If you are in the market for a new DSLR camera it might be with waiting another week, as the Nikon Rumours website has reported this week that the camera manufacturer may be unveiling their next new camera in the form of the Nikon D850 DSLR camera on August 16th, give or take a day depending on your time zone.
The date has been leaked via a Chinese slide presentation, which could either be an internal presentation already for an official announcement to launch the new Nikon D850 camera to the world.
Rumoured specifications for the new Nikon 850 include :
– 45.75MP full frame CMOS sensor
– New and improved version of SnapBridge
– No built-in GPS
– Tiltable LCD (3.2″, 2.36 million dots)
– Fully functional touchscreen: supports touch AF, touch shutter and touch menu
– Memory card slots: one SD and one XQD
– AF system from the D5 (153 points, 130% frame coverage compared to the D810, all AF points @ -3EV, middle/center crosshair sensor @-4EV)
– New smaller AF point
– No built-in flash
– Back illuminated buttons
– Joystick selector
– Built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
– 8K time-lapse video capabilities
– 4k UHD video in FX format (with no crop)
– No EVF or hybrid viewfinder
– Slo-mo full HD 120fps video
– The SD slot will support UHS-II
– Improved LiveView split-screen display
– Improved silent shooting mode: fully-silent, no-sound electronic shutter in live view (6 fps silent shooting, no mechanical movement, can shoot up to 30fps @ 8MP with the electronic shutter)
– Improved battery life
– Lighter than the D810
– Native ISO range: 64-25,600
– ISO 64 extendable down to ISO 32 (Lo1 = 32, Hi 2 = 108,400)
– 7fps without grip, 9fps with grip (MB-D18a battery grip and the EN-EL18a battery)
– 51 images raw buffer at 14-bit RAW
– 0.75x optical viewfinder (largest ever on a Nikon FX cameras)
– 180k RGB meter
– No AA filter
– Supports for Nikon wireless transmitter WT-7
– Built-in focus stacking: up to 300 pictures with up to 10 levels of focusing steps (still need external software)
– Price will be CNY 23,999 or around $3,600 (source: Chinese forum)
– Announcement date could be August 16th
– RAW sizes: small, medium, large
– New 1:1 mode
– New natural light AWB
As soon as more information is announced we will keep you up-to-date as always.
Source: Nikon Rumours
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