China - Chengdu, Tree Against Colorful Wall

Yesterday saw an article online - plus a couple of videos - touting that, even after having been on the market already for eight years, the Nikon D850 is probably the best DSLR you can buy.  Further confirmation that I made the right choice back in 2017 when it first came out.  For example, the picture above, captured with an iPhone, is decent enough, but would have had much more depth and richness of color if taken with the Bigger Cahoona.

Which reminds me of something I heard on this trip to China.  There was a guy in the group, a serious hobbyist, who brought along one of the latest and greatest Sony models.  He related to me that one could tell who the most seasoned photographers are in a group by looking at his/her equipment.  The younger and less experienced ones had the fancy big rigs with all the bells and whistles, whereas the more mature photographers would be crouching down to capture something with a point-and-shoot or phone camera.  Goes to say that subject trumps equipment every time.  Makes sense to me, but I'll be toting along the Bigger Cahoona next trip, with at least one more bell and whistle.

And that would be a GPS unit.  To me the greatest drawback of the D850 is lack of a GPS chip.  This was brought home yesterday as I was processing the pics captured with the iPhone, and was reminded that, in order to save battery life, Location Services was turned off for several days.  Thus there was no lat-long for a substantial block of photos, which would have come in handy.  Wouldn't have to worry about that if a GPS unit were attached to the Bigger Cahoona.  Priced a few online, and decided that it would be worth a couple hundred bucks for a good one.