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Nikon d780

Nikon d780

Nikon · Mirrorless Body

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Synthesized from 20 reviewer sources · Analysis as of Sep 1, 2026 (today)

What do reviewers say about the Nikon d780?

As of September 2026, among the 20 reviews we compiled, burst & buffer drew the most discussion: 134 claims from 15 of them, which we read as 26% positive, 62% neutral, 12% negative.

Reviewers are most positive about battery life (54% positive, 33% neutral, 13% negative across 15 claims). The most criticism lands on stabilization: 20% positive, 50% neutral, 30% negative across 40 claims. Opinion is split on EVF & LCD (29 positive, 34 neutral, 21 negative claims).

What are the Nikon d780 specifications?

Weight G755 g (body only); 840 g (with battery & SD card)
Dimensions Mm143.5 x 115.5 x 76 mm (5.7 x 4.6 x 3 inches)
Sensor Dimensions Mm35.9 x 23.9 mm ; (Nikon FX format)
ISO Native100–51,200, extended mode 50 to 204,800
Evf Magnification0.7
Shutter Speed Range1/8,000 s to 30 s (extendable to 900 s in manual mode) and bulb
Battery ModelEN-EL15b
Card Formats2 × SD (UHS-II)
ProcessorEXPEED 6
AF Coverage Pct100%
Max Image Resolution6,048 x 4,024 pixels
MountNikon F-mount

specs: wikipedia

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Burst & Buffer
35 pos · 83 neu · 16 neg
“That burst rate of 4.5fps might sound tame next to the blistering 120fps of the Nikon Z9 , but it was pretty impressive for the time.” — Amateur Photographer
Handling
31 pos · 39 neu · 16 neg
“The only thing that I do not like about this camera is just how close to white balance and the quality buttons are together, that they're right on top of each other.” — Taylor Jackson
EVF & LCD
29 pos · 34 neu · 21 neg
“Indy 750 which was 6.5 frames per second but again we switch over to live view now we're using the electronic shutter and the D 780 can shoot it up 12 frames per second Albee it now shooting with 12 bit Roz rather than 14 so overall these through the viewfinder performance mandi 780 is solid just…” — digiDirect
Autofocus
19 pos · 47 neu · 10 neg
“AF system there's nothing really wrong with it you do have all of your Dynamic mode 3D tracking and the group setting but I would have liked to have seen some wider Point coverage on there the optical viewfinder can pick up faces if you have it in the auto area AF and sometimes it will even pick…” — Mr Baz Reviews
Mount Compatibility
18 pos · 37 neu · 17 neg
“6 and Zed 7 so if you want that extra flexibility again that's the camera to grab so for most people if you're into video the Nikon Zed 6 is going to be the natural camera to grab however what if you've got a bunch of f-mount lenses especially if you have some a FD lenses if you want to” — DPReview TV
Video Capability
18 pos · 31 neu · 6 neg
“a focus that in some of these new silent focusing lenses look super fast focusing photo of cup of coffee it's good for 4k as well just like I said six and you get n log with one point one x crop for K it's a nice 4k looks good colors are pretty nice pretty tasty Nick on colors this” — Kai W
Sensor Performance
27 pos · 20 neu · 7 neg
“high ISO performance here's a series of shots shot at various ISO s at ISO 50 it's ultra sharp and the beauty of it is we get the higher and higher ISO s the picture doesn't change at all in the olden days the picture would change its contrast the color would get worse things we get nastier and…” — Ken Rockwell

More detail — 8 additional axes
Price & Value
17 pos · 19 neu · 10 neg
“I think the D 780 is the greatest Nikon DSLR for this price point ever made and the answer is absolutely this is a fantastic camera at least based off of the specs and knowing how good the d750 was so who's it for if you're somebody who has no desire to go to the mirrorless world and I will” — Jared Polin
Image Quality
16 pos · 27 neu · 0 neg
“also capture and save a preset and each setting can be adjusted using the two color axes and these are of course applied to the JPEG files and not raw press the i key to open a settings panel white balance can also be adjusted here then further color preferences for JPEG can be selected using…” — Maarten Heilbron
Stabilization
8 pos · 20 neu · 12 neg
“not a feature that is on here everyone was excited about the Nikon d610 that it would have in body stabilization as well as all these video features that would have been incredible and amazing it didn't so right now the Nikon Z series is still the camera line up with the embody stabilization which…” — Evan Ranft
Connectivity
6 pos · 12 neu · 2 neg
“rubber gaskets and ports on the side here we have a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth indicator and I'll be demonstrating how to use the nikon app to connect wirelessly to our camera a little bit later in the lesson under this first gasket we have our microphone into our headphone jack ports so if you're doing…” — Michael The Maven
Battery Life
8 pos · 5 neu · 2 neg
“than the nikon z6 and for me that makes it a no-brainer um the battery life is absolutely tremendous i've been shooting for like two weeks um not like hardcore clearly by this statement but i haven't had to charge the battery like this battery lasts all the time and i do shoot most of the time…” — Eric Jennings
Weight & Portability
4 pos · 7 neu · 3 neg
“say it's a draw here the size and weight including lenses nikon d780 is 840 grams versus 650 grams in a74 but most nikon lenses are pretty hefty since they are the dslr lenses especially if we compare this 24 to 70 f 2.8 lens which is 900 grams and my sony size 24 to 70 f4 oss lens which” — NO limits ON
Dimensions
2 pos · 7 neu · 0 neg
Build Quality
3 pos · 1 neu · 1 neg

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