Mastering the Nikon D850 (The Mastering Camera Guide)

I have just finished reading this book from front to back. It is a brilliant book, and just what I wanted. It presumes that you have some knowledge of photography, as this is a pro camera, and goes into detail of all the settings in the camera, with in depth explanations of all the choices/options. It also gives recommended settings that the author uses with explanations as to why he uses them. Totally thorough, and exceptionally well written with good screen shots and diagrams. It breaks down the complex into simple terms, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Thank you.

As far as I have discovered, this must have pretty much everything in it. Descriptions and step by step photos for each menu, plus how and why the author sets his D850 after each section. Must be thorough at 650 pages but it could initially be quite a beast of a camera to understand, until you have read this. One chapter to go but I couldn't wait to give it the praise it deserves. I just wish other instruction books were this informative.

I had been waiting for the printed 600+ page book on the D850 and in the end gave it up as a bad job. The book just was not in the UK and was very late. In the end I decided to buy the Kindle version because I now have a Kindle Fire colour tablet (the pictures in the book are in colour). As usual (I have had a lot of Nikon cameras) this instruction book is absolutely thorough right down to the fine detail. That is why I have called it the Rolls Royce of instruction books. I had been using the camera based on a previous full frame camera settings. Within the first 20 pages of this book I was changing things. The upgrade from the D810 to D850 is enormous and I had no idea about its capabilities. If you need one book to get the true potential out of this camera then buy this one. It's just brilliant and so easy to read.

The narrative tone is good and easy to read, it could be punchier at times. Overall a huge tome to cover pretty much every aspect of the very complicated camera!

This series of books really help you to get to grips and up and running with your new camera in no time. I find the recommendations for scenario settings really helpful. In depth an an easy read.

Worth every penny! Its just what you need to get deeper in your Nikon D850. I got the book six months after I purchased the camera. It was a great timing for me, it was the moment that I exhausted the basics of my camera. The camera's manual it could not do this job and if yes it was going to be hard.... no pictures, no recommendations, no deep explanation on hows and whys!!!

Still working through it

This is a very easy to read and detailed book that would be useful to all Nikon D850 owners. It covers all aspects of using the camera with useful diagrams and explanations.

Excellent book. Every aspect of D850 is explained here very nicely along with principles.

Ho diversi volumi della serie che acquisto sempre perché li trovo validissimi per la conoscenza dettagliata della fotocamera trattata Per me sono un must have

Ce livre est le livre le plus détaillé sur la Nikon D850 qu'il existe sur le marché. L'on s'aperçoit que l'auteur à vraiment expérimenter tous les aspects de cette caméra. Aussi, il nous renseigne sur sa façon à lui de paramétrer la camera selon ses besoins et pourquoi. Aucun détails ne lui échappe. Tout est bien présenté et dans un ordre parfaitement établi. Bravo M. Darrell Young 5 étoiles pour ce bijou

I originally pre-ordered this book in paperback but was pleasantly surprised to find that it was available in Kindle and so ordered an immediate download the other day and determined to read the book over the last many hours. It is recommended to read the book with camera in hand and I will do that next over the coming week. And read it again after that. As I have done with several previous ‘Mastering....’ books by this very knowledgeable and capable author with several decades of experience. I spent a lot of time reading and rereading his book on the D500 last winter and again in the Spring. The D500, to me, is the companion camera to the D850. And so while waiting for this book on the D850 I felt the D500 book a good resource for the D850 as well. The thing I like about these books are, not just the tips thruout by someone who has been shooting professionally for decades, but also his personal ‘Settings Recommendations’ after each section. I look forward to those things while reading each section. I also like the technical explanations set aside here and there in the book for those like myself who choose to get a little deeper in the subject matter. The camera is a technical marvel but the book explains it all very well from start to finish. Much better than the manual and more concise as well as interesting. It’s got a personal touch to it also. I think the authors books, especially this one, are perfect for anyone who really wants to know their camera inside and out. Now like I said, I read this over a couple of days - with 5 hours sleep in between. Reading his other books, and especially ‘Mastering the D500, made it easier because I knew what to expect and I’m very familiar with the material and the D850 camera which I’ve had since last December. So also I’ve been looking forward to this book since last December and to get around the wait I read the D500 backwards and forwards since then with the D850 in mind. So the very helpful tips by a professional with decades of experience, his ‘Settings Recommendations’, technical data placed throughout the book for those like me with an interest (which are easily skipped over if you’re not inclined), well thought out chapters with careful explanations for everything, camera diagrams, step by step ways to adjust settings.........make this the only book you need to understand this wonderful camera.

Recently upgraded from a D810 to a new D850 (yes I did not go for a mirrorless camera) and because I also had the equivalent book by the same author covering the D810 had to have this book. And I am as expected not disappointed. I can only highly recommend it.