The noise performance of the D850 is no better than the D500 at the pixel level. In fact in the mid ISO range (400-800) the D500 is slightly cleaner than the D850 (IMO). Also, the D500's AF is slightly better than the D850. The reason I chose the D850 and sold the D500 was because the differences in AF and ISO performance aren't that significant, but the advantage (to me) of having 45MP over 21MP is significant when you're not focal-length limited...both for cropping options and for IQ improvements when I'm able to downrez.
The noise performance of the D850 is no better than the D500 at the pixel level. In fact in the mid ISO range (400-800) the D500 is slightly cleaner than the D850 (IMO). Also, the D500's AF is slightly better than the D850. The reason I chose the D850 and sold the D500 was because the differences in AF and ISO performance aren't that significant, but the advantage (to me) of having 54MP over 21MP is significant when you're not focal-length limited...both for cropping options and for IQ improvements when I'm able to downrez.
The noise performance of the D850 is no better than the D500 at the pixel level. In fact in the mid ISO range (400-800) the D500 is slightly better than the D850 (IMO). Also, the D500's AF is slightly cleaner than the D850. The reason I chose the D850 and sold the D500 was because the differences in AF and ISO performance aren't that significant, but the advantage (to me) of having 54MP over 21MP is significant when you're not focal-length limited...both for cropping options and for IQ improvements when I'm able to downrez.
Oct 31, 2018 at 09:04 AM
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