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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

Nikon D810: This DSLR camera gets overlooked. It was less important than the D800, but objectively better

Person holding Nikon D810 .

The Nikon D810 is trending on Google, which is slightly surprising in that it’s usually the Nikon D800 or Nikon D850 that gets all the attention. And I’m partially guilty in that I’ve written loads about those DSLR camera classics, but comparatively little about the Nikon D810. The problem is that it was a rather unremarkable entry into the D8XX series because it was essentially the Nikon D800 2.0.

It fixed a major problem and added a few small but decent upgrades, but the D800 (however flawed) remains the ground-breaking camera. The Nikon D850, then, was the proper follow-up and is considered by many, myself included, the greatest DSLR of all time. So, the poor old D810 is often forgotten about, but the thing is, it was actually an incredible camera. Let's explore why...

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