Happy Birthday Nikon! Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most important and celebrated companies in the photography industry. Even if you are a Canon or Sony shooter, of which I have been both, Nikon deserves a great deal of respect for its pioneering development of top-tier imaging equipment over the past century. Established in 1917, Nikon began creating advanced optical engineering techniques and then, over time, jumped into cameras and quickly became one of the top manufacturers in the field. And even though today marks Nikon’s own birthday, the company decided to give us a present too, with the announcement of the first details on the next FX-format DSLR to join their ranks: the D850.
Perhaps going a bit far with its marketing and using phrases like “Hercules rising,” Nikon is making some bold statements about the upcoming D850. The next-generation camera promises high resolution and high speed and, though the press releases are light on actual specs, one eyebrow-raising feature did get highlighted in the announcement video: 8K Time-Lapse. This means we will likely see a boost to the resolution with a newly designed sensor, likely pushing 40+ megapixels and vastly improved video performance overall. The sample footage looks spectacular, and if it is any improvement over the already impressive D810, then we can assume that the D850 will be truly remarkable when it comes to image quality.
Higher resolution isn’t the only goal of the D850, however, with the press release promising versatility for multimedia content creators. It even targets landscape, wedding, sports, fashion, and commercial photographers, meaning it should have many features that will make it almost universally appealing to the photographic world. They also make clear that development was guided by the users themselves and that it is packed with new technologies that will make taking pictures a much more enjoyable and rewarding experience. It really does look like Nikon is going to deliver an incredible camera in the D850, and I know I can’t wait to see more details.
Check back soon and often for those details on the D850 DSLR, because we will publish the information right here on Explora, once we have more to share. To read more about the Nikon 100th Anniversary Limited Edition collection, click here.
