Just a couple of things. I took 57 shots, mostly in CL mode. Only 2 were out of focus on a tricky subject which roughly equates to 3.5%
I'll happily live with a 96.5% success rate.
I very rarely shoot in CL and almost never in CH. Nice to have these modes at 10fps or whatever the D500 is. Impossible, I know, but it felt faster than my D5. Maybe because I have only tried it on my D5 once and that was about a year ago and I don't really remember what its like!!
I was given an XQD card. It's the Lexar 1400x (210mbs) 64gb. I have 3 of the 400mbs cards. I know some say the difference is negligible, but I think I'd disagree. It felt like it took an age for the preview compared to the 400mbs cards in the D5. However, I was shooting a backup onto a genuine Sandisk 95mbs SD card, maybe that's where the holdup was. I think I am going to look for some super-duper quick SD cards.
More testing is required on a lot of fronts, plus, I need to make the settings my own. The skater pics are practically SOOC, just straightened as I don't want you all to see how wonky the world looks to me through a viewfinder!!!!!!!! I'm off to Santa Pod in about 10 days for a drifting day (spectator). Not really my thing but I thought I could try the D5/D500 combo with a couple of my lenses (Nikon 200ƒ/2, Nikon 300ƒ/4 PF, Tamron 70-200mm G2).
All in all, very, very happy I swapped the D810. Watch this space.