New D850?

RocketCowboy

Senior Member
I dunno. That article makes it sound like Nikon is going to accelerate throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the market place (D760/D810/D7300) on top of what's already been released. Seems like a lot of products for very little incremental updates, but then again they don't consult with me on their marketing strategy. :)
 

Samo

Senior Member
I somehow doubt a D900 but the 800 series was last updated (D810) like 4 years ago? Long overdue and better be a big step up. Have you seen the 100th Anniversary special edition camera boxed sets? D5 and D500 with lenses. Nice stuff. Likely a nice marked up price as well. Collector crap I guess.

I would like to see a Df2 and a mirrorless FX. Maybe the rumored use of that Sony sensor will be for a mirrorless F mount camera. That would sort of be boring and old hat right out of the gate. However if it were cheap I think it would sell like hotcakes and the manual focus lenses will go up higher than ever before. Maybe this is what they intend to substitute for the lower end series which they claim they are no longer going to make.
 
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Blade Canyon

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https://www.newsledge.com/nikon-d820-d850-rumors/

More rumors, updated. From the article:


  • The rumored announcement date is slated for the summer. Maybe it’s Nikon’s true 100th anniversary, though I’m holding out hope for a pro mirrorless system.
  • Most likely it will be called D820 (D850 is still a possibility)
  • Nikon is already planning the marketing material for the new camera
  • The sensor will be between 45-46MP.
  • The D820 is expected to be better at low and high ISO compared to Canon and better than the D810
  • The D820 could come with a new and improved version of SnapBridge. That’ll be a relief and will have to be one hell of an advancement.
  • No built-in GPS
  • Tiltable LCD screen
  • The memory card slots will be the same as in the D500: one SD and one XQD
 

TKC_D500

Senior Member
I Love my D500, but I still don't get the one SD and one XQD thing... Other than making the D5 kids feel special, it makes no sense to me!
 

Blade Canyon

Senior Member
My D800 has only one SD slot, so that's all I use now. For me, I'm hoping for less noise at high ISOs. I'll pay for that, then hopefully not need any other camera for a decade. (right...)
 

Blade Canyon

Senior Member
The rumor mill now says Nikon has a big announcement one week from today, July 25th, which is their true 100th anniversary date.

Here's hoping for the D820, which (if it happens) will be the first time in history I have bought a new DSLR.
 

Blade Canyon

Senior Member
Well I'm getting older, but I'm still working. That means I have more money but less time to spend it. I'm going to treat myself to this upgrade, then call it quits.

Hah, I'll probably feel like I need to upgrade my glass again, too.
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Latest leaked rumors are talking about a focus stacking capeability via Nikon software.

A supposed translation

:Auto-focus-bracket mode--the camera can take up to 300 pictures, varying focus between from close-infinity. User can choose 10 levels of focus steps. Roughly 5 FPS, can be software stacked.
 

Blade Canyon

Senior Member
The biggest benefit of a full frame sensor is shallower depths of fields when you want them, now they are writing software to give you more focus?

This is the reverse of my Samsung Galaxy Note 5, which lets you take a photo and then decide after if you want the foreground or the background in focus. It's the same feature that Apple heavily advertised as Portrait mode on their new phones, but my older Note had it already. They just call it Selective Focus.
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
The biggest benefit of a full frame sensor is shallower depths of fields when you want them, now they are writing software to give you more focus?

This is the reverse of my Samsung Galaxy Note 5, which lets you take a photo and then decide after if you want the foreground or the background in focus. It's the same feature that Apple heavily advertised as Portrait mode on their new phones, but my older Note had it already. They just call it Selective Focus.

Panasonic have it on their models its a usefull tool for close up work, you can stick with the sharpest aperture on your lens and not worry about DOF
The letting you choose the focus point later uses the same principle, multi images with different focus points and instead of stacking you select the one that suits you.
 

Blade Canyon

Senior Member
The beauty of an electronic shutter (phones, mirrorless) is that the camera can make instant multi exposures and those can also be used for noise reduction by averaging the exposures. There have been some excellent examples online of extreme low light photography done with cell phones which were hacked to do that.
 
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