Well after looking on the Internet at many of the sample images posted by new owners (not this thread) I've decided I don't need the D500
IMHO the D500 is not about just image quality which is close to the D7200.
It's about the FPS and, most importantly, the great AF. Also the tilt screen and AUTO AF adjustment is great. I micro-adjusted my 200-500 in seconds!
Using the 200-500 today felt much faster, AF wise, than with the D7200 and D750.
Looks like Greys have plenty just seen their Facebook post with the pyramid of d500 boxes they build
Let's hope greys have a d500 then 1 out of 2 ain't bad hahayeah thanks O've just posted asking if they have any going.
Next, to convince you to let me have your 500mm for £2500
Let's hope greys have a d500 then 1 out of 2 ain't bad haha
A friend had his out yesterday and said the AF was nice and fast and oerformed well and he loves the ISO button on top. After 20 shots ge had a mark on the sensor- hope its not a return of the oil issue, he will clean and investigate today.
Saw someone on DPR who said he found 3 marks on his...tried a rocket blower and didn't go..uh oh...
There may be some good come out of having to wait a few weeks
or a few months and save a few bob!
Good for you Chris ... put in a good word for meLike I said work are going to give me a bonus to cover it since I was robbed, so it doesn't matter how much it costs to me, they'll only give me whatever the receipt says (if I wait a few months and get it cheaper, they won't give me £1729 and let me keep the change!)
Seems a problem using some Lexar Cards is being reported multiple times on DPR. A shame as I got a couple of these in anticipation of a possible D500 purchase.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3995521
I want it for my trip to Scotland in early June.or a few months and save a few bob!
A friend had his out yesterday and said the AF was nice and fast and oerformed well and he loves the ISO button on top. After 20 shots ge had a mark on the sensor- hope its not a return of the oil issue, he will clean and investigate today.
It's the 2000x that seem to have issues. My 1000x works well at the moment.
Just seen your exif, hats off guessing the glossy was taken with a 600 f4 and 2x tc?
Well I asked Gray's of Westminster on fb if the stock in their photo had all gone and was told yes but to leave my number to be notified when they next get stock. Got a call today that someone has cancelled and so they have a spare I can go and collect tomorrow
Result - too late for my Norfolk trip now, so happy to not have one for a few weeks to see if any horror stories surface
I've been waiting for Panamoz to get the D500 in stock to see if I can save some money, but they say they haven't been able to get any information from their suppliers. So I was surprised that Digitalrev have them in stock. They must have better/different suppliers. Panamoz seemed to get the D750 in pretty quickly on release, and had a good discount. Nikon's supply/distribution shenanigans have messed a lot of people about.A friend of mine just had his 500 delivered from Digitalrev no signs of oil yet but his non nikon batteries [ex pro i think] do not work they just show as empty.
Allegedly some Nikon batteries don't work in some D500'sA friend of mine just had his 500 delivered from Digitalrev no signs of oil yet but his non nikon batteries [ex pro i think] do not work they just show as empty.
I only ever have one battery, the one that comes with the camera. In the 8 years I've been doing that, I've never had a problem so luckily the non Nikon battery problem doesn't affect me. I won't use snapbridge or WiFi so hope the short battery life issue won't affect me.
I think it is a bit of a pain that Nikon has changed something in the camera so that it doesn't read many if not all of the current EN-EL15 copies, but not unprecedented by them, and understandable for the sales of their own batteries. Hopefully the copiers are working on getting around the problem, as I don't fancy paying Nikon prices if/when I get the D500.
I have been getting over 1200 shots per charge, with more than normal chimping . Wifi, Snapbridge, touchscreen all off. No XQD card only an SD one, not sure that would make difference.
I read somewhere that the non working Nikon batteries are the older EN-EL15's with a Li-ion10 marking, The ones marked with Li-ion20 I've tried all seem to work, the 1 Hahnel battery I have does not work, it just shows as empty.
As I keep saying reach is just an illusion it is just a DX crop, which you get for free on the D750 and D810, buy the D810, it's the same price and now a true bargainWhat SD are you using? I will use 14 bit raw but will never need 200 shots I'm sure.
How are you finding noise? I'm seeing shots on DPR at ISO 500 that look ridiculously noisy! The sort of noise I'd expect on my d7200 at ISO 2000 :/ If they're indicative of how the d500 performs at lower ISOs, I'm not sure I'm keeping it!
That image is just sh1t, in many ways - it cannot be that bad!!!
as I keep saying reach is an illusion it is just a DX crop, which you get for free on the D750 and D810, buy the D810, it's the same price
The d810 has worse AF, lower fps and 6mp less. Plus I've seen people saying the d500 has about the same noise as the d810 (in d810 crop mode). I don't know if this guy is seen as a joke or if he's respected, and I haven't viewed the images on my PC, but on my phone they look close
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Do you not agree that the images in the link compare well to each other?keep convincing yourself