Happy with your D500?

Check all or any that apply

  • Happy with the D500

    Votes: 9 100.0%
  • Focus speed is fast and what I expected

    Votes: 7 77.8%
  • Buffer is great

    Votes: 8 88.9%
  • High ISO performance is good

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • IQ results are superb

    Votes: 5 55.6%
  • Low light performance

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • I wish I would have purchased something else

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    9

cwgrizz

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The D500 has been out for 5 or so years now. Many on here have upgraded to the D500 from other cameras. I am thinking about doing the same from my D7100. I am mainly wanting faster focus and a larger buffer for more wildlife work. I think it may be a good compliment to my D750. Now that many have played with the D500 for sometime, how do you feel about the camera. All comments are welcome.
 

wev

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I am at 403,304 clicks. Quite pleased. Thinking I better order a few more as they are being discontinued and Nikon has no viable replacements in the works.
 

Peter7100

Senior Member
I ordered one a few days ago and can’t wait to get it. I found out that my normal place of purchase were low on stock so I thought I better move fast. @wev that is an amazing shutter count on your copy. Would it not be possible just to get a replacement shutter?
 

hark

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Walt, I went from the D7100 to the D7200 then to the D500. Both the D7200 and D500 have better sensors than the D7100, but the D500's sensor is even better than the D7200. The configuration of the top panel is different than what you have on the D7100 though. It lacks the mode dial for A, S, M, U1, U2, etc. So that's a little different. The body has the rear flip screen like the D750 which I've found to be helpful. Plus the lens calibration has automatic fine tuning so it skips the process of having to manually enter the value into the body as it will determine it for you. And the rat-a-tat-tat in continuous is amazing since the buffer doesn't fill nearly so fast. ;) Going from the D7100 directly to the D500 is a worthwhile upgrade. :)

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cwgrizz

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Thanks to all for your responses. Before I asked the question, I had read through a lot of the D500 forum to see what has transpired over the past few years. I love the shots with the D500 section.

Anyway, I am trying to buy one through B&H, but I have to wait a few hours as they observe their Sabbath. They have it for just under $1500 with a WD external drive and SD card (2-4 week expected backorder). They had other packages too, but this fit my needs more than the others. I decided to go with the CFexpress card and reader too (Amazon).
 

cwgrizz

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Is the D500 still a current production or have they already announced it as been discontinued?

Not sure, but I know the shops (B&H and Adorama) have them on backorder, but say they will be getting more soon. Nikon has said it is not making a replacement for the D500, so I assume it is only time for them to completely discontinue it in favor of the mirrorless cameras.
 

hark

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Just remember Nikon is changing manufacturing locations so it's possible they will show up soon if being manufactured elsewhere. The Nikon 16-35mm f/4 lens that I searched for was switched from being made in Thailand to Venezuela. So possibly that is causing a hiccup?
 

EricK214

New member
Nikon D500 is not discontinued. Likely not for a while either as it's the last APS-c DSLR Nikon will likely make. IF they do make a successor, then all the better. But without a successor, they will not discontinue the last Pro APS-c camera they have that is still selling very well 5 years after initial release.
 

TKC_D500

Senior Member
I am at 403,304 clicks. Quite pleased. Thinking I better order a few more as they are being discontinued and Nikon has no viable replacements in the works.

I just ordered a second D500 body for this very reason. I’m worried that the move to mirrorless will kill the D500 off sooner than later.


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Fishboy

Senior Member
I got back into photography with the D7500 and a couple of kit lenses. I became really interested in wildlife and picked up better glass. I was getting a fair number of keepers, and then saw a deal on a new D500. Best upgrade I could imagine. Faster FPS, better buffer, and a much more robust AF system. All of that combined with more options on customizing, I love my D500. Still have the D7500 as a backup.
 

Peter7100

Senior Member
I notice 3 people have clicked 'High iso performance is good'. I would be interested what ISO number they were refering to as high?
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my D500 and it is my favourite camera ever purchased, but I wouldn't rate it as a great high iso performer.
 

hark

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I notice 3 people have clicked 'High iso performance is good'. I would be interested what ISO number they were refering to as high?
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my D500 and it is my favourite camera ever purchased, but I wouldn't rate it as a great high iso performer.

How high have you shot with it? Jake shared info on how well Topaz Denoise works. He has a few examples there in the following thread.

https://nikonites.com/post-processing/44269-topaz-denoise-ai-works.html#axzz72nD2EQyT

And if you go over to this thread, I posted a bunny image that was really underexposed (had my ISO capped at 4000). I was happy with it. Someone asked me a question there which I answered - so please be sure to read how I edited my image.

https://nikonites.com/wild-life/19700-post-your-mammals-45.html#post742627

By the way, I didn't vote in the poll at all - at least not yet - so none of those are my responses.
 
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