Moving from D7100 to D500

bikeit

Senior Member
So i have sold my D7100 and would love to buy the D500, so anyone here make the same switch, if so would you recommend the D500, the focus is supposed to be lighting fast and a fab sports camera? comments please.
 

Danno

Senior Member
You can do a pretty quick search. There have been a lot of guys that have made that jump. Other than some early bugs with cards and batteries I have not heard a disparaging word.
 

RocketCowboy

Senior Member
There are a few D500 shooters here who had D7100s first.

Before going into why I made the switch, what are you needing from the D500 that you can't get from the D7100? That might be a more compelling discussion for the gains (or the distractions) you get from the switch.


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Lawrence

Senior Member
Very good point Charlie.

I am thinking of adding the D500 (not switching simply because I don't think the D7100 is worth selling)

However as a predominantly portrait photographer there my be a better, and cheaper, option out there such as a used D750 or D810.
But the complicating factor in my case is I am going on a Photographic Safari to South Africa later this year and the D500 would be the ticket.

Yes the D750 would too but then there is the glass! Sigh ...

I would love to hear how the D500 performs with plain old portraits - I am sure it is awesome
 

bikeit

Senior Member
All my lens are for crop sensors so its way to expensive to go full frame, i mainly shoots sports and landscapes, the D500 has a bigger buffer for when shooting sports compared to the D7100, i know the D7100 is 24.1 mp and the D500 is only 20.4mp would i notice any difference in quality when getting large landscapes printed?
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
All my lens are for crop sensors so its way to expensive to go full frame, i mainly shoots sports and landscapes, the D500 has a bigger buffer for when shooting sports compared to the D7100, i know the D7100 is 24.1 mp and the D500 is only 20.4mp would i notice any difference in quality when getting large landscapes printed?

In a word - "nope"
 

Dawg Pics

Senior Member
My understanding is the sensor has a smaller number of mp, but they are larger? Or was that just a bunch of BS, and I am misunderstanding something. Please educate me because I am starting to look seriously at the D500. Might as well understand it better.
 

Danno

Senior Member
My understanding is the sensor has a smaller number of mp, but they are larger? Or was that just a bunch of BS, and I am misunderstanding something. Please educate me because I am starting to look seriously at the D500. Might as well understand it better.
That is true. D7200 is 3.92 and D500 is 4.22.

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Bikerbrent

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My understanding is the sensor has a smaller number of mp, but they are larger? Or was that just a bunch of BS, and I am misunderstanding something. Please educate me because I am starting to look seriously at the D500. Might as well understand it better.

Yes the D500 has larger pixels which gives it about 1/2 f-stop better high iso noise reduction, but also gives you 10% less resolution. For twice the price (plus having to purchase and lug around a separate flash unit and remote control units or cables), it's your call.
 

Dawg Pics

Senior Member
Yes the D500 has larger pixels which gives it about 1/2 f-stop better high iso noise reduction, but also gives you 10% less resolution. For twice the price (plus having to purchase and lug around a separate flash unit and remote control units or cables), it's your call.

Why is it I get the feeling you prefer the D7200? ;)
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
While the D500 is a good camera, I really question rather or not it is worth twice the cost of the D7200 unless one is exclusively into sports/action photography. It was a decision I faced when I got my D7200 and the D7200 won out and I have never looked back.
 

pforsell

Senior Member
While the D500 is a good camera, I really question rather or not it is worth twice the cost of the D7200 unless one is exclusively into sports/action photography. It was a decision I faced when I got my D7200 and the D7200 won out and I have never looked back.

There's two sides in a DSLR, the digital part and the camera part. People often concentrate too much on the digital part and tend to overlook the camera part, IMHO. The digital part between D7200 and D500 is a wash for all practical intents. The dynamic range, low light performance (including noise) and image resolution are all within a few percentage points. Linear resolution difference is 7.7%.

But the body design and features are often more important, at least to everybody I know. The body could even mean the difference between an image and no image. If you get no shot then who cares how many pixels and how low noise your camera has?

The D500 has more configurable buttons, larger viewfinder, better AF with wider AF coverage, faster frame rate, deeper buffer and so on. And for a 6'5" like me the better grip with more finger room is a deciding factor. All these add to better haptic control of the body, being able to shoot and keep on shooting without removing the camera from eyelevel, changing settings on the fly with "touch and muscle memory." For some people the body design alone is worth a lot more than double price. Shooting is a hobby for so many of us, so why shouldn't it be enjoyable to the max?

Sure, not everybody uses the cameras the same way and that's why different cameras entice different users. That's the crux of free economy. But just because the sensor output is similar does not mean that one camera isn't worth 2 or 3 or 5 times more than some other body, at least to some users. Because not everybody uses the cameras the same way.
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
While the D500 is a good camera, I really question rather or not it is worth twice the cost of the D7200 unless one is exclusively into sports/action photography. It was a decision I faced when I got my D7200 and the D7200 won out and I have never looked back.
If a shooter doesn't have the skill necessary to consistently nail their shots with a D7200, they're not suddenly going to be able to, simply because they're handed a D500 or a D5 or Hassie H6D-100c. It seems to me the best shooters, paid or otherwise, have a skill-set that is entirely independent of technology. They have skills that allows them to leverage any cameras technology, no matter how "lacking", to its fullest and in so doing consistently get superb shots.
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carguy

Senior Member
So i have sold my D7100 and would love to buy the D500, so anyone here make the same switch, if so would you recommend the D500, the focus is supposed to be lighting fast and a fab sports camera? comments please.
I'm going to live vicariously through this thread :)
 

Daniel Aegerter

Senior Member
I've made the switch from the D7100 to the D500.
Reasons? Because I wanted and because I could ;-)
The AF is really fast, 10 fps is cool and no full buffer while shooting 10fps with 14 bit uncompressed RAW is even better.
Besides that, the camera just feels right for me and all the controls being accessible really fast is getting more important for me.
Sure, it has less MP. Do I care? Nope.
And even though it is supposed to be a sports, action and BIF camera, I use it for everything as I have only the D500 at my disposal.
Is it worth the money and the price difference to a D7100 or D7200?
For me personally: absolutely.



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bikeit

Senior Member
does the d500 have a built in viewfinder curtain so u can close it to stop stray light getting in when using filters

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Daniel Aegerter

Senior Member
Either Sony or Lexar. I think that no other company manufactures them. I use the Lexar Professional 2933x 64GB card. No issues so far.


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