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The D850’s mechanical performance is terrific, right from its autofocus through to its continuous shooting speed and buffer capacity. To put this in perspective, though, it’s amazing that a 45.7MP camera can capture images at 9fps in the first place, without carping about how many 14-bit Raws it can capture before slowing down – and you can always drop back to 7fps or shoot JPEGs or 12-bit Raws instead. It’s a reminder that you seldom get something for nothing, and that the D850’s spectacular combination of resolution and speed has only be achieved by driving image processing and memory card tech to its very limits.ġ840 shots on this one EN-EL15a battery? That's what Nikon says. In our tests with the fast Lexar XQD card we achieved around half the raw buffer capacity at 7fps – specifically, 23 14-bit uncompressed raw files, the same number of lossless compressed raws and 30 14-bit compressed raw files.

As you’d expect, the rate of data capture is much faster, and even the fastest memory cards can’t keep up. Shooting at 9fps changes things considerably.
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We could not get the recommended 64GB Sony QXD card (maximum write speed 440MB/s) so we tried our fastest Sony UHS-II SD card, write speed of 299MB/s, and that started to slow down after 30 RAW shots at 7fps.īut we also tried a Lexar Professional 440MB/s XQD card and that made a big difference, coming within a whisker of Nikon’s own claims for raw buffer capacity – but this is at 7fps.


In continuous shooting mode, the D850 can rattle off frames at an impressive speed.Īchieving the 7/9fps frame rate is not the problem, it’s how long you can sustain it that’s the issue. However, the exposure area doesn’t extend to the edges of the frame by any means, so subjects which are way off-centre could be trickier. We haven’t yet had a chance to try it out in anger on a high-speed action subject, but if it works as well as it does on the other two models it’s unlikely to disappoint. The autofocus system is Nikon’s best yet, and also found in the D5 and D500. The D850 is not designed as a low-light specialist, but the image quality holds up well when you do need to increase the ISO.
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The D850’s JPEGs do start to smooth over and show a little more noise at higher ISO settings, but it’s very easy to fall into the trap of judging these images at 100% magnification on-screen and overlook the fact that these are huge files that will never be examined this closely under normal viewing conditions. This is perfect for sports where cameras are usually banned at key moments, for theatrical performances and weddings, where a clattering shutter would just spoil the moment.Īt high ISOs fine details do start to smooth over a little in JPEG images, but most pros we've spoken to are impressed by the low noise levels from such a high resolution camera
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You can shoot at up to 6fps at full resolution in this mode – or at an amazing 30fps at a reduced resolution of 8 megapixels. What’s more, because there’s no mirror or shutter movement, there’s less risk of mechanically-induced blur. The Live View mode has another trick – a silent photography mode where the D850 switches to its electronic shutter and can shoot without making any noise at all.

You can set it up for touch focus and even touch shutter operation, and a new Pinpoint AF mode helps you identify tiny targets, which is important given this camera’s level of resolution. The Multi-CAM 20K AF sensor is powerful but its coverage does not extend to the edges of the frame – but you can always switch to Live View, and although this still uses relatively slow contrast autofocus, the new tilting touch-screen display is now much more useful. This is Nikon's Multi-CAM 20K AF sensor, with 153 AF points, including 99 cross-type
