dave.gt
Well-known member
As most of you probably know already, the Swiss Army Knife-like D850 and the tilt-screen is fabulous for many things, from Astrophotography to Portraits.
***For the record, excepting the X1, I only shoot OVF. Please do not utter the E-word around me, because I do not like EVF... the tilt-screen is another thing altogether. But that is just me.
The tilt-screen on the D850, and a few other Nikons, has been wonderful for me. The live view screens on other cameras tick me off in bright sunny conditions but the screen on the D850 worked flawlessly today while I kept eye-contact and conversation lively, including crazy antics, with the youngest kiddos. It was actually fun!
Now, the lightweight all-purpose D850 has already, in less than 60 days, impressed me enough that it is my go-to camera and resides in my Hadley Pro frequently along with two other cameras, a Nikon film camera of choice and my trusty Leica X1.
Now, does it replace MF? Not hardly as it is a different system and experience, which for me is important enough to consider it half of the reason I prefer MF when the task matches the camera and conditions. Sometimes, only the big Medium Format will do. And I do like massive, heavy gear, oh, yeah!
For those who do not own a camera with a tilt-screen, like me, you don't know the joy of it all, yet! It is liberating.
Get one, there are a lot of choices!:thumbs:
***For the record, excepting the X1, I only shoot OVF. Please do not utter the E-word around me, because I do not like EVF... the tilt-screen is another thing altogether. But that is just me.
The tilt-screen on the D850, and a few other Nikons, has been wonderful for me. The live view screens on other cameras tick me off in bright sunny conditions but the screen on the D850 worked flawlessly today while I kept eye-contact and conversation lively, including crazy antics, with the youngest kiddos. It was actually fun!
Now, the lightweight all-purpose D850 has already, in less than 60 days, impressed me enough that it is my go-to camera and resides in my Hadley Pro frequently along with two other cameras, a Nikon film camera of choice and my trusty Leica X1.
Now, does it replace MF? Not hardly as it is a different system and experience, which for me is important enough to consider it half of the reason I prefer MF when the task matches the camera and conditions. Sometimes, only the big Medium Format will do. And I do like massive, heavy gear, oh, yeah!
For those who do not own a camera with a tilt-screen, like me, you don't know the joy of it all, yet! It is liberating.
Get one, there are a lot of choices!:thumbs: