NIKON D850

It’s been hyped as Nikon’s best ever professional DSLR, so we thought best to give it a fitting workout. Jordan Butters takes on a tour of India with the new Nikon D850

- Jordan Butters

SEVEN DAYS, 8,958-miles travelled, 73GB of memory and 1,370 images shot. That’s my hands-on experience of Nikon’s latest professional full-frame DSLR in raw numbers, and it’s fair to say that I’ve really had a chance to get to grips with the new D850 for this month’s camera test. For those who prefer to skip straight to the verdict I’ll save you the effort – the Nikon D850 is all the DSLR that you’ll ever need. If you want to find out exactly why I’ve come to this conclusion, read on…

Truth be told, I’d been excited about getting my hands on the D850 since it was first announced. My first ever Nikon DSLR was the D800, and it was in fact a brief fl ing with this camera that convinced me to make the unusual decision to switch all of my kit over from Canon to Nikon. My D800 is almost six years old now, and so the D850’s announcement came at just the right time when the thought of changing had started to creep into my mind. When the D850’s glowing gold box landed on my doorstep for this month’s test, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect – I was due to set off on a week-long journey around the sights of northern India, and this presented the perfect opportunity to see how the D850 handled in a very unforgiving and very real-world scenario. Low light, high heat, dust, dirt, unmentionable liquids, tricky lighting, bumps and knocks all featured heavily – as well as some breathtaking scenery, of course.