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you are close on 30k posts on this site alone !
I must get out more!
you are close on 30k posts on this site alone !
Well, if you had your camera back, you could!I must get out more!
Good luck with that.... might be worth putting pen to paper and lay it on a bit as you certainly been an avid Nikon supporter over the years and with all your images and posts it has to be worth a try !
Good luck with that.
I have over £250,000 worth of Nikon equipment and I spend about £1000 per month at Nikon's UK repair centre. But I'm not eligible to join Nikon Professional Services, since I'm not actually a professional photographer myself, and until a few months ago they treated me like any other punter with a D3000 and a kit lens. A few months ago, after literally years of trying, I finally managed to get some recognition from them that perhaps it might be worth giving me some sort of priority. Now the repair turnaround times I have experienced have improved from being 10x as long as Canon's to "only" 5x as long. (Recent averages: Nikon 15 days, Canon 3 days.) I think I'm supposed to feel grateful.
Bad luck about that.I just telephoned to get an estimate of when it might be ready to return to me (they've had it 28 days so far) ... I'm told it might be the end of this week or on the other hand it could be next week, they can't say as there are so many repairs!
Nothing anywhere near as good close to the cost, only for many thousands more.Anyone recommend some good Canon kit to replace my D500 and 500 f4 VR?
That really is shocking but guess I should not be surprisedGood luck with that.
I have over £250,000 worth of Nikon equipment and I spend about £1000 per month at Nikon's UK repair centre. But I'm not eligible to join Nikon Professional Services, since I'm not actually a professional photographer myself, and until a few months ago they treated me like any other punter with a D3000 and a kit lens. A few months ago, after literally years of trying, I finally managed to get some recognition from them that perhaps it might be worth giving me some sort of priority. Now the repair turnaround times I have experienced have improved from being 10x as long as Canon's to "only" 5x as long. (Recent averages: Nikon 15 days, Canon 3 days.) I think I'm supposed to feel grateful.
I'm still flitting between e-m1 mk2 and d500 thoughts. At the weekend, i was drag racing again and took over 750 shots with the Olympus, culling around 600 due to OOF ( or misfocus ) or duplication ( the joys of high FPS ) - I also used my son's d3100 and i think i only got 2 OOF shots out of 160. He has a 18-105 which is too short for drag racing really..
So, as a kit lens, it got me wondering about the 18-140 - anyone have any experience of this as a walkabout ?
Cooker has died...d500 fund depleted by £500 since last night
Is there something you can't do with your D7200?Please excuse if this has been covered elsewhere on this thread, but a genuine question.
I currently have a D7200, is the D500 a major or minor upgrade in terms of IQ and AF speed ?
In other words, have those who have upgraded found this to be worthwhile or not ?
I appreciate that things like the relative high iso performance can be determined from the reviews but I am much more interested in user experience rather than test shots.
I am pretty happy with the D7200 but find very little time for photography nowadays. I am making a deliberate effort to make some time though, which has not been possible for the past couple of years, so want to make the most of my opportunities by having the right gear.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Gary
Please excuse if this has been covered elsewhere on this thread, but a genuine question.
I currently have a D7200, is the D500 a major or minor upgrade in terms of IQ and AF speed ?
In other words, have those who have upgraded found this to be worthwhile or not ?
I appreciate that things like the relative high iso performance can be determined from the reviews but I am much more interested in user experience rather than test shots.
I am pretty happy with the D7200 but find very little time for photography nowadays. I am making a deliberate effort to make some time though, which has not been possible for the past couple of years, so want to make the most of my opportunities by having the right gear.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Gary
Is there something you can't do with your D7200?
The AF in the D500 is better, though if you are not usually in situations that pushes it, you may not see a huge improvement over the AF in the D7200, which is very good. The FPS and buffer are a huge improvement, but if you don't shoot subjects that need that, not much use. Ergonomics are a personal thing, but if you don't feel that there are buttons or the handling of the D7200 holding you back, the again, probably not important to you.
In many ways the D500 is a better camera, but if you are not going to use the extra features, especially if you are only taking pictures occasionally, then stick with the D7200. That's just my opinion.
If you want to buy a new camera because you just want to, and have the cash, then fill your boots.
The D7200 is a very capable camera that gives excellent IQ, from my experience the files it produces are pretty clean.
The D500 beats the D7200 hands down on AF speed and accuracy and fps/buffer speed and things like customising buttons can be a boon but IQ will depend on what you use it for.
It depends as what you may consider major might not be what I consider major and vice versa. However, here's my thought after using both.Please excuse if this has been covered elsewhere on this thread, but a genuine question.
I currently have a D7200, is the D500 a major or minor upgrade in terms of IQ and AF speed ?
In other words, have those who have upgraded found this to be worthwhile or not ?
I appreciate that things like the relative high iso performance can be determined from the reviews but I am much more interested in user experience rather than test shots.
I am pretty happy with the D7200 but find very little time for photography nowadays. I am making a deliberate effort to make some time though, which has not been possible for the past couple of years, so want to make the most of my opportunities by having the right gear.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Gary
"Your repair is in progress"!
Suppose I shouldn't get too excited, after all it's taken them 34 days to get it off of the shelf.
You can normally save quite a bit by getting the 16-80mm at the same time as part of a kit deal. Depends on what you have already, and/or whether you will get the lens at some point anyway. I've found it to be a very good lens.Hi snerkler
Thanks for the steer above. Points 1, 2 and 6 are important to me. I think there is a compelling case to get one of these. With-or-without the 16-80 kit lens seems to be the choice now !
Anyway, thanks again.
Gary
Checkout the d500with the 16-80 as a kit, but think if I was getting a Tokina 11-xx I would get the Nikon 24-120f4 insteadEvening..so the m43 sell-off has given me enough pennies to start looking at the D500 ( that’s the easy bit )
Next comes lenses as I’ve been covered with 18-420mm in 3 lenses. Looking around, I could get a Tokina 11-whatever, 16-80 and 70-300.
But the 16-80 looks bloody pricey - is the Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 any good ? Is the 70-300 better than the 70-200 f4 + 1.4tc ?
I don’t have / can’t justify a million £ on lenses but I’d rather buy once for the right one than compromise and buy again and again
Evening..so the m43 sell-off has given me enough pennies to start looking at the D500 ( that’s the easy bit )
Next comes lenses as I’ve been covered with 18-420mm in 3 lenses. Looking around, I could get a Tokina 11-whatever, 16-80 and 70-300.
But the 16-80 looks bloody pricey - is the Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 any good ? Is the 70-300 better than the 70-200 f4 + 1.4tc ?
I don’t have / can’t justify a million £ on lenses but I’d rather buy once for the right one than compromise and buy again and again
I’ve not got stable hands Mark so I’m guessing that unless you’ve necked 3 bottles of wine, that’s non-VR ?
Buyers remorse, I get the same thing and it sucks Fortunately it tends to be relatively short lived.D500 + 16-80 ordered..even though i've sold gear for more than I'm now spending, why do i always feel so guilty ?
Buyers remorse, I get the same thing and it sucks Fortunately it tends to be relatively short lived.
Finally got told that my D500 has been repaired and will go on the van tonight for delivery tomorrow.