Anyone check out the new Nikon D810 36.3-megapixel

[Kim Welch]

Nikon seems is stepping it up with the new D810. It might give Canon a dent with serveral new recording features and faster proc. Anyone test drive it yet?

Update, November 2026
The Nikon D810 was a 36-megapixel stills camera with improved video. Nikon's Z series mirrorless cameras, such as the Z6 III and Z8, now offer internal raw video and are serious filmmaking tools.

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[Tim Kolb]

Nikon seems is stepping it up with the new D810. It might give Canon a dent with serveral new recording features and faster proc. Anyone test drive it yet?

Nikon doesn't go out of their way to publish video data rates...historically they've been more aggressively compressed than Canon...who has a I-frame recording option in the newest products.

 

[Tim Kolb]

Nikon seems is stepping it up with the new D810. It might give Canon a dent with serveral new recording features and faster proc. Anyone test drive it yet?

Nikon doesn't go out of their way to publish video data rates...historically they've been more aggressively compressed than Canon...who has a I-frame recording option in the newest products.