sensor seemed less sharp than the old school CCD in the D50, and even the D800 with its antialias filter seemed less sharp than I expected. With the D850, I was impressed the second I took the first shot inside my dimly lit home after dark. Incredible detail, excellent noise, perfectly metered, impressively fast autofocus. 10/10. The image quality is a total game changer. Even though the linear resolution increase over my D800 is modest, there is an inherent sharpness and pixel level contrast that I almost never saw with the D800.

Beyond the flawless image quality, here is a list of pros and cons for the D850 overall: Pros: Incredible image quality, particularly sharpness. Rear touchscreen is iphone-like -- very responsive and intuitive to use. No lag. Screen is much brighter than previous Nikons and the refresh rate seems to be totally "real-time" which is a real improvement. Autofocus is extremely fast -- noticeably better than my D800 or Df. Overall camera CPU performance seems very fast. ISO button has been moved and is much easier to find/use. Cons: No focus peaking with 4K video (there is focus peaking with 1080P video). Nikon does not offer inbody image stabilization nor prime lenses with VR. Unfortunate for serious videographers. Nikon wireless iOS app is astonishingly, embarrassingly bad and has been for years.

I owned this product for 30 days. I am not a professional photographer, by any means. What I can say about the camera is that I ended up returning it because it was too heavy, the auto focus was driving me crazy, and it needed a tripod most of the time to take clear detailed photo - especially to photo stack. I like to hold my camera and shoot from odd angles, so this unit was not a good choice for me. I am also a 5' 2" woman and the weight was too much to hold up for long durations, especially if I wanted a hand held shot. I am currently looking at mirrorless Sony's and Panasonic's for the internal stabilization and full frame options. The photos that I was able to take clearly were phenomenal, so if you are a tripod professional type, then go for this camera, as there are more lens options at better prices.

I love the D850, but it is extremely exigent and demanding with your photography technique and the lenses you attach to it. Even with genuine Nikkor lenses, fine tuning is sometimes necessary. Tamron lenses perform great with this camera too, but they must be properly calibrated 98% of the times. The dynamic range on this camera is absolutely wonderful, even in low light, pictures that with other cameras i would deem unusable, with the D850 you can bring all the details in post processing and make a somehow bad picture usable.

I would recommend this camera to someone who already owns a decent stock of high end Lenses, Nikkors or Tamroms, and also have at least intermediate photography skills, i see everybody out there praising the new mirror less cameras, but i wouldn't trade my D850 for anything that's out there currently. If you can;t take a decent photo with a D850, you will not get anything better with a mirror less camera.

After a few months of almost daily use, I can confidently rate this camera as the best camera I have ever owned. I have used it in the rain, in the salt spray from ocean waves and the mist from waterfalls, it has held up well and it's weather sealing is excellent. The color and dynamic range are amazing. The native low ISO of 64 adds so much to my landscape photography, such clean images. At high ISO settings for night sky and nighttime architecture, the images are still c lean and have far less noise than other cameras I have used. The built in intervelometer is versatile and can be set to a wide variety of shooting situations. The built in time lapse feature is great for a hassle free time lapse, it is easy to program and does a good job. The in camera multiple shot mode is very useful for stacking exposures that can produce a "long exposure" effect without using an ND filter. As the D850 was announced and getting ready to come on the market I had been looking to upgrade my camera body. It was a difficult decision and I did a lot of research. I finally settled on the Nikon D850 and I am extremely satisfied with the decision to buy this camera. Honestly it has exceeded my expectations. Sample photo included 0.6 seconds 14mm f11

I'm still testing the camera and will be for a while. But frankly, I couldn't be more excited by what I have seen so far.

Outstanding. Easily the best 35mm camera that I have owned. You will find that all of the reviewers agree. The issue is whether or not you can afford to turn your D810 into a 'backup' camera or not.

Just shot a week long stills campaign and 3 commercial shoots in two weeks. The autofocus alone blows the D810 out of the water.