Originally posted by awscreo if you move the frame to the bottom right corner (with tube paints and brushes) and look at the object near the brushes (looks like a sponge? or some plant?) - d850 shows more detail there. I guess that's where the extra 9mp are going, or a sharper lens. K-1 looks better DR-wise, absolutely. With PS it's not even a contest. But it seems d850 (or the lens they've used) resolves more detail. It's more noticeable if you use the "Comparison" mode which downsamples the 45mp to 36mp.
I've quite often noticed differences in focus points before.I even found a part of those photos that showed a K-5 was sharper than a D800. Same settings but more DOF on the APS-c images. You really have to examine all of both images. And even then they are different copies of the same lens. There's no telling whether you have a good sample or a bad sample of any given lens. If the images are close. I think yo have to look at the best part of both images.
They are pretty much the same. You can only draw so much information from these images. That being said. You can tell when the systems are close, and if they are, there's no reason to favour one over the other, besides say ergonomics, low light performance, etc. etc. etc. These days you look at the IR images, then you decide based on other criteria. As mentioned, they are all good.
I certainly saw no noticeable advantage to a D850 image. 24 to 36 MP is a 50% increase and you should be able to see difference in some images, not in all. 36-42 is a .17 increase. That's hardly worth paying for. The 50% increase from a K-3 or D750 only prodiuces a 33% increase in resolution. That's just the law of diminishing returns at work. The point .17 increase in a D850 is probably less than a 10 percent increase in LW'PH. It's a very rare images here the K-1 won't resolve it, but the D850 will. It's a very rare image where a K-5 image shows any difference from a K-1 image when not shooting test subjects.
Much of what people believe about paying for more resolution or even better lenses simply isn't true. The first 4k is the low hanging fruit. After that you need a huge MP increase to show relatively minor improvement.
Last edited by normhead; 09-14-2017 at 04:58 PM.