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On a different note... what do you think about the Nikon D850?

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SuperPhoto:
I'm lucky I am in the position to purchase this if I want - although I still need to be able to justify the cost.

To get the lenses I'd want to get with it (1 or 2 good quality ones, probably a 250mm since the 600mm is a monster size lense, and maybe a 25-70mm) - would probably be about $6000-$7000 total.

Is it worth it?

The 'main' advantages I see are:

a) Good night shots for timelapses
b) More accurate color quality/better motion tracking night shots/videos as well.

But - at the moment not sure if that would be sufficient to recoup my cost on the investment, + make a profit. Of course it would be fun - but - need the profit on it as well.

What are your thoughts?

steheap:
I sold all my Canon stuff and moved to Sony in mid 2016. Been very happy and I think the newer A7Riii sounds like a great update to the one I have.

https://www.backyardsilver.com/2016/06/move-from-canon-to-sony-after-10-years/

Steve

SuperPhoto:
Thanks. Read the post - how do you find the picture quality on the Sony?

Pauws99:

--- Quote from: SuperPhoto on January 13, 2018, 17:25 ---I'm lucky I am in the position to purchase this if I want - although I still need to be able to justify the cost.

To get the lenses I'd want to get with it (1 or 2 good quality ones, probably a 250mm since the 600mm is a monster size lense, and maybe a 25-70mm) - would probably be about $6000-$7000 total.

Is it worth it?

The 'main' advantages I see are:

a) Good night shots for timelapses
b) More accurate color quality/better motion tracking night shots/videos as well.

But - at the moment not sure if that would be sufficient to recoup my cost on the investment, + make a profit. Of course it would be fun - but - need the profit on it as well.

What are your thoughts?

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I can't really see how anyone else can answer that....whats it replacing? Whats your income now and by what %age would you need to increase it by over say 5 years? Does that figure look plausible to you?

SuperPhoto:
Income varies, but I can buy this if I want. Just need to justify it.

It's not really 'replacing' anything (I have other cameras for specific purposes). I think for me right now it would just be a really cool, but expensive toy.

So although I'd "really" like to get it (because I did test out some night pictures, and it took really nice night shots compared to say a sony I have) - I'm not sure if simply being able to take better night shots would justify the cost. Unless, of course - I can figure out what niche needs to be filled where people are like "man, I'd LOVE a beautiful night shot of ________" and I can fill that.

So trying to figure out if the Nikon D850 really has any other major strengths I may have overlooked, perhaps that someone else who may have looked at the same camera is aware of...

SO... I guess maybe that is what I am asking. Have you played around with it, and if so - what did you like best about it?

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