On Jun 28, 2024, at 5:54 AM, Zigmonde via groups.io <zigmonde1@...> wrote:
Zane, Great advice as always but you said something about high end glass, I already own high end glass in FX and I had not intended buying any DX lenses, I do not know the implications of using the fx glass on a D500 against using a D850 in DXmode, but I assume the D850 in DX with the fx glass is maybe better than the D500 with dx glass, I also have the battery grip to take the D850 to 9fps if needed but I never have.
I ran both my D70 and D300 with both DX and FX glass with no problem, I think my wife used her D200 at times with FX glass. You¡¯ll get better results with marginal FX glass on a DX body, as it uses the best part of the lens. IIRC, the D70 didn¡¯t meter right with my older lenses, but the D300 was just fine (it¡¯s been over a decade).
One thought about shooting DX mode with the D850, what does that really buy you? You can crop in post-processing. That¡¯s what I do with my D800. It gives you a lot more flexibility.
Zane
