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Congratulations! A new toy! I'll bet you can't wait! I looked at the specs and that looks to be a beast of a professional-grade camera! A 45MP Backlit Sensor is a significant improvement over a normal CMOS sensor. A BSI sensor will give you much better low light performance with less noise. And 45MP is more than plenty for those tight cropping situations.
7FP continuous shooting is comparable to the Canon 5D Mark IV I used to have and which I found more than adequate for most wildlife situations. 153 focus points w/ 99 of them cross type! Wow!
Looks like it also has a focus bracketing mode that lets you shoot up to 300 focus shifted shots, then stacks. A great feature for shooting Macro when you want to get the entire subject in focus.
4K 30fps or 1080P unto 120fps slow-mo!
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, a Magnesium Alloy body that's weather sealed.
This ain't no kids toy you have coming! If you haven't already done so, search YouTube for "Nikon D850 tutorial" and you'll get a ton of good in-depth as well as "quick start" tutorials. For what it's worth, I've always found Tony and Chelsea Northrup have pretty decent in-depth free tutorials (for lots of camera brands). Here's Tony doing a tutorial for the D850:
Can't wait to see some images!
7FP continuous shooting is comparable to the Canon 5D Mark IV I used to have and which I found more than adequate for most wildlife situations. 153 focus points w/ 99 of them cross type! Wow!
Looks like it also has a focus bracketing mode that lets you shoot up to 300 focus shifted shots, then stacks. A great feature for shooting Macro when you want to get the entire subject in focus.
4K 30fps or 1080P unto 120fps slow-mo!
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, a Magnesium Alloy body that's weather sealed.
This ain't no kids toy you have coming! If you haven't already done so, search YouTube for "Nikon D850 tutorial" and you'll get a ton of good in-depth as well as "quick start" tutorials. For what it's worth, I've always found Tony and Chelsea Northrup have pretty decent in-depth free tutorials (for lots of camera brands). Here's Tony doing a tutorial for the D850:
Can't wait to see some images!
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I get where you're coming from, and I agree for the most part, but for something like just learning a new camera, I find he does a pretty good job when that's the main objective and not "learning photography." Michael the Maven is pretty good at getting you up to speed on a new camera also. I listen to Tony for gear reviews and gear tutorials mostly. For just gear related stuff to lean about new gear, etc., I listen to them and also channels like Ken Rockwell, Matt Granger and Jared Polin (who is a bit over the top in his presentation, honestly).
I subscribe to several others, including but not limited to guys like Simon d'Entremont and Duane Paton, Scott "Wild Alaska," Jan Wegener (bird photographer) and yes, Steve Perry for wildlife content. For honing my landscape skills and learning about processing, I subscribe to guys like Thomas Heaton, Mads Peter Iverson, Mark Denny, to name a few. There are also several I subscribe to for night sky (MilkyWay) photography, my favorite being Alyn Wallace (who sadly passed away at a VERY young age from cancer last year. Alyn still has a channel up and if you ever get interested in Night Sky photography, I recommend him.
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I agree. I’m not a Nikon shooter but from what I’ve seen of the specs and reviews it looks like a top-tier piece of kit.
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Yep, after going "feet wet" with digital in general with the APS-C gear, the Df seemed exactly as you describe it. The 850 arrived today, while I was away having a CT scan. Just now getting acquainted. Will likely take it out in the AM tomorrow, lighting/weather conditions permitting. The 200~500 for an optic.
Did a few "happy snaps" with the 24~85, after doing some menu grazing and setup. Having gotten experience with the 7200/7500 bodies, it wasn't too brutal a transition into the settings on this one.
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The "bigger, brighter" thing is true by comparison to the 7xxx bodies, info as well. Did have to fit the corrective eyepiece (-4.0 diopter) from my F3 to see for focusing clearly.
Subjects were scarce this AM, the "mosquito patrol" were spraying with four trucks, so the birds were staying away for the most part. These shots are cropped to about half of the entire frame.
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As a 'cross-threading' post, this shot was with the D850 and the 200mm ∱3.0 Vivitar Series-1 (1976) I had apart to clean it of internal junk. Ai indexed but manual otherwise and at ∱4.0. Greg had it right with the viewfinder comment, I am able to see to focus (at least with good light!) quite easily. First image is full-frame, scaled. Second is a tight crop of the un-scaled file. And the glass is certainly acceptably sharp!
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You might want to get yourself a split focus screen. There is one company left in the world that I know of that makes 'em. Or you could convert one from an old film camera if you can find the dimensions. > Focusing Screen <
I made one for my D610 that works, but it wasn't the cleanest install.
I made one for my D610 that works, but it wasn't the cleanest install.
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I recall you posting about the job of swapping the split screen.
I do have a number of screens for the film Nikons, both my F2 & F3 have center splits at 45° with microprism surrounds, maybe one of those could be cobbled into the 850. I'm really in no rush to fuss with it, since with a corrective eyepiece I can focus fairly well manually with the left eye. More interested in having my right eye repaired.
