Marvin McAbee Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 What do you think? Looks like the D500 might be the long awaited D400 that never came. From the ISO ratings might be good for black cats at midnight. Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Oh frabjous day! I was an early buyer of the D300 and one of the many, many, many wanting a D400. I finally gave up and got the D7100--really lame for shooting wildlife on the move with its tiny buffer. Huge buffer on this new one. Tis brillig. And auto AF fine tune. Soooo nice. I guess I have to come up with the money. I am usually not an early adopter but I wonder if there will be a back-up in orders. Too soon to know, I guess. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I had to laugh a bit about what I saw on the Fuji X forum. A guy who gave up waiting for the next generation of the D300 sold off all his Nikon kit just a couple of months ago and bought Fuji. He was quite disgruntled about the timing of the D500. I've been known to have perfect timing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Knight Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nikon D500 looks like a winner except there is quote from 'Amateur Photographer' magazine which may put some people off, " Just read the price in the UK – in the USA the body only option is $1999.00 which works out at approx £1334.00, yet the UK price is stated as £1729.99, a whopping £400 difference just because Nikon think we’re stupid?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Price depends on each countries import duties, taxes, waivers negotiated etc. Still I agree it is rip off Britain and Europe. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nikon D500 looks like a winner except there is quote from 'Amateur Photographer' magazine which may put some people off, " Just read the price in the UK – in the USA the body only option is $1999.00 which works out at approx £1334.00, yet the UK price is stated as £1729.99, a whopping £400 difference just because Nikon think we’re stupid?" In Nikon D500 looks like a winner except there is quote from 'Amateur Photographer' magazine which may put some people off, " Just read the price in the UK – in the USA the body only option is $1999.00 which works out at approx £1334.00, yet the UK price is stated as £1729.99, a whopping £400 difference just because Nikon think we’re stupid?" The clot forgot about VAT. 1729 less VAT is about 1440. American prices are always quoted without sales tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Ohhhh... Sounds like fun to me. Of course, after buying that camera I'll have to reduce travel for a while. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Wonderful idea! But I'd be after digging out the flavor of Europe more than landmarks that already have thousands of images already on Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Oh frabjous day! I was an early buyer of the D300 and one of the many, many, many wanting a D400. I finally gave up and got the D7100--really lame for shooting wildlife on the move with its tiny buffer. Huge buffer on this new one. Tis brillig. And auto AF fine tune. Soooo nice. I guess I have to come up with the money. I am usually not an early adopter but I wonder if there will be a back-up in orders. Too soon to know, I guess. Paulette Crack open the slithy toves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Wonderful idea! But I'd be after digging out the flavor of Europe more than landmarks that already have thousands of images already on Alamy. I reckon that if you have a reasonable rank you may as well have a dog in the fight. Not the Houses of Parliament or the Eiffel Tower, though. I've still never taken a picture of either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Oh frabjous day! I was an early buyer of the D300 and one of the many, many, many wanting a D400. I finally gave up and got the D7100--really lame for shooting wildlife on the move with its tiny buffer. Huge buffer on this new one. Tis brillig. And auto AF fine tune. Soooo nice. I guess I have to come up with the money. I am usually not an early adopter but I wonder if there will be a back-up in orders. Too soon to know, I guess. Paulette Crack open the slithy toves! Thank you, my beamish boy. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Might become a second body to my D750 sometime. The D500 being a DX sensor will give a bit extra reach, when needed, with the FX lenses. Cheaper than forking out £thousands for a long lens. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Along with the initial cost, the thing must really eat memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Montacute Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hmmmmm. The D500 looks good. 20mp and 10 fps with the added bonus of the crop factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhandol Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Was going to make a complete switch over to Fuji, ...but the more it think about it and my style of shooting, the more this D500 makes sense to me....and it's got an articulated rear screen too for thrm low down macro shoots or when I'm the shortest person in the crowd.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin McAbee Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Not sure what all the differences are but the D7200 is $900 less at B&H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Not sure what all the differences are but the D7200 is $900 less at B&H. 10fps, 4K video, articulated screen, 153 AF points, built in WiFi and GPS, USB3 seem to be the main differences from the 7200. I may have missed something important. I'm not going to be getting one as I'm a full framer but just interested in what Nikon are doing with their technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Philippe, are you dropping the D750 or having the D500 as a second camera. As the D750 is so good, I am curious to know why you would have a APS camera and a FF. Just being nosey. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhandol Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Not sure what all the differences are but the D7200 is $900 less at B&H. 10fps, 4K video, articulated screen, 153 AF points, built in WiFi and GPS, USB3 seem to be the main differences from the 7200. I may have missed something important. I'm not going to be getting one as I'm a full framer but just interested in what Nikon are doing with their technology. More rugged and better weather sealing especially since they've remove the protruding popup flash which also means it will work better with tilt/shift lenses. Also has iluminated buttons for using in the dark....did I say DARK! Yes it focuses in the dark, down to LV-4, so should be able to handle those moonlight shots down on the beach. Has the same focus module as the D5 with face recognition, blistering fast AF (though even my old D2x will focus quicker enough for any action shot I could imagine), A Buffer that will allow you to shoot at 10fps for a wopping 79 uncompessed raw files, 200 compressed raw file or unlimited jpegs. ,,,,,Touch screen too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I went to an event today at B&H to introduce the D5 and D500. Mostly, of course, it was about the cameras but they also talked about the new XQD memory cards. Both cameras can use them in addition to CF for the D5 and SD for the D500. I'm sure some of you already know about this but it was new to me. The Nikon technicians were enthusiastic about it -- basically saying this.... What XQD means for you: Cards that can keep up with the shooting speed of the camera, clearing the buffer faster. This means that for sports, photojournalism and wildlife photography, you will capture more decisive moments in multiple bursts of continuous shooting. (See the Media Writing Speed Test section in the video, link below.) Storage capacities that can hold large amounts of RAW NEF files and/or video files that won’t make you stop shooting to change cards—missing the action. Faster transfer rates from card to computer so you can get back to shooting faster. XQD cards are more durable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 But did they mention the price of XQD? £449 for a 440MB/s 128GB card. A 120MB/s 128GB CF card is £100. One would really want to need the incredibly fast speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Definitely cheaper than that over here. They did mention that they expect the price to go down. A guy reported that he had just bought a 64gb one for a hundred dollars. Paulette Edit: I see that the 128GB is that expensive here. The Lexars seem to be cheaper than the Sonys. All new to me. It will be a while before I can afford the camera and I actually get nervous about having huge numbers of images on one card so would probably get 32GB cards. All other comments welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Definitely cheaper than that over here. They did mention that they expect the price to go down. A guy reported that he had just bought a 64gb one for a hundred dollars. Paulette Edit: I see that the 128GB is that expensive here. The Lexars seem to be cheaper than the Sonys. All new to me. It will be a while before I can afford the camera and I actually get nervous about having huge numbers of images on one card so would probably get 32GB cards. All other comments welcome. Agree re: size of card :-) I restrict myself to 32GB cards too . . . but XQD is the new technology, and as their uptake increases, their price will of course decrease. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I use dual CF and SD with the SD as backup and usually backup daily onto a laptop when travelling so I'm not too worried about amount of images/card. I wasn't even aware of XQD until NYCat's post but it looks like there will be some changes coming in the Nikons. Apparently the D5 is available as either dual XQD or dual CF (not an issue for me at least as I won't investing in a D5). The D500 has only XQD and SD so it would be necessary to invest in XQD if one wanted the second slot as backup. The need for speed is driving this change I guess in the action cameras and, with the claims that CF is dying as it has reached a plateau, Nikon is going XQD. It will be interesting to see what way Nikon goes with its next D810 update where speed is more of a secondary consideration to image quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I hadn't realized that about the card slots on the D500. It didn't come up in the discussion yesterday unless they pointed it out after I left. (I didn't want to wait in line to get a chance to get my hands on one.) I know I want it eventually. I had assumed that I would use SD for the overflow but it is disappointing that you can't use two SD cards. So at least one XQD purchase will be necessary for me. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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