Nikon D850 vs Panasonic ZS100

Let's look more closely at the Nikon D850 vs Panasonic ZS100, former is a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Nikon and Panasonic. There is a large difference between the resolutions of the D850 (46MP) and ZS100 (20MP) and the D850 (Full frame) and ZS100 (1") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The D850 was introduced 20 months after the ZS100 making the cameras a generation away from each other. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Nikon D850 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Panasonic ZS100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a full comparison, below is a short summation of how the D850 matches up against the ZS100 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Nikon D850 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100. The whole galleries are viewable at Nikon D850 Gallery & Panasonic ZS100 Gallery.

In case you're intending to carry around your camera often, you will want to factor in its weight and measurements. The Nikon D850 has got external dimensions of 146mm x 124mm x 79mm (5.7" x 4.9" x 3.1") accompanied by a weight of 1015 grams (2.24 lbs) while the Panasonic ZS100 has proportions of 111mm x 65mm x 44mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") along with a weight of 312 grams (0.69 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have at that time. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the D850 and the ZS100.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the D850 and ZS100 is 54 and 87 respectively.

Usually, its tough to see the difference between sensor sizes purely by reading through specs. The image here will provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the D850 and ZS100.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The D850 using its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF less difficult and the Nikon D850 will give greater detail using its extra 26 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop photos a little more aggressively. The younger D850 is going to have an edge with regard to sensor technology.