The Nikon D810 features a high level of detail and sharpness, a wide dynamic range, and a rich tonality in nearly any light. It's designed for still and multimedia photographers including landscape, studio, wedding, and portrait pros, as well as cinematographers and camera operators. The D810 also offers meticulous autofocus, fast frame rates and image processing, smaller file formats, superior energy efficiency, and other unique capabilities for all manners of shooting.
The D810 raises the bar for image quality and dynamic range with an FX-format full-frame image sensor design—36.3-megapixels with no optical low-pass filter— that is paired with Nikon's EXPEED 4 image processing for flawless detail retention from snow white to pitch black, noise-free images from ISO 64 to ISO 12,800, an extremely wide dynamic range, well-saturated skin tones, and much more. The combination reveals the true optical precision of NIKKOR lenses, which provide flawless rendering even at these pixel counts.
The D810 is the full-frame DSLR camera that cinematographers, camera operators, and multimedia photographers have been waiting for. Bring the camera's remarkable image quality and dynamic range to 1080p videos recorded at 60/50/30/25/24p uncompressed to an external device, compressed to an internal CF/SD card, or both simultaneously. Move between dark and light scenes without any iris or frame-rate adjustments thanks to ISO Auto Adjust. Smoothly change a shot's depth of field with power iris control. Shoot in a flat picture style that enhances dynamic range and streamlines post-production work. Even enjoy broadcast-caliber audio control right in the camera.
The D810 can capture 5 fps at full resolution and in 5:4 crop mode, 6 fps in 1:2 crop mode and 7 fps in DX-crop mode*. Enjoy sharp focus thanks to an Advanced Multi-CAM 3500FX AF sensor that uses 51 focus points, including 15 cross-type sensors, 11 of which work all the way to f/8, plus a Group Area AF. Internal vibration has been nearly eliminated with a sequencer mechanism and Electronic Front Curtain Shutter system. You can even quickly spot-check your focus by zooming in 46x on the large 3.2" 1,229k-dot display with RGBW alignment and monitor highlights during video capture with zebra striping right in the display. *When using optional MB-D12 battery pack (for up to 100 jpeg shots)
The D810 can produce stunning star-trail images with unlimited continuous shooting (for as long as your battery or memory card will allow). Create smooth, even time-lapse sequences thanks to Exposure Smoothing. Preserve details in both the shadowy and bright areas of stage performances and other spot-lit situations with Highlight-weighted Metering. Use the D810's pop-up flash as a Commander for Nikon's Creative Light System—a major convenience for location photographers. Save your files in a 12-bit uncompressed RAW size S* format that's half the size of RAW size L.
*In-camera RAW processing or some retouch options, such as image overlay, cannot be applied.
Nikon's EXPEED 4 image processing concept is 30% faster than its predecessor, has 25% faster frame rates (5 fps), a wider ISO range of 64-12,800 with low noise throughout, smooth gradations, a wide dynamic range, optimizations for 1080 60p video, greater energy efficiency, and more.
A deeper grip ensures stable handling, even for small hands. A brighter viewfinder offers ~100% frame coverage, 0.7x magnification and high contrast organic EL information display for easier visibility. The scratch- and shock-resistant TFT LCD display has wide viewing angles and enhanced visibility in sunlight. Its color can be calibrated to match an external monitor, and a split-screen feature lets you monitor two different points of a scene side-by-side to ensure proper leveling or focus.
The D810 with magnesium alloy, stringently tested weather and dust sealing, a shutter that's been tested to 200,000 cycles, longer battery life, and advanced in-camera editing like NEF (RAW) processing, distortion control, image overlay and more, makes the D810 as reliable on the road as it is in the studio.
With optional Nikon Speedlights, lighting is as powerful and comprehensive as you want it to be, while pro-grade Wi-Fi® transmitters and remote controls streamline workflow in the studio or at a remote location. Draw the most from RAW files with the Capture NX-D software, or tailor your images and customize your picture control settings with the optional Picture Control Utility 2.
Nikon D810 DSLR Camera with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm VR Lens Specifications:
- Type: Single-lens reflex digital camera
- Lens Mount: Nikon F bayonet mount
- Image Sensor:
- Effective Pixels: 36.3 million
- Sensor Size: 35.9 mm x 24 mm
- Image Sensor Format: FX
- Image Sensor Type: CMOS
- Total Pixels: 37.09 million
- Dust-reduction system:
- Image sensor cleaning
- Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)
- Dust-Off Reference Photo: Yes
- Image Area (pixels):
- FX-format;
- (L) 7,360 x 4,912
- (M) 5,520 x 3,680
- (S) 3,680 x 2,456
- 1:2 format (30 x 20):
- (L) 6,144 x 4,080
- (M) 4,608 x 3,056
- (S) 3,072 x 2,040
- 5:4 format (30 x 24):
- (L) 6,144 x 4,912
- (M) 4,608 x 3,680
- (S) 3,072 x 2,456
- DX-format:
- (L) 4,800 x 3,200
- (M) 3,600 x 2,400
- (S) 2,400 x 1,600
- File System:
- File Format Still Images:
- JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant; can be selected from Size Priority and Optimal Quality
- JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant with fine (approx 1:4), Normal (approx 1:8) or Basic (approx 1:16) Compression
- NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit, lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed; small size available (12-bit uncompressed only)
- NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single Photograph Recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG Formats
- TIFF (RGB)
- Storage Media:
- CompactFlash© (CF) (Type I, compliant with UDMA)
- SD
- SDHC
- SDXC
- Card Slot: 1 CompactFlash© (CF) card and 1 Secure Digital (SD) card
- File System:
- Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0
- DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
- EXIF 2.3 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
- PictBridge
- Viewfinder:
- Viewfinder: Eye-level Pentaprism Single-Lens Reflex Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Frame Coverage:
- FX (36x24): 100% Horizontal and 100% Vertical (Approx.)
- 1.2x (30x20): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical (Approx.)
- DX (24x16): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical (Approx.)
- 5:4 (30x24): 97% horizontal and 100% vertical (Approx.)
- Viewfinder Magnification: 0.70x (Approx.)
- Viewfinder Eyepoint: 17 mm (-1.0 m¯¹)
- Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment: Built-in diopter adjustment (-3 to +1 m¯¹)
- Focusing Screen: Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VIII with AF Area Brackets (grid lines can be displayed)
- Reflex Mirror: Quick-return type
- Mirror Lock Up: Yes
- Lens:
- Lens Aperture: Instant-return type
- Depth-of-field Control: Yes
- Lens Compatibility at a Glance:
- AF-S or AF lenses fully compatible
- Metering with AI lenses
- Compatible Lenses:
- AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G, E, and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses (using DX 24 x 16 1.5x image area), AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (exposure modes G and H only).
- Electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports the 11 focus points with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster).
- IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used.
- Shutter:
- Shutter Type: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
- Shutter Speed:
- Fastest Shutter Speed: 1/8000 sec.
- Slowest Shutter Speed: 30 sec.
- Flash Sync Speed:
- Up to 1/250 sec.
- Synchronizes with shutter at 1/320s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320s)
- Bulb Shutter Setting: Yes
- Shutter Release Modes:
- Continuous low-speed [CL] mode
- Continuous high-speed [CH] mode
- Mirror-up [Mup] mode
- Quiet Shutter Release
- Quiet Continuous Release
- Self-timer Mode
- Single-frame [S] mode
- Continuous Shooting Options:
- FX-format
- CH: Up to 5 frames per second
- CL: Up to 1-5 frames per second
- 5:4 format:
- CH: Up to 5 frames per second
- CL: Up to 1-5 frames per second
- DX-format:
- CH: Up to 6 frames per second
- 7 fps in DX-crop mode when using optionalMB-D12 battery pack and EN-EL18a battery
- CL: Up to 1-6 frames per second
- 1:2 format:
- CH: Up to 6 frames per second
- CL: Up to 1-6 frames per second
- Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution: 5 frames per second
- Self-timer: 2, 5, 10, 20 sec.; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 sec.
- Exposure:
- Exposure Metering System: TTL exposure metering using 91,000-pixel RGB sensor
- Metering Method:
- Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 12 mm circle in center of frame
- Matrix: 3D Color Matrix Metering III (type G, E, and D lenses); Color Matrix Metering III (other CPU lenses); Color Matrix Metering available with non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data
- Spot: Meters 4 mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point
- Highlight-weighted: Available with type G, E, and D lenses; equivalent to center-weighted when non-CPU lens is used
- Metering Range:
- 0 to 20 EV (3D Color Matrix, center-weighted metering or highlight weighted metering)
- 0 to 20 EV (spot metering)
- Exposure Meter Coupling: CPU, AI
- Exposure Modes:
- Aperture-Priority (A)
- Manual (M)
- Programmed auto with flexible program (P)
- Shutter-Priority (S)
- Exposure Compensation: +/-5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
- Exposure Bracketing: 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV
- Exposure Lock: Yes
- Picture Control: Flat, Landscape, Monochrome, Neutral, Portrait, Standard, User-customizable Settings, Vivid
- Sensitivity:
- ISO Sensitivity:
- ISO 64 - 12,800
- Lo-1 (ISO 32)
- Hi-1 (ISO 25,600)
- Hi-2 (ISO 51,200)
- Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 64
- Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 12,800
- Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: Lo-1 (ISO 32 equivalent)
- Highest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: Hi-2 (ISO 51,200 equivalent)
- Expanded ISO Sensitivity Options:
- Lo-1 (ISO 32 equivalent)
- Hi-1 (ISO 25,600 equivalent)
- Hi-2 (ISO 51,200 equivalent)
- Long Exposure Noise Reduction: Yes
- High ISO Noise Reduction: Yes, Normal, High, Off
- Active D-Lighting: Auto, Extra High, High, Normal, Low, Off
- D-Lighting Bracketing:
- 2 frames using selected value for one frame
- 3–5 frames using preset values for all frames
- Focus/Autofocus:
- Single-point AF Mode: Yes
- Dynamic AF Mode: Number of AF points: 9, 21, 51 and 51 (3D-tracking)
- Auto-area AF Mode: Yes
- Autofocus System: Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 3500FX autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection
- Detection Range: -2 to 19 EV (ISO 100, 68°F/20°C)
- Lens Servo:
- Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status
- Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used
- AF-area Mode:
- 9, 21 or 51 point Dynamic-area AF
- Auto-area AF
- Single-point AF
- 3D-tracking (51 points)
- Group-area AF
- Focus Lock:
- Focus can be locked by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
- Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF)
- Focus Modes:
- Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A)
- Continuous-servo (AF-C)
- Face-Priority AF available in Live View only and D-Movie only
- Full-time Servo (AF-A) available in Live View only and D-Movie only
- Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder
- Normal area
- Single-servo AF (AF-S)
- Wide area
- Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points: 51
- Autofocus Sensitivity: -2 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)
- Autofocus Fine Tune: Yes
- Flash:
- Built-in Flash: Yes
- Flash Bracketing: 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1 EV
- Built-in Flash Distance: 39 ft. (ISO 100)
- X-Sync Speed: 1/250
- Top FP High Speed Sync: Up to 1/8000
- Flash Control: TTL: i-TTL flash control using 91,000-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, SB-400, or SB-300; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix and center-weighting metering, standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR with spot metering
- Flash Sync Modes:
- Auto FP High-Speed Sync supported
- Front-curtain sync (normal)
- Rear-curtain sync
- Red-Eye reduction
- Red-Eye reduction with slow sync
- Slow rear-curtain sync
- Slow sync
- Off
- Flash Compensation: -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
- Flash-ready Indicator: Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes after flash is fired at full output
- Accessory Shoe: Yes
- Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS): CLS Supported
- Flash Sync Terminal: Yes
- White Balance:
- White Balance:
- Auto (2 types)
- Choose color temperature (2500K–10000K)
- Cloudy
- Direct Sunlight
- Flash
- Fluorescent (7 types)
- Incandescent
- Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view)
- Shade
- White Balance Bracketing: 2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1, 2 or 3 EV
- Live View:
- Live View Shooting: Photography Live View Mode, Movie Live View Mode
- Live View Lens servo:
- Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F)
- Manual focus (MF)
- Live View AF-area mode:
- Face-priority AF
- Wide-area AF
- Normal-area AF
- Subject-tracking AF
- Live View Autofocus: Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)
- Movie:
- Movie Metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
- Movie Maximum recording time:
- 20 minutes at highest quality
- 29 minutes 59 seconds at normal quality
- Movie File Format: MOV
- Movie Video Compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
- Movie Audio recording format: Linear PCM
- Movie:
- Full HD: 1,920x1,080 / 60 fps, 1,920x1,080 / 50 fps, 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps, 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps, 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps
- HD: 1,280x720 / 60 fps, 1,280x720 / 50 fps
- Movie Audio:
- Built-in microphone, stereo
- External stereo microphone (optional)
- Monitor:
- Monitor Size: 3.2" diagonal
- Monitor Resolution: 1,229,000 Dots
- Monitor Type: Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD
- Monitor Angle of View: 170-degree wide-viewing angle
- Monitor Adjustments:
- Brightness, 5 levels
- Brightness control using ambient brightness sensor
- Virtual Horizon Camera Indicator: Yes
- Also visible in LiveView Modes
- Also visible in Viewfinder
- Playback:
- Playback Functions:
- Auto Image Rotation
- Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images)
- Highlights
- Histogram Display
- Image Comment
- Movie Playback
- Movie Slideshow
- Playback with Zoom
- Slideshow
- In-Camera Image Editing:
- Color Balance
- Color Outline
- Color Sketch
- D-Lighting
- Distortion Control
- Edit Movie
- Filter Effects
- Fisheye
- Image Overlay
- Miniature Effect
- Monochrome
- NEF (RAW) Processing
- Perspective Control
- Quick Retouch
- Red-Eye Correction
- Resize
- Selective Color
- Side-by-Side Comparison
- Straighten
- Trim
- Image Comment: Yes
- Interface:
- Interface:
- HDMI output: Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
- Headphone Connector
- NTSC
- Stereo Microphone Input
- Super Speed USB 3.0
- Wi-Fi Functionality:
- GPS:
- GP-1 GPS unit
- GP-1A GPS unit
- Save/Load Camera settings: Yes
- Menus:
- Total Custom Settings: 54
- My Menu: Yes with customization
- Recent Settings: Yes
- Supported Languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings: Yes
- The camera clock is powered by a separate, non-rechargeable CR1616 lithium battery with a life of about two years.
- World Time Setting: Yes
- Power:
- Battery / Batteries: EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery
- Battery Life (shots per charge): 1,200 shots (CIPA)
- AC Adapter: EH-5b AC Adapter; requires EP-5B Power Connector (available separately)
- Battery Charger: MH-25a Quick Charger
- Miscellaneous:
- Tripod Socket: 1/4"
- Approx. Dimensions: 5.8" W x 4.9" H x 3.3" D (146 x 123 x 81.5 mm)
- Approx. Weight (Camera Body Only): 31.1 oz. (880 g)
- Operating Environment: 0–40 °C (+32–104 °F)
