My local shop has one for under a grand body only, looks in good nick too.£1700 for a D4 in mid 2019. No thanks even if it is barely used.
They are hard to sell these days, people have ALOT of other options.
D500 easy to sell and get most of your money back after you have your way with it for a couple of years.
nice, probably the best result.Picked up another D500. Thanks for the help all. Now to save for 300mm 2.8
See my post ( #4). When using two bodies together as opposed to as a spare.Really weird how everyone is recommending a D500 when the pros all use D4's and D5's. Bad choice but never mind.
Now to save for 300mm 2.8 :oops: :$[/QUOTE said:I have a Sigma 300mm 2.8 Nikon fit I may be persuaded to part with. (90% indoor use...bizarre I know!)
See my post ( #4). When using two bodies together as opposed to as a spare.
Makes no Difference eh! Plenty of laughs eh!I saw that, but I don't really understand your point. What does it matter if they're identical? It makes no difference. You want the best camera for action, that is definitively the D4. All the pros use D4s and D5s. You'd get plenty of laughs at the suggestion of using 2 D500s instead of a D4 and a D500.
Makes no Difference eh! Plenty of laughs eh!
If your using two cameras TOGETHER shooting fast moving subjects it helps to have identical, and identically set up cameras.
I suspect anyone with relevant experience will tell you the same.
Having a second camera as a spare / back up is completely different.
NB. I haven't commented on the merits or otherwise of the D500. I stand by the comments I have made.
I often use 3 different models of Canon (1D series, 5D series and 7DII) and don't have any problem coordinating between them.
Makes no Difference eh! Plenty of laughs eh!
If your using two cameras TOGETHER shooting fast moving subjects it helps to have identical, and identically set up cameras.
I suspect anyone with relevant experience will tell you the same.
Having a second camera as a spare / back up is completely different.
NB. I haven't commented on the merits or otherwise of the D500. I stand by the comments I have made.
He should have used a D4 for 95% of his action, and then swapped to the D500 for try shots. Oh well.
Not at £1,700 her shouldn't have. You can get a D4S from MPB at that amount.
Ridiculous that "identical set-up" is so important to some on here.
Is there really that much real world difference between the two ?
Done a quick versus search and it’s pretty much 50/50 for which is better, and just seems to boil down to personal choice and please don’t say “pros use them, so must be better” as that’s not a comparison that’s just market use, it could be all they’ve known or what they’ve always used, or a load of other reasons
I’ve been to football games every week for a 2 years or so in lower league and 80/90% of the time another tog is there (from away team or local papers) , I’m still yet to see another Nikon shooter, so by the above statement cannon must be far better than Nikon.
Pound for pound, is the D4 that much better ?