Nikon D780
It has been fascinating to watch the development of cameras over the past few years. We've seen many of the big players in the market shift their focus away from DSLRs and extensively expand their mirrorless systems. Nikon has entered the mirrorless market and hit the ground running. The Z 50, Z 6 and Z 7 have all picked up accolades, but rather than abandoning the production of DSLRs altogether and forcing customers to its new Z-series, a more tactful approach has been taken to run its DSLR and mirrorless systems alongside one another.
The D780 arrives as the long-awaited successor to the D750 – one of Nikon's most popular and best-selling DSLRs. Said to be the company's most versatile DSLR ever, it profits from things Nikon has learnt from mirrorless to make it a better all-rounder. The question is: can the D780 still lure passionate enthusiasts and professional photographers to it in a world where many smaller and lighter full-frame mirrorless cameras can be picked up for less?
Features
Whereas the D750 had a 24.3-million-pixel full-frame CMOS sensor, the D780 employs a newer 24.5-million-pixel full-frame CMOS chip that's understood, but not officially confirmed, to be the same as that used in the Nikon Z 6. As well as having a low-pass filter to eliminate moiré and backside-illuminated structure to maximise its light-gathering capabilities across an ISO 100-51,200 range (expandable to ISO 50-204,800), the sensor benefits from no less than 273 on-chip phase detection points to enhance its
