Adam here at the Digital Goja Showroom and in this video we're gonna check out
one of the most sold after DSLRs in the market the Nikon D850, stay right here.
Thank you for joining us whether you currently own a D850 or are looking
to buy one today we're going to answer some of your most frequently asked
questions regarding this professional-grade DSLR camera.
Introduced towards the end of August 2017 the D 850 is Nikon's latest
flagship in their full-frame lineup and it features some of the best technology
currently available. Starting with its forty five point seven megapixel
backside illuminated full-frame CMOS sensor, it's incredible dynamic range, its
speed, its low-light performance and of course its ability to record 4k Ultra
High Definition video utilizing the full width of the sensor that means no crop,
now that raises the bar of what it's possible to do with a DSLR camera.
So without further ado let's answer those questions. What are some of the main
advantages of a backside illuminated sensor like the one that's found in the
Nikon D850? So this first Nikon camera to feature a backside illuminated sensor,
now this is going to allow all the incoming light to reach the photo diodes
more efficiently making for great advantages in image processing as well
as quality, for instance, you have a forty five megapixel camera that's able to
capture all that information at seven frames per second even up to nine frames
per second when you're using the battery grip in addition you have an image
sensor that allows you to capture incredible detail and clarity when
shooting under low-light in addition Nikon removed the optical
low-pass filter and this is going to make sure that you get all the detail
possible in your image. Are you capable of attaching a DX series lens to your
Nikon D850? Another great feature of your Nikon D850 is the fact that you can still
use your DX series lenses, so once you attach a DX series lens the cameras get
an automatically detect that it's a DX lens and do the cropping for you, now in
the viewfinder, since this is a full-frame camera,
the camera is going to generate a bounding area for for you to compose
your frame, so you want to make sure that all the elements of the image
are within that bounding area, anything that falls outside is not going to be in
your photo. Now if you need something that's easier or more clear you can use
the live view that's going to give you a hundred percent viewing of your DX crop
mode, remember also that there are many different aspect ratios that you can
shoot in, so if you have your DX lens on your camera you're still able to shoot
in the one by one format for example and that's going to allow you to directly
import right into Instagram if you want to put that beautiful shot that you take
in with your Nikon D850. Is there any benefit of shooting in the DX mode
rather than just cropping the full-frame image? In my opinion, one of the great
features of this camera is the ability to shoot in multiple aspect ratios like
the DX crop mode, which is actually maintaining the aspect ratio of the
full-frame you're still shooting in three by two but you're getting that 1.5
crop factor, now the way I look at it is if you're shooting sports, you might be
shooting a thousand images, maybe fifteen hundred images, think about having to
crop all those images in the computer afterwards. I don't know about you but I
don't want to spend the time in the computer doing that I like to get the
stuff done in the camera itself. Choosing DX crop mode in the camera, if you're
gonna be cropping the images later it's helpful, also because now it forces you
to compose the image in the camera itself and not rely on cropping and
making sure the elements work together later on in the computer, you do have the
ability to shoot more images on your card, remember it's going down to 19
megapixels, so the file size is going to be much more manageable, you can also
still shoot in RAW shooting in the DX crop mode which is going to give you the
versatility of the raw file to work your magic, is improving lifting up all the
shadow detail and recovering some of that highlight detail, so in my opinion,
if you know you're gonna crop the image, you need some extra reach and you don't
want to spend the time in the computer, choose the DX crop mode in the D850.
Could you explain some of the different focusing options found on the Nikon D850?
The Nikon D850 has an incredible autofocus system, it actually takes a lot
from the d5 which is Nikon's flagship camera, you have a hundred and fifty
three auto focusing point, 99 of those are cross-type and 15 have the ability
to focus all the way down to f/8 which is a must-have for sports and wildlife
photographers. Now, you also have the ability, if you have the focusing point
in the center to focus that -4 Ev, that's incredible, you can focus pretty
much an almost pitch dark, I think it's called nautical Twilight all the other
points are gonna be -3 ev, which is great for wedding photographers,
especially if you're photographing a bride in a wedding dress, you can feel
confident that the cameras gonna hit on the autofocus every time when you need it.
I've read that the Nikon D850 features a touchscreen what are some of
its features? So the tilting TFT touchscreen gives you
a couple of different features to be able to do, you have the ability to use
it as a touch shutter, this allows you to take the photo just by tapping the back
of the screen when you're in Live View, it also has the ability to be utilized
to tap to focus, so you can tap the area that you want the AF point to hit and it
will do that of course in Live View for both photo and video. When you're
reviewing your image you also have the image ability to swipe through the
images and you can also do pinch to zoom, similar to like what you would do on
your cell phone. Another great feature is that you have complete access to the
menu system using the touch screen, this helps when you're on the fly, so if you
hit the information button, you bring up some of those quick access menu features.
You can tap the ones that you want and quickly change any of the settings of
your camera. Does the Nikon D850 feature silent shooting and if it does
how do you set it up? Silent Live View photography is one of the coolest new
features on the Nikon D850, in fact it's the only DSLR camera that can shoot
completely silent, now the great thing about this mode is when
you're in a situation where you can't make any sound, this is gonna work
perfectly. It's also great for shooting longer
exposures where you can't afford to have any vibrations happen due to the shutter,
now as the name implies you have to be in live view, now to access it, once
the live view is activated, you're gonna hit the i button and then you're going
to select either mode 1 or mode 2 for silent live view shooting. In mode 1
you're going to be able to shoot up to 6 frames per second at full resolution,
this is great again to make sure that you don't get any vibrations caused by
the shutter, so when shooting any static objects or landscapes.
Mode 2 is gonna allow you to shoot at a higher frame rate at the DX crop at up
to 30 or 15 frames per second at a burst of 3 seconds and this is going to be at
JPEG normal. What are some of the picture profiles available in the photo and
video modes? In the Nikon D850 you have 8 customizable picture profiles, now these
picture profiles allow you to enhance your photos to the way you like it,
you have Auto which cameras going to select the picture profile according to the
scene it sees, you have standard, you have neutral, you have monochrome, you have
vivid, you have portrait, you have landscape, you have flat picture profile.
Now these picture profiles are great to select when you're shooting in JPEG.
Remember if you shoot in RAW you're able to select them in your raw editor as
well, If you're going to shoot video you can have access to all the same picture
profiles, I do recommend using neutral or flat if you're gonna want to color grade
in post afterwards, also if you're gonna shoot raw you can shoot in the flat or
the neutral picture profiles because this is gonna allow you to get the most
amount of detail on your highlights and your shadows. How do you activate the
electronic level in the optical viewfinder? Let's find out. This is a
great question because the indicator was not assigned to any specific custom
button on the D850 like it was on previous cameras, all you have to do is
go to the custom setting menu F, number one, select the custom button that you
want to assign the viewfinder virtual horizon to.
This will give you the ability to activate it and deactivate it really quickly. How do
you set up a custom white balance on the Nikon D850? So making sure that the colors
especially the whites appear white in your photograph are important, and the Nikon
D850, as well as most cameras, give you the ability to do a custom
white balance. On the Nikon D850 there are two different ways, one you can
use a reference photo and if you're gonna do the reference photo what I'd
recommend is picking up something like the easy balance card from Lastolite
where you have a target on 18% gray as well as a white side as well, now you can
take a photo a photograph of the card and making sure that this is in the
light source, the majority of the light source that's lighting your subject
matter, you're also going to make sure that there's no shadows being casted on
the card itself, you photograph it and then you go into the cameras menu and
you're going to select that image as your reference image for your custom
white balance. Now there's also a different mode where you could do a
direct white balance preset and you have six different presets that you can set,
the way that's going to work is, again you're going to hit the white
balance, you're going to use the command wheel to change to the preset white
balance and then you're gonna hold down white balance for about three seconds
until the letters P R E are flash on the top LCD screen once they start flashing
you can go ahead and again you can take a photograph of something like this in
your frame, making sure that there's no shadows being casted on it and once you
do that you can save it in either d1 through d6 for your custom presets.
How many continuous images can be shot on the Nikon D850 when you're shooting in
RAW or JPEG? So the Nikon D850 has the capability of recording a forty five
megapixel frame at seven frames per second with the standard EN-EL15a
battery, now if you want to get up to that nine frames per second you're gonna
need to purchase the MB D18 vertical grip as well as the EN-EL 18a battery,
that's going to allow the camera to be able to shoot at the nine frames per
second. The camera has a buffer depth of 200
images when shooting JPEG, pretty much you can shoot until the cards are full.
If you're gonna shoot in continuous RAW you're gonna get a 50 images before the
cameras are gonna start slowing down, I would recommend purchasing an xQD card
if you're going to want to shoot continuous and you're gonna want to
shoot in the Raw mode. So I'm stepping up from the Nikon D810, what can I expect
with the new video features found on the Nikon D850. The Nikon D850 allows you to
record really incredible 4k footage now the colorscience from Nikon is just so
beautiful. I particularly really like the way this
camera records 4k footage, now you can have the ability to record 4k at up to
30 frames per second. If you want to record slow-motion, the camera is capable
of recording up to 120 frames per second at 1080p, now the camera does have some
video assist features like zebra patterns for exposure and focus peaking
for focusing, now if you're gonna record it in 4k, you're gonna have to make sure
that you're using some other external monitor if you want focus peaking
because focus peaking won't work in the 4k mode, it's only available in 1080.
Talking about 4k the camera is able to export uncompressed 4k signal from the
the camera to the recorder to get uncompressed video. You have the ability
to record to an XQD card as well and all your picture profiles, remember
as I mentioned in another question earlier, are available for shooting with
4k and 1080 footage. I've heard that this camera can record 8k video is that even
possible? No, unfortunately you cannot record 8k video at this time but what
the camera is capable of doing is recording an 8k time-lapse video and
that's set up into the camera itself and the time-lapse feature, it's a really
neat feature to have, it's something that's become
really popular and use a lot in todays videos. Well that wraps it up on our
frequently asked questions for the Nikon D850.
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