okay, but that fact does not account for your lack of vividness, i now see where your limitation comes in, it's the lens, that lens, along with most of sigmas consumer grade stuff, (and some of their pro line too) has a green cast, AND has much less contrast and that would help account for the "vividness," or lack of. I've done very extensive testing of sigma lenses and have owned most of their pro lever lenses. The only one I now have in my collection is the 120-300 2.8 because of the zoom and the app, it's my main lens for shooting rodeos, as for all the other's - and the list is long, they went down the road.

So, in MY opinion, your free to disagree with me, he 50-500 lacks contrast and therefore "vividness." Your lack of what youre calling vivid, has more to do with the lens and the camera setting than the mega pixel count, particularly when it comes to the d1.

The d1 is a very capable camera if you use the better quality nikon lenses and the correct post processing . . . .

I hope we are not derailing your thread, if so just say so and I'll quit and we can pick this up another time. But, keep in mind that when there's more posts to a thread, it tends to generate more interest and therefore more people will see your photos . . .

Take care, and have a great day!

BTW, you have some great images on your website! Love the colors!

Tony