Thank you! That first image especially shows the performance of the body and the photographer!
SRK
Jerry474 Wrote:
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> SR,
> I have never used Canon, so cannot personally
> compare. I was an Air Force photographer from 1959
> to 1981 and the Air Force always used Nikon (still
> do and so does the Navy, Coast Guard, and the
> Marines). I got my first Nikon in 1961 (S3
> rangefinder) and have always had the top of the
> line Nikon. The dynamic range with my D810 was
> superb and the D850 is even better. I got my D850
> around the first of December and have been
> shooting under all kinds of lighting conditions to
> see what I can get. I am fortunate in living 100
> yards from the Durango & Silverton so have been
> able to photograph the three times a week Cascade
> trains as well as the Polar Express trains at
> night in November and December. It is sometimes
> difficult to see in a JPEG but the RAW files from
> the D850 are recording excellent detail in both
> the highlight and shadows. I do a bit of post
> processing in Adobe Camera Raw into Photoshop (I
> do not like Lightroom) and am happy with the
> results I will be using a lot of my photos in the
> K-36 and K-28 books I am doing for White River and
> shadow detail in the black locomotives is a must.
>
> Attached are some samples shot recently, have been
> shooting back lit scenes, straight on, as well as
> side lighting and I am satisfied.
>
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