Artie,

So as you know, I’m still new to Nikon but now getting much more comfortable with the gear. Currently I only own the D850 body…………….I have been contemplating either buying a used D5 or waiting for the not-that-far-off D6. But in all honesty, I’m not sure I’d use either body all that much (and they ain’t cheap)……………..perhaps with the exception of low light situations.

Understood.

I don’t really like to shoot the D850 above ISO 800 and so I think one of those bodies would be ideal for circumstances that require ISO well above that.

Cameras with smaller image files give the appearance of having less noise than high MP bodies but that apparent gain is misleading … I do not fully understand the reason why. I will see if I can get Patrick Sparkman to chime in here 🙂 In addition, if you master the NeatImage techniques in the Professional Post Processing Guide that I did with Arash Hazeghi noise become pretty much a non-issue even at the higher ISOs …

But the D5 is “only” 20 MP and the D6 is expected to be 24 MP or so…………………and like you said in your previous response to me, I too like to crop and I like having a lot of pixels so I love the D850.

Me too 🙂

So my questions for you are……………..when do you use the D5 and why? And.do you find the D5 AF significantly better than the 850 AF?

thanks.

I sold my D5 many months ago because I almost never used it. I found the D850 AF pretty much as good as the D5 AF. At least I could not discern any significant differences. Perhaps folks with fast reflexes, superb hand-eye coordination, and lots of strength and stamina would see a significant difference …

with love, artie

Great for static stuff. Not as good as the bare lens for flight.

Please use one of my links. They are still severely back-ordered.

with love, artie