Nikon D850 vs Sigma SD10

The following is a in depth assessment of the Nikon D850 vs Sigma SD10, both Advanced DSLR cameras by companies Nikon and Sigma. There exists a crucial gap among the image resolutions of the D850 (46MP) and SD10 (3MP) and the D850 (Full frame) and SD10 (APS-C) feature totally different sensor dimensions.

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The D850 was announced 13 years after the SD10 which is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras offer the identical body type (Mid-size SLR).

Before we go in to a in-depth comparison, below is a short overview of how the D850 scores against the SD10 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Nikon D850 and Sigma SD10. The whole galleries are available at Nikon D850 Gallery and Sigma SD10 Gallery.

For those who are looking to travel with your camera often, you will want to consider its weight and volume. The Nikon D850 comes with outside dimensions of 146mm x 124mm x 79mm (5.7" x 4.9" x 3.1") having a weight of 1015 grams (2.24 lbs) and the Sigma SD10 has sizing of 152mm x 120mm x 79mm (6.0" x 4.7" x 3.1") along with a weight of 950 grams (2.09 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you select at that moment. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the D850 against the SD10.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the D850 and SD10 is 54 and 54 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to visualise the difference in sensor dimensions only by viewing specs. The picture here may offer you a more clear sense of the sensor dimensions in the D850 and SD10.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The D850 with its bigger sensor will make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Nikon D850 will render extra detail with its extra 43 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The more recent D850 will have an advantage in sensor innovation.