{"id":28356,"date":"2024-03-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/?p=28356"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T21:01:02","slug":"birding-lenses-for-the-nikon-d850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/2024\/03\/03\/birding-lenses-for-the-nikon-d850\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding lenses for the Nikon D850"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we first acquired the new-to-us<\/em> Nikon D850 body<\/a> from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z<\/a>, it came with its original accessories\u2014manual, strap, etc.\u2014but nothing else. Some of our lenses (50mm, 18-55mm, 18-300mm<\/a>) for the DX bodies (D40, D90<\/a>) work with the D850<\/a>, but the DX lenses<\/a> are not able to take full advantage of the D850’s much bigger 46MP sensor.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The D850 will recognize that a DX lens is being used, and adjust accordingly. While the images shot using the 18-300mm DX zoom were good<\/a>, we realized that we would need to up our lens game to get the most out of the D850 body.<\/p>\n

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One handsome fella, living right there in the RainyDayGarden!<\/p><\/div>\n

We turned off the camera’s auto-cropping for DX to show the vignetting<\/a>…and what we were missing by not using a full-frame lens. The center of the photo is amazingly detailed. The edges not so much.<\/p>\n

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So cute – the lens clearly shows the enormity of the cuteness.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Lenses<\/h2>\n

After a lot of research and deliberation, we decided to look for the following Nikkor lenses to complement the D850:<\/p>\n