 A Nikon D850 camera with attached optional MB-D18 battery grip | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Nikon |
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
| Released | 24 August 2017 |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor | 45.4 megapixels (8,256 × 5,504) Nikon FX format |
| Sensor type | CMOS BSI |
| Sensor size | 35.9 mm x 23.9 mm , 4.35 μm pixel size |
| Film speed | 64–25,600 in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps (down to 32 and up to 102,400 as expansion) |
| Recording medium | Dual Card slots: One XQD/CFe slot and the second slot supporting SD/SDHC/SDXC |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A), manual (M) |
| Focus areas | Multi-CAM 20K autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection and fine-tuning, and 153 focus points (including 99 cross-type sensors and 15 sensors that support f/8) |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Programmed Auto [P] with flexible program; Shutter-Priority Auto [S]; Aperture Priority Auto [A]; Manual [M] |
| Exposure metering | TTL exposure metering using approximately 180K (180,000) pixels RGB sensor |
| Flash | |
| Flash | No |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter Electronic front-curtain shutter available in quiet shutter-release, quiet continuous shutter-release, and mirror up release modes |
| Shutter speed range | 30 s – 1/8000 s, bulb |
| Continuous shooting | 7 frames/sec or 9 frames/sec with a battery grip, up to 51 frames (raw) in 14-bit lossless. 170 in 12-bit lossless |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Optical, 100% frame coverage |
| General | |
| Video recording | 4K up to 30 fps 1080p up to 60 fps |
| LCD screen | 3.2-inch tilting TFT LCD with 2.359 million dots with touchscreen |
| Battery | EN-EL15a |
| Dimensions | 146×124×78.5 mm (5.75×4.88×3.09 in) |
| Weight | 915 grams (2.017 lb) (body only) 1,005 grams (2.216 lb) (including battery) [1] |
| Latest firmware | 1.31 / 25 April 2024 [2] |
| Made in | Thailand |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Nikon D810 |
| Successor | Nikon Z8 |
The Nikon D850 is a professional-grade full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) produced by Nikon. [3] The camera was officially announced on July 25, 2017 (the 100th anniversary of Nikon's founding), launched on August 24, 2017, and first shipped on September 8, 2017. [4] Nikon announced it could not fill the preorders on August 28, 2017 and filled less than 10% of preorders on the first shipping day. [5] It is the successor to the Nikon D810.
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The D850 is the first Nikon DSLR featuring a back-illuminated image sensor claiming overall a one-stop image quality (image noise) improvement. [6] This camera was the first full frame DSLR achieving 100 points at Dxomark. [7] The D850 also won Camera of the Year for 2017 at Imaging Resource. [8]
