Nikon D850 previews, commentary - first reviews

[Airy]

what aperture did you use with the Noct ?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

what aperture did you use with the Noct ?

Assuming I was the intended person, f/1.2

[Michael Erlewine]

Assuming I was the intended person, f/1.2

If your asking about my shot, it was wide open.

[Airy]

Thank you both

[Frank Fremerey]

I tested low light capability in bad mixed light conditions yesterday, shot very nice portraits under ugly lighting conditions. My verdict: Superb color rendition and grain like luminance noise mixed into the skin tones. I have no permission of the people I took the photos from to show these one the net. Pity.

I changed picture style from "auto" to "standard" and I like the JPEG-results much better.

[golunvolo]

A shame as I will be very interested in low light real images from you. Im still going planing on getting one. Thanks please, share if you have another samples.

[Frank Fremerey]

A shame as I will be very interested in low light real images from you. Im still going planing on getting one. Thanks please, share if you have another samples.

I can send them to you via private message, no problem. But I cannot post them to the public, because there is no model release. ...

[Frode]

It’s been since about June of 2016 when I ordered the new Hasselblad X1D and waited. Then I ordered the Fuji GFX... and waited. I sent both of those back for various reasons along with a lot of lenses, etc.

Then I ordered the Nikon D850 and waited just a little.

I received my copy today and have only had a couple of hours of time in on it. There may be some deep-dark flaw, but I have not seen it yet. Some of our techsperts will have to check that out. My initial impressions, so far, are:

(1) The ISO 64 seems to be there.

(2) The extra Mpx are definitely worth it. Very much a difference that counts.

(3) The new LiveView screen is better than the D810 by a lot, but also perhaps a little more difficult to focus, not to see, but to adjust focus.

(4) The sharpness of older lenses like the photo here taken with the Voigtlander 125mm APO-Lanthar push this lens to a higher state of us. The camera makes sharpness... sharper, IMO.

(5) The color on the LiveView screen looks different than the D810, but the end result (color-wise) is excellent. No complaints.

I don’t use auto-focus and I still have not got the camera set up properly, but I’m working on it. So my initial impression is that this camera is as good or even better than I had hoped and at a HUGE savings in cost, not to mention that I have so many great lenses in the Nikon F-mount. If I have a single doubt, and I am not done checking this out, the highlights may clip... slightly more easily than the D810, but I will wait for gear guys to test this.

So far, so good.

Photo by the D850 and Voigtlander 125mm APO-Lanthar lens.

The colors and bokeh; magic!

[charlie]

I can send them to you via private message, no problem. But I cannot post them to the public, because there is no model release. ...

I get not posting portraits to the web for privacy concerns and out of respect, but model release is only necessary for commercial use where I live. I suspect you did not have model releases for everyone in the outdoor images posted earlier. Is this different because they were in a public space?

[golunvolo]

I can send them to you via private message, no problem. But I cannot post them to the public, because there is no model release. ...

   Thank you Frank!
 

[golunvolo]

Just downloaded the latest nx-d version. I´m impressed with the 1800 iso and the ability to get +2 ev in post, correct the white balance and still get away with it.The rest is promising too. Thanks Frank

[Frank Fremerey]

I get not posting portraits to the web for privacy concerns and out of respect, but model release is only necessary for commercial use where I live. I suspect you did not have model releases for everyone in the outdoor images posted earlier. Is this different because they were in a public space?

More or less the answer is: YES, but not because it is a public space but because it is a public event. The detailed answer is: it is very complicated.

[Frank Fremerey]

Just downloaded the latest nx-d version. I´m impressed with the 1800 iso and the ability to get +2 ev in post, correct the white balance and still get away with it.The rest is promising too. Thanks Frank

what did you think about IQ of the ISO 9 000, ISO 11 400, ISO 25 600 that I sent to you?

[golunvolo]

The one marked 9000 is actually iso 1800 (dsc_2171) That´s the one I pushed 2 stops with very good results.
  I like the 11400. I pushed it 1/3 and touch the wb  a little and I think it will work for me if needed. The high resolution helps a lot.
   25600 not for me.

   After seeing this I think I will comfortably shoot in the 1600-3200 range. It is the same thing I´m doing with the d500 and the d750 as of today but with that resolution, speed and autofocus, silent shutter, etc...

[Frank Fremerey]

The one marked 9000 is actually iso 1800 (dsc_2171) That´s the one I pushed 2 stops with very good results.
  I like the 11400. I pushed it 1/3 and touch the wb  a little and I think it will work for me if needed. The high resolution helps a lot.
   25600 not for me.

   After seeing this I think I will comfortably shoot in the 1600-3200 range. It is the same thing I´m doing with the d500 and the d750 as of today but with that resolution, speed and autofocus, silent shutter, etc...

The ISO9000 file I like is underway, sorry I mistook the number!