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Thought I'd post in here as a just got my D500 a couple of days ago, previous Nikon which I'm keeping for diving trips is a D7000. I hummed and ha'ed about buying it for a couple of weeks and wondered if I would feel remorse after buying, but I've had none at all! Already taken 300 odd pictures, but many of those are just testing out the settings. Even though I'd read about half of this thread picking up ideas and helping me to make sure I was making the right decision I am still astounded at the AF speed and the low light capability compared to the 7k. Also loving the ergonomics so far, all the controls feel like they fall into just the right place. Though the 'OK' button I'm needing to get used to. The other revelation is the shooting speed and how quickly the buffer clears, even using my older 60mb/s SD card. With the 7k I'd often get missed shots because the buffer was trying to clear sufficiently for more pictures to be taken. Debated not buying an XQD card after all, but have bought one anyway! I'm guessing this speed is due to the expeed processor and improved bus architecture speed?
Currently working my way through Thom Hogans book and setting it up how I want. I even managed to get snapbridge working, but looking at its limitations (2mb non-raw files, having to disconnect from one network to directly connect to the camera) and the fact you can't really do much with it, I've now turned airplane mode on!
One thing I can't work out (Thoms book doesn't say much about snapbridge), is how do you get GPS data onto the pictures, are any jpegs downloaded from the camera to device stamped with this at the device? That is one thing I would like to be able to do with snapbridge, as to what else it could do I guess I'll have to wait to see if Nikon manage to turn it into something decent (not holding my breath there). I regard it as a nice 'extra' so if Nikon don't sort it I won't be that bothered.
Currently working my way through Thom Hogans book and setting it up how I want. I even managed to get snapbridge working, but looking at its limitations (2mb non-raw files, having to disconnect from one network to directly connect to the camera) and the fact you can't really do much with it, I've now turned airplane mode on!
One thing I can't work out (Thoms book doesn't say much about snapbridge), is how do you get GPS data onto the pictures, are any jpegs downloaded from the camera to device stamped with this at the device? That is one thing I would like to be able to do with snapbridge, as to what else it could do I guess I'll have to wait to see if Nikon manage to turn it into something decent (not holding my breath there). I regard it as a nice 'extra' so if Nikon don't sort it I won't be that bothered.