The choice of memory cards was announced with the original official announcement of the D5 and is either dual CF card or dual XQD card. However, the D500 is a dual slot but 1 XQD and 1 SD I believe and so can't see this being altered any time soon. If they were thinking about having different card options then I would have thought they would have announced it on release as they did with the D5.
I've only ever shot with SD, but it works well with my workflow being able to use the SD card slot on my MBP/iMac. Maybe they'll all start moving over to XQD and at some point I'll be forced to use adapters.
£168 when I clicked through, tea will suffice for now
I guess it's something you just need to factor in with the cost of the camera.
Yep factoring cards, a D810 is cheaper. Lenses aside
The buffer will allow the camera to do 10fps, it is the speed of the card which should determine how fast the buffer is cleared, and how long it can keep at that 10fps rate. Not everyone may need the 10fps for 200 images.
This site goes into a bit more detail about the D5 than anything I have read yet here. ISO performance seems very good, even using only Jpegs.
150MB write speed... http://nikonrumors.com/2016/01/07/s...igned-for-the-nikon-d5-and-d500-cameras.aspx/
I did read that article, pretty good review. I rarely reach the buffer on any of my cameras and have always been willing to compromise if necessary, 12 bit, JPEG etc to keep going. I have been in moments where every second counts, 2 song limit in a concert for example and I've definitely been time pushed to get photos to the right person quickly. Right now I'm more interested in the wifi implementation for JPEG and the speed in which photos can be pushed out then the buffer capacity or card limit. Still, fast download to a computer to aid faster RAW workflow isn't to be sniffed at. A D5 isn't on my horizon or necessary as generally the competition isn't using the top body either.The buffer will allow the camera to do 10fps, it is the speed of the card which should determine how fast the buffer is cleared, and how long it can keep at that 10fps rate. Not everyone may need the 10fps for 200 images.
I posted this in the D5 thread earlier, which may be relevant to the D500, if it using the same electronics as the D500.
I read an article by Ole J Liodden about using the D5 to shoot 50,000 images.
He talks of file sizes and use with a 95Mbs CF card.
"File size (NEF uncompressed) on the Nikon D5 camera is 42-45 MB and 10-14 MB for jpg-files (highest quality)."
"The buffer capacity is also very good. With an «old» Sandisk Extreme Pro 90 MB/s card I can shoot 63 NEF-files (RAW Large) continuously, and it takes 23 second for the camera to write all files to the CF card and be ready for a new «full burst». With Jpg (highest quality) I get 163 continuous images (12 images / second) before the buffer is full, then it takes 15 seconds to write everything to the CF-card, and the camera is ready for another 163 series of images. The writing speed should be even better with newer and faster CF or XQD cards."
As you can see, he got 63 uncompressed RAW files (I'm assuming 14bit, but don't know for sure) with a 90mb/s CF card, so hopefully a similar speed SD will give similar performance on the D500. That is just over 6 seconds at 10fps. That would do me until I can get a XQD card, at hopefully cheaper prices than what they are going for now. If you want cutting edge though, you can pay the price for it.
I can't wait for some test results to start coming in.
The buffer will allow the camera to do 10fps, it is the speed of the card which should determine how fast the buffer is cleared, and how long it can keep at that 10fps rate. Not everyone may need the 10fps for 200 images.
I posted this in the D5 thread earlier, which may be relevant to the D500, if it using the same electronics as the D500.
I read an article by Ole J Liodden about using the D5 to shoot 50,000 images.
He talks of file sizes and use with a 95Mbs CF card.
"File size (NEF uncompressed) on the Nikon D5 camera is 42-45 MB and 10-14 MB for jpg-files (highest quality)."
"The buffer capacity is also very good. With an «old» Sandisk Extreme Pro 90 MB/s card I can shoot 63 NEF-files (RAW Large) continuously, and it takes 23 second for the camera to write all files to the CF card and be ready for a new «full burst». With Jpg (highest quality) I get 163 continuous images (12 images / second) before the buffer is full, then it takes 15 seconds to write everything to the CF-card, and the camera is ready for another 163 series of images. The writing speed should be even better with newer and faster CF or XQD cards."
As you can see, he got 63 uncompressed RAW files (I'm assuming 14bit, but don't know for sure) with a 90mb/s CF card, so hopefully a similar speed SD will give similar performance on the D500. That is just over 6 seconds at 10fps. That would do me until I can get a XQD card, at hopefully cheaper prices than what they are going for now. If you want cutting edge though, you can pay the price for it.
I can't wait for some test results to start coming in.
Yes, it's been discussed during the thread, David. If it works accurately it'll be a great feature.
I missed that as well.
I must admit I actually found the D750 buffer limiting at the last running event I went to, but that's the first time and what do you get, 12 shots or something. 200 is serious overkill for me
What do you shoot on trips that requires high fps?
I must admit I actually found the D750 buffer limiting at the last running event I went to, but that's the first time and what do you get, 12 shots or something. 200 is serious overkill for me
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Never had something that shoots more tbh so have nothing to compare it to, but as I said this was the first time I've found it limiting.Yeah, I think I can get 15 to 20 before it starts clogging up. It's crap if you've come from a D4. The rest of the D750 specs (and price) make up for it for me. 200 would be overkill, but 40-50 would be useful.
(nice avatar btw
I just wish the team showed as much energy and enthusiasm as him.
Never had something that shoots more tbh so have nothing to compare it to, but as I said this was the first time I've found it limiting.
Lol, ditto
