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Thoughts on D850 upgrade from D810?

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Thoughts on D850 upgrade from D810?

Currently I shoot a D810 underwater in a Nauticam housing and a D850 above water.

I can buy a Nauticam housing for the D850 for about $3800.   Seems hard to justify, since I already have a D810.  While I'd love to have both at the same time on a dive trip, I can't see how I'd pack a second housing.   The first one is tough enough.

OK, I'm just looking for justification for spending that much $$ on this hobby.   I currently get in about 35-50 dives a year.   The D810 housing is due for maintenance, and I have no idea how much that would cost.    The D850 housing comes with some sort of TTL flash control, which would give me better recycling time than the pop-up on the D810, so there is a plus.

The autofocus is certainly different and mostly better on the D850.    Video that I don't use is also better.   45mp gives me more cropping ability than the D810, and I crop a bunch.

But ... $3800?   I could do a nice dive trip for that.

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