Nikon D850 vs Nikon D500
Nikon D850 vs Nikon D500
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Nikon D850
While on recent trip to Japan -- with one stop being a visit with Nikon to attend the award ceremony for Nikon's annual Photo Contest -- Dave Etchells had a chance for an exclusive interview and Q&A session with top Nikon engineering and marketing staff in Tokyo to discuss, among other things, the all-new Nikon D850. In typical IR fashion, we will, of course, bring you the full in-depth interview in short order, but we wanted to pull out relevant excerpts from the interview as it pertained to the D850.
When shooting in DX mode, the D850's AF system has exactly the same coverage as it does on the D500.
When we asked whether the D850 would support different AF fine-tuning adjustments based on aperture (to handle lenses with spherical aberration, that shift their focus point slightly when stopped down) or for wide and tele focal lengths on a zoom, Nikon replied that they're aware of user requests in this area and are studying the feasibility, but it sounds like it won't be possible to add this capability to existing cameras via firmware updates.
The D850 has very strong features for video recording, but when we asked if they would be positioning the D850 as a go-to camera for primarily video users, they replied that they still consider still photography as the camera's main focus. They did very specifically want to cater to the increasing number of traditionally still shooters who are now also shooting video, though, so treated video recording as a very important use case. (We were interested to learn that dual still/video shooting by professionals is much more common in the US than in other parts of the world. We didn't ask, but are curious why that would be so much the case .)
One significant feature of the D850 that we discussed with Nikon is its ability to shoot 4K video with no horizontal cropping. This is a big benefit for video shooters!
When recording Full HD video, the Nikon D850 offers the option of electronic vibration reduction. This is accomplished by using a bit less than the full sensor to create the video image.
Given the huge buffer size on the Nikon D850, we wondered how long it would take to clear it to the memory card. The D850
Nikon D500
While not a compact DSLR, the Nikon D500 offers a lot of imaging capabilities in its rugged, pro-oriented camera body. It also has a very good 153-point AF system, fast continuous shooting performance and 4K UHD video recording, making it one of the most capable, well-rounded DSLRs that Nikon has released in a long time. Its $2,000 price tag is quite high for a DX camera, but is it worth the cost?
Pros:
Superb image quality; Great high ISO performance; Rugged, comfortable camera body; Sharp articulating touchscreen display; Excellent AF point frame coverage; Fast continuous shooting speeds; 4K UHD video; Built-in Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth.
Cons:
Somewhat large for an APS-C camera; Expensive for a DX camera; 4K UHD video doesn't offer full DX field-of-view; No built-in flash; Still uses contrast-detect for Live View AF; Dual slots use two different card types (XQD and SD).
In the over six years since, amateurs and professionals alike have been wondering, "Where's the D400? Where's the next pro-level, high-performance APS-C DSLR from Nikon?"
Well, you can stop wondering because the Nikon D500 has arrived. With a 20.9-megapixel DX-format (1.5x lens crop factor) CMOS sensor without an optical low-pass filter, the EXPEED 5-powered D500 brings improved professional performance back to Nikon's DX camera lineup.
Let's start first with the new 20.9-megapixel CMOS DX sensor. By foregoing an optical low pass filter, the Nikon D500 delivers sharper image files. Like with the new Nikon D5, there is a particular focus with the D500 on providing rich colors and smooth tones. By utilizing Nikon's new EXPEED 5 image processing engine, the D500 captures images with low noise even at high ISO speeds. Speaking of ISO, the Nikon D500's native ISO range of 100-51,200 bests the previous top-of-the-line DX camera, the D7200, by a stop and even offers an expanded ISO range of 50-1,638,400. Yes, 1,638,400! This makes the D500 the highest ISO setting of Hi-2BW ISO 102,400 on the D7200 look particularly low. The D300S' native ISO range of 200-3200 is simply being left in the dust by the new D500.
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