d-850 (Page 5): Interesting post. I'm curious which program you use on your phone. It sounds like a good app to have. Cheers! Harold I used the Nikon SnapBridge App in my home as an...

Dossile

Interesting post. I'm curious which program you use on your phone. It sounds like a good app to have. Cheers!
Harold

I used the Nikon SnapBridge App in my home as an experiment from a different room. It’s too cold for much outdoor work here. I’ll give it a real trial as things warm up in a few months. To make it work remotely with focus and settings, I shut down all other SnapBridge features. Given the reviews, I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked.

Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois

i guess the big question is whether or not you would need to keep the d800 as a second body or try to sell it on the used market.

Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Dossile wrote:

Interesting post. I'm curious which program you use on your phone. It sounds like a good app to have. Cheers!
Harold

I used the Nikon SnapBridge App in my home as an experiment from a different room. It’s too cold for much outdoor work here. I’ll give it a real trial as things warm up in a few months. To make it work remotely with focus and settings, I shut down all other SnapBridge features. Given the reviews, I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked.

Thank you for your reply. I reread your post and you did mention SnapBridge. Sorry to waste your time. Cheers.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Dossile wrote:

Interesting post. I'm curious which program you use on your phone. It sounds like a good app to have. Cheers!
Harold

I used the Nikon SnapBridge App in my home as an experiment from a different room. It’s too cold for much outdoor work here. I’ll give it a real trial as things warm up in a few months. To make it work remotely with focus and settings, I shut down all other SnapBridge features. Given the reviews, I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked.

I recently traded my D5300 for a D5600, mostly to get the touch screen which I’ve learned to love on my Lumix. I’ll be keeping it as a travel camera even when I get the 850. I hadn’t noticed they deleted the infrared release. I loved its simplicity, especially compared to the stupid design of the remote connectior for my D800 (can’t get fingers around screw collar).

So I need to learn to use snapbridge with it. I already don’t like the need to have my phone with me and charged...especially when on travel...and the need to go through a kubuki dance to hook up the App each time. But it does provide the option to see what you have framed before firing. So maybe I’ll learn to love it.

It looks like the 85O’s 10 pin connector might be a little easier to use than the stupid one on the D800. Anyone tried it?

Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois

i guess the big question is whether or not you would need to keep the d800 as a second body or try to sell it on the used market. You spent the money on the 24-70 f2.8 and the other 2 lenses, so upgrades in lenses is not an issue. How important is the extension of the ISO in the d850 to you? Plus, I can't remember if the d800 has an anti-alising filter for the sensor, but if it does, that is another plus for the newer body. I've ordered a D850, but I am upgrading from DX to FX.

Dan R Loc: Way Way Way Upstate NY

FiddleMaker wrote:

I think the D850 does not have an anti-aliasing filter and the D800 does have one. My D750 does have an AA filter but I wish it did not.

Your D750 performs better in low light and higher ISOs than the D850.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Dan R wrote:

Your D750 performs better in low light and higher ISOs than the D850.

It would not surprise me: the sensor pixels are nearly twice the size. But the D850 sensor and electronics are at least one generation beyond so I’d need evidence to accept the assertion.

Haydon

rmalarz wrote:

Looks great. What is the D850 going to do for you that the D800 doesn't?
--Bob

Satisfy a GAS attack :)