When comparing Nikon D810 vs Nikon D850, the Slant community recommends Nikon D810 for most people. In the question“What are the best full frame DSLR cameras?” Nikon D810 is ranked 1st while Nikon D850 is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Nikon D810 is:
It's fast and decisive both in good light and in low light. It accurately recognizes faces and focuses on the nearest eye.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great autofocus
It's fast and decisive both in good light and in low light. It accurately recognizes faces and focuses on the nearest eye.
Pro Flat color profile for video
A flat color profile captures footage in low contrast and higher dynamic range allowing for easier color grading in post-production.
Pro Quiet
Pro Focus peaking in live view
When using manual focus lens, you can turn on focus peaking to see which parts of the picture in in focus, as there will be a colour (by the default settings red) "painted" to tell you that that part of the picture is in focus
Pro Focus Shift stacking
Also know as focus stacking, this camera is able to do focus shift photography on its own after the set up, thus it will not be so tedious in terms of capturing the photo.
Cons
Con Settings banks don't save all settings
Certain settings including AF and Advance modes can't be saved to settings banks and thus can't be recalled.
Con Lacks peaking for video
Focus peaking is not present in D810.
Con Poor AF in video mode
Con Subject tracking starts having issues in burst mode
Con Low-light performance could be better
Con Electronic 1st curtain can only be used in Mirror Up mode
Con Expensive to get "faster" frame rate
While it ships with a standard frame rate of 7fps, to get to its full functionality of 9fps, you will need the hand grip, as well as the D5 grip battery and charger, which cost a lot more extra.
