Several years ago, about 5 or so, I order the Nikon D800E camera. The thought of a 36 megapixel camera and what it would mean for my images was the great fascination, since I had never owned anything more than a 20 megapixel camera previously. Before I went out to shoot, I was a bit skeptical about how much of a difference there could be, even though the pixel count had almost doubled. The images that emerged from that camera, however, truly astonished me. I had not seen resolution like that before, and the captured reality came significantly closer to what I was experiencing in the landscape than anything I had ever seen. I was truly amazed at the leap in technology and what it meant. In fact, I went and examined some of my older prints from both 2 1/4 and 4 X 5 cameras and thought that the D800E exceeded what I could do with either of the film-based camera images that I had made for years.
Today, I received my D850 Nikon and I have the same sense that I had back then--how much better can this actually be? I don't have the answer yet, but I will be in New York State next week and will get a chance to put the camera through some paces to see what emerges. I am quite excited, though, because all that I have heard online and on YouTube have been nothing but raves, almost to the point of disbelief. There is little question that the naysayers and the nitpickers will enter the discussion soon and this camera will be found to have its share of flaws. But if it can exceed the quality of images that I have gotten from my D800E and my D810, all I will be able to say is hats off to you, Nikon, this is a real winner. Let's hope for that being the case.
A Nikon D810 Image