Nikon D5200 lens' on D850
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No but you'll be shooting at under 20mp.
No poi nt in buying the D850 if you're going to use DX lenses.
No poi nt in buying the D850 if you're going to use DX lenses.
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D5200 is a crop sensor camera and D850 is full frame. If any of your lenses are DX lenses (made specifically for crop sensors) you won't be able to use them on the D850 unless you turn on crop mode.
You can do it. It will either default to DX or you can set it to make a FX picture, which will have a circular picture in the centre of a black frame.
You will only get about 20 megapixels of resolution on DX but you will get the advantage of all the clever things a D850 can do.
Some lenses will work on FX in part of their range, giving you all 44 megapixels. The circle gets bigger when you zoom in until it fills the picture. I think the 850 can probably also do a 1.2 crop (rather than 1.5 in DX) which is between DX and FX and gives you roughly 30 megapixels.
Example is the 35mm f/1.8 DX works pretty well at 1.2 crop giving you about 42mm full frame equivalent.
You will only get about 20 megapixels of resolution on DX but you will get the advantage of all the clever things a D850 can do.
Some lenses will work on FX in part of their range, giving you all 44 megapixels. The circle gets bigger when you zoom in until it fills the picture. I think the 850 can probably also do a 1.2 crop (rather than 1.5 in DX) which is between DX and FX and gives you roughly 30 megapixels.
Example is the 35mm f/1.8 DX works pretty well at 1.2 crop giving you about 42mm full frame equivalent.
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The Sigma 150-600 is, I believe, a FX equivalent lens, so it should work just fine on the D850.
If you are mainly doing wildlife and cropping in all the time then a D500 gives you about the same as a D850 for about half the price. You miss out on the FX capability but the D500 was a top bird/wildlife camera for years. If you do more than they then ignore this.
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The D850 can be said to (almost) have a D500 inside when in DX mode, though it doesn't have the 10 fps of the D500, being only 7 fps (9 fps with a battery grip). If the intended use includes scenes using wider FX lenses, 45mp collects a lot of light, and gives a lot of cropping options whilst retaining a lot of pixels. The sensor has the ability to record a larger dynamic range compared to any DX sensor offering too.
If mainly used as a sport/wildlife camera, with telephoto lenses, a DX camera like the D500 may be a better fit depending on subject distances. Both cameras use the same 153 focus point mechanism, though with the D850, the AF points cover the central area of the scene, with a D500 the focus points cover almost all on the scene. That coverage may be of benefit when tracking a subject, or focusing on a subject towards the edge of the frame.
You do get a lot more pixels with the D850 if you fill the (FX) frame.
If mainly used as a sport/wildlife camera, with telephoto lenses, a DX camera like the D500 may be a better fit depending on subject distances. Both cameras use the same 153 focus point mechanism, though with the D850, the AF points cover the central area of the scene, with a D500 the focus points cover almost all on the scene. That coverage may be of benefit when tracking a subject, or focusing on a subject towards the edge of the frame.
You do get a lot more pixels with the D850 if you fill the (FX) frame.