirrorless Z7II which is, in many ways, the successor to the D850, however I did not like the viewfinder. My eyesight is well above average (I recently had it tested) and I could not get used to the low resolution, not to mention the minor lag, in the viewfinder. If I used the rear display more than about 50% of the time, I guess I could live with it, but I still like an optical viewfinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it happened, I offered a lowball price on the D850 and ended up having to buy it. Other than a short walk to test it out, I have not shot with it. Hopefully I can get some images up soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE-May 30:<\/em> I went to Butchart Gardens to try out the camera, but I got hung up testing the focus stacking feature and did not get any images I want to publish at this time. There are a few quirks to the camera, but so far I like the way it handles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I did it, I purchased a used Nikon D850. I did get a good deal, but why did I buy it. Functionally it is very similar to my Nikon D500. In fact there are a few areas where the D500 is superior, faster burst speed, lighter, better focusing, etc. but the one area the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":7086,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[995,32],"class_list":["post-12432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-cameras","tag-tips-techniques-and-thoughts-on-photography","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}