McKinney Falls State Park - Red Berry Sprig

As a testament to the incredible pixel-capturing power of the D850's sensor, this pic was cropped out of the frame posted yesterday.  Though not perfect, it's still a decent shot that occupies as much memory space as an entire picture captured with my first digital camera, the Fujifilm Finepix 3800, which began my journey into digital photography.  Even so, the photo you see to the right represents less than 3% of the entire frame!  Yes, the number of pixels here is 2.56% of the original JPEG from which yesterday's post was derived.

In past communications with real pro photographers, and in comments and posts encountered during my research on where to go for my first full-frame camera, it was stated over and over that a photographer - especially just a hobbyist such as myself - should not get hung up on equipment.  It's all about the lens, they say.  While I agree that the choice of lens makes a huge difference, I could not disagree more that sensor size/resolution does not make a difference.  One article even referred to "resolution heads" as nut jobs that think they need all those pixels.  Well, here we are.  With just a middling lens, every time I open pics captured with my now-beloved D850 I am amazed at the quality, depth, and potential of the keepers.  Not to mention the time it saves in the reduced amount of tinkering needed for color adjustment, shadow/highlight rendering - and yes, sharpening, even with hand-held shots.  Maybe it's because I'm an amateur, but I'll argue for buying something like the Bigger Cahoona every time to anyone who is looking to take their photography to the next level.