Nikon D850
A Nikon D850 camera with attached optional MB-D18 battery grip | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 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) |
| Latest firmware | 1.31 / 25 April 2024 |
| Made in | Thailand |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Nikon D810 |
| Successor | Nikon Z 8 |
The Nikon D850 is a professional-grade full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) produced by Nikon. 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. Nikon announced it could not fill the preorders on August 28, 2017 and filled less than 10% of preorders on the first shipping day. It is the successor to the Nikon D810.
The D850 is the first Nikon DSLR featuring a back-illuminated image sensor claiming overall a one-stop image quality (image noise) improvement. This camera was the first full frame DSLR achieving 100 points at Dxomark. The D850 also won Camera of the Year for 2017 at Imaging Resource.