Decent food for thought there David. I haven't watched Tony for over a year but I made an exception
For us wildlife guys (mostly birding in my case) I hadn't thought about it, but yes 46mp FX at high frame rates, and ability to 1-button switch to DX mode would be of interest. Especially if there isn't ever going to be a D550 (and likely a long wait for a Z90). I hate to think about the pricing of a Z9
I can relay an anecdote from a local news photographer back from the time of the D4/D800 wherein he expressed an interest in getting the pixels of the D800 at the frame rate of the D4, so there definitely would be uses for 46mp at high frame rates. I think as a news photographer he knows that there are situations where he has to get the shot and does so, but would like the ability to crop for those cases where he wasn't able to optimize what lens he had on at time of shooting.
For us wildlife guys (mostly birding in my case) I hadn't thought about it, but yes 46mp FX at high frame rates, and ability to 1-button switch to DX mode would be of interest. Especially if there isn't ever going to be a D550 (and likely a long wait for a Z90). I hate to think about the pricing of a Z9
I can relay an anecdote from a local news photographer back from the time of the D4/D800 wherein he expressed an interest in getting the pixels of the D800 at the frame rate of the D4, so there definitely would be uses for 46mp at high frame rates. I think as a news photographer he knows that there are situations where he has to get the shot and does so, but would like the ability to crop for those cases where he wasn't able to optimize what lens he had on at time of shooting.
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