JR69 Loc: Wolverine Michigan

I have 2 Nikon d-80 from way back. I use one as a second camera and the wife uses the other on full auto. I upgraded to FX with the D600 when it came out. After two sensor cleanings and a shutter replacements, Nikon USA replaced it with my current 610. I would like better low light results. Native iso is only 6400 and perhaps 3000 is my limit with acceptable noise. Higher frames per second would be nice for airshows, car races and birds in flight. My 24.3 Megapixel is adequate but a higher mgpxl could be nice for cropping.

My glass consists of: Nikkor 17-35mm 2.8 D, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 D, Nikkor 60mm 2.8 G Micro, Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 G II VR , Nikkor 300mm 2.8G II VR, Nikon AF-S TeleconverterTC-20EIII along with a few DX lens for the d80's

Bodies I am considering: 750 but not much of improvement over 610.. I pick up 1 stop on the iso, same fps 6, more focus points 51 but I tend to use single. Expeed 4
Down side old body and I understand it's on its 3rd recall. Price is cheap. $1500.

D810 much like the 750 but 36 Mgpxl, older than the D750. They are still selling them but not on the Nikon USA web page under FX cameras. $2800.

The D850 and the D500 look like sweethearts.. All I hear is good things about the 850 except the wait time to get one. It's a tad more than I want to spend. Good low end iso at 64 but only 25,600 on the high end. fps is only 7 and with the battery pack 9fps. The D500 also looks sweet with features better than the 850 - iso 100-51200 , higher fps 10. Down side is its a DX.. That would help with the field of view with the long glass but I would then need a great DX wide angle zoom. The D500 for all you get is cheap also at $1900. Both have exceed 5

Numerous sources, big box stores in Ny , Nikon USA other blogs and here have guessed at the wait time for the D850 between a week to 12 weeks or even longer....

Sooo What say you? Bite the bullit for the 850, settle for the 500 or pick up an older body???

BebuLamar

A D3s or the D4 both fast and work well at high iso

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I have a D810 however I would not hesitate a second to have a D500. It is most often the sports and wildlife photographer's camera of choice. The D5 is the current high-end pro camera for sports and wildlife.

If I were to do it over, the D500 would be hard for me to pass up.

Acountry330 Loc: Dothan,Ala USA

I really like all of those megapixels of the D-800 thru D-850. If you really need the fps then I guess you will have to get a D-500 and a D-850.

Snappin053 Loc: Southern Vermont

You just talked yourself into the 850. Rumor has it that Nikon will, or is, developing a mirrorless camera. I'm going to wait awhile and see what comes down the pike.

tomcat

D500 for action shots and D750 for landscape and portraits. The D750 has a great DR hard to beat in low light

grandpaw

I have a D500 and a D600 and if something happened to both of them I would replace them with two D500s. The D500 just does so many things very well and I would not hesitate to recommend one to anybody!!!

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

I have a back up D810 with only 256 clicks on it, USA model Like new with all it came with for sale if you are looking for a full frame hi end camera. If you are interested PM me and I will send you all the photos of the camera. Still using my daily D810 and loving it.

Bob

Bill_de Loc: US

http://www.cameraegg.org/nikon-d850-in-stock-tracker/

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RickL Loc: Vail, Az

I have a d810 and am very satisfied with it. An excellent excellent camet a

Rick

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

The D500 is terrible for noise in my opinion, your D610 is better in that department, I have the D600 and it beats the D500 for noise. You can't beat the frame rate of the D500 but most of my wildlife is early mourning or heavy shade, the reason I bought the D600 to start with. A noisy picture is a noisy picture no matter if you capture it or not. Now if all my wildlife was in full sun I would never consider anything other than the D500, but thats not the case......I Just ordered the D850 myself. If you want the D810 there are lots available, slightly used at B&H and Adorama for around $1,800 with a grade of at least 9.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

IMHO, you should check out Bob's (blue-ultra) D810. I have the D800 and was blown away with the detail in the 36mp images. The "tweeks" that Nikon made in it to come up with the D810 are frosting-on-the-cake.

CO

From now on I'm only going to buy cameras that don't have an anti-aliasing filter in front of the sensor. When I got my D500 (no AA filter) I did comparison shots with that camera and a D750 (has AA filter). The images were processed the same way for consistency. The D500 images were clearly sharper. I've noticed that also when comparing a D7100 (no AA filter) with my D7000 (has AA filter). I would get a D500, D810, or D850.

Largobob

With so many moving to the D850.....there are lots of gently used D810's on the market now. I bought mine from a member on this site, and am very pleased with both the camera and the transaction. I got the D810, battery grip, several Lexar Professional 1066x memory cards, extra Nikon batteries, LCD screen protector, with original box and all original contents. In today's world....look to spend about $1,800 for that, including free (insured) delivery to your door.

The D810 is a superb camera. IMHO, you should consider it when making your decision.

astacus

The Nikon D3S is the ONLY camera I regret letting go...and it seems to be holding value well. It was/is an absolute gem, with low noise performance and colour rendition that was fabulous.
(going off to see how much a medium used S/H one is nowadays....)