Gunner3451

The review are all good but I think the price is what will turn the average and novice photographer away that's a lot of money and average joe couldn't afford it just for the camera I believe for that asking price they should throw in a couple of decent lenses with and a few extra's.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

There are many reasons why we have multiple brands and models of products. Simply put, they meet different needs. There really is no one "world's best". There is only what is best for each user. Life is full of little trade-offs!

The Nikon D850 is TOTALLY drool-worthy for certain applications. However, it would be total overkill for most of what I do, and, like all dSLRs, frustrating for much of the rest.

I need a camera designed to do equal parts still photography and filmmaking style video production. It has to be small, light, very portable, and very rugged. My Lumix GH4 fits that role nicely. Were I buying today, I would get a GH5.

Many folks who do work similar to mine are already calling the GH5 their "camera of the year 2017." Check out Hugh Brownstone's video (for Three Blind Men and an Elephant Productions) on YouTube, to learn why videographers like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17gIXA4iKIE He's a documentary filmmaker who has produced many episodes with it. He WAS a Sony user, prior to the GH5.

Hybrid photography — much of what I do — combines stills, video, text, graphics, narration, art, animation, and music into creations that live on the Internet and corporate Intranets, on TV, or in theaters. Mine is mostly training content for eLearning, event documentaries, dramatic short films, product photography, copy work, and restoration.

When >95% of one's work will never be printed, but live as 4K or 1080P web videos, or as stills in 8.5x11 PDF documents, a big, heavy, high resolution, expensive dSLR is just unwarranted. I'm comfortable with high resolution prints from the GH4 up to 15x10 inches. Most content even looks good up to 40x30 when viewed at a distance equal to the print's diagonal dimension.

However, if I were doing landscapes, point-of-purchase displays, and other huge prints *all the time,* the D850 would make perfect sense. But to tie up that much money, bulk, and weight in gear that would be ideal for me only a few percent of the time is just irrational. Were I to need it, I would rent it.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

How dependable the site is can easily be determined by looking at all the other reviews made by the site. If the site raves about every piece of new equipment they get their hands on, then one needs take their reviews with caution.

Bill_de Loc: US

Obviously this would not be your first choice. But I'd guess a lot of those buying it are amateur photographers. A couple of decent full frame lenses would easily be more than half the price they are asking for the camera. But all the major brands including Nikon sell less expensive cameras and lenses which do a very decent job.

Some people buy Chevy, some buy Caddy. There are always some who want a Caddy for the price of a Chevy. That keeps the used market going.

Something for everyone.

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sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

I am not a Nikon user, but I think the accolades may be justified on this particular model. The world awaits the model that does it all and does it well. Maybe best to date - tomorrow there will be one even better.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

The brain is an amazing instrument, much like gingerprints, there likely are no two the same. When all brains think alike, then perhaps we will then discover the "World's Best" everything. Until then, I'll settle for less exclusionary phraseology.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Oh, I forgot one item. The good-ole b acon/lettuce/tomato sandwich is "The World's Best Sandwich!!!
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AlfredU Loc: Mooresville, NC

For once, I'm going to agree with you.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Thank ya, thank ya vury much.😎😎

AlfredU Loc: Mooresville, NC

I'm partial to a Hasselblad 500c.

lautenk2

I agree. But if you don't mask the EXIF data you're gonna lose your shirt.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Yeah, but checking exif is in the same ballpark as cheating on this test.

terry44 Loc: Tuolumne County California, Maui Hawaii

mmmmmm bacon bacon bacon blt's are the best

Retired fat guy with a camera Loc: Colorado

I usually do not view my pictures at a sub atomic level

insaneo Loc: Byram, ms.