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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 525561" data-attributes="member: 9240">Again, really?!?!&nbsp; First off, the D500 wasn't conceived and built in a vacuum.&nbsp; A careful inspection shows that it borrows tech from both the D5 and existing camera bodies, thereby lowering R&amp;D costs.&nbsp; Had they shown up &quot;two years late&quot; to the 7D Mk II party with something that merely matched the 7D I might be inclined to share some of your skepticism, but with the exception of number of MP's this body is easily head and shoulders above anything Canon offers in the space.&nbsp; No, it's not likely to convince people to switch, but it's also more than enough to convince those who might have been thinking of jumping ship to stick around a while (if you do not believe me, then you haven't been listening to me - I'm one of them).The last thing Nikon wants to do is to build in a way that will overshoot demand, so I look at any announcement that speaks to a potential shortage initially as nothing but good news - unless, of course, you already have your money in and need to wait a little longer.&nbsp; I'm not one of those, but I'll have one by summer, for sure.&nbsp; I'm done being an early adopter, but more for the reason that I hate changing my workflow because Adobe doesn't yet support the new RAW format.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 525561, member: 9240"] Again, really?!?! First off, the D500 wasn't conceived and built in a vacuum. A careful inspection shows that it borrows tech from both the D5 and existing camera bodies, thereby lowering R&D costs. Had they shown up "two years late" to the 7D Mk II party with something that merely matched the 7D I might be inclined to share some of your skepticism, but with the exception of number of MP's this body is easily head and shoulders above anything Canon offers in the space. No, it's not likely to convince people to switch, but it's also more than enough to convince those who might have been thinking of jumping ship to stick around a while (if you do not believe me, then you haven't been listening to me - I'm one of them). The last thing Nikon wants to do is to build in a way that will overshoot demand, so I look at any announcement that speaks to a potential shortage initially as nothing but good news - unless, of course, you already have your money in and need to wait a little longer. I'm not one of those, but I'll have one by summer, for sure. I'm done being an early adopter, but more for the reason that I hate changing my workflow because Adobe doesn't yet support the new RAW format. [/QUOTE]

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