Pro crop d500

[ByronBrant]

I owned a D300 & longed for the D400 that just never came. I have the 7200 now and very happy with it. So this just rubs salt in the wound.
But I can see a D510 E in my future.
I'm sure the D500 will be a rock star. Just a day late dollar short for me this time around.

 

[cgw]

snip>>>Fact is, the D500 ....Would have been a brilliant product 3-5 years ago...

You say the Nikon D500 would have been a brilliant product 3-5 years ago? LMFAO.

Yeah, riiiiiiight. Do you mean in the same way that the iPhone 6s would have been a brilliant product ten years ago?

Left field indeed.

The D400 cult largely converted to FX if they were flush; otherwise, they just kvetched endlessly online about no "pro" DX. Well, here 'tis. Let's see where sales stand mid-year, OK? BTW, let us all know when/if you buy in.

 

[jsecordphoto]

The amount of wildlife photographers I know who have already preordered tells me this will be a big seller. Unless they royally screw up and have issues out the gate (which obviously has happened with other cameras they've released), I expect to see a lot of these around the wildlife refuges soon

 

[coastalconn]

The amount of wildlife photographers I know who have already preordered tells me this will be a big seller. Unless they royally screw up and have issues out the gate (which obviously has happened with other cameras they've released), I expect to see a lot of these around the wildlife refuges soon

I agree 100%. This will be a big seller for sure! Nikon might list it as enthusiast but I bet most pro Nikon shooters will be using this as there go to camera. It's such a shame my ship set sail on May. Wait until all the parents that have kids in sport programs get a whiff of this camera. It is another market that will explode with the D500 I bet

 

[Derrel]

I remember when the D750 was announced...Thom Hogan, and quite a few other "geniuses" poo-poohed it. I looked over the specifications and price point, and realized what the D750 was offering, and I **immediately** posted that I thought the D750 would be a remarkably capable camera. Turns out I was correct, and the geniuses were dead wrong in their Day 1 pronouncements. Hogan dismissed the D750 immediately after it was announced, before he had ever even seen one in real life, and he wrote that was what another camera (think D6xx, FX, low cost) "should have been". Too little, too late, for too much dinero, etc., etc.. Snort.

11 Things You Need to Know About the New Nikon D500

Yeah...so some genius says the new D500 is just an "iteration", and that it is "overdue" and at the same time it is "rushed". Gotta love it!

This is like deja vu all over again, with the smart guys proclaiming the D750 was dead at birth.

 

[bal_tan12]

Yall seen the new waterproof action cam nikon is putting out? Shoots 360° 4k. No price yet

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[BillM]

Screw that, I still want a D400 !!!!!!

Well not really but lets talk about that new D5


OH wait, I spent all my money on my CHristmas present from me to me

 

[goodguy]

Screw that, I still want a D400 !!!!!!

Well not really but lets talk about that new D5


OH wait, I spent all my money on my CHristmas present from me to me

There is always next Christman

 

[Rgollar]

If I wasnt so invested in my 7dm2 and 1dx bodies I would so get this camera.

 

[cgw]

I remember when the D750 was announced...Thom Hogan, and quite a few other "geniuses" poo-poohed it. I looked over the specifications and price point, and realized what the D750 was offering, and I **immediately** posted that I thought the D750 would be a remarkably capable camera. Turns out I was correct, and the geniuses were dead wrong in their Day 1 pronouncements. Hogan dismissed the D750 immediately after it was announced, before he had ever even seen one in real life, and he wrote that was what another camera (think D6xx, FX, low cost) "should have been". Too little, too late, for too much dinero, etc., etc.. Snort.

11 Things You Need to Know About the New Nikon D500

Yeah...so some genius says the new D500 is just an "iteration", and that it is "overdue" and at the same time it is "rushed". Gotta love it!

This is like deja vu all over again, with the smart guys proclaiming the D750 was dead at birth.

Gee but he's still Thom Hogan and you're not. The market's shifting faster than Nikon. Still think they're late to the party with this gem and we'll be looking at "incentives" by summer. Seems obvious that Nikon believes the D500 can fatten profits while selling fewer cameras with bigger profit margins. Hoping it breathes some life back into DX.

 

[chuasam]

I want one.
I already have a camera so this can wait

 

[Derrel]

A few links regarding the D500.

Shooting Impressions: On Assignment With The Nikon D500 and SB-5000 - Photography Gear - ishootshows.com
Music photographer / concert shooter Todd Owyoung's impressions of the D500 and the SB 5000 flash….you know, from a guy that has actually SHOT the new camera and shot the brand-new radio-controllable SB 5000 speedlight…the speedlight with the micro-blower cooling system allowing up to 100 continuous full-power flashes to be fired…

Side by side comparison of the D500's features against the 15 month-old Canon 7D Mark II. The Canon has an impressive 31-frame RAW buffer. The new Nikon's 200-frame buffer seems just a wee bit larger, aye laddie?
Nikon D500 vs Canon 7D Mark II

Eleven Things You Need to Know About the New Nikon D500
11 Things You Need to Know About the New Nikon D500

(Please keep in mind that a certain person that frequently comments on TPF on just how badly Nikon is running the world's #2 overall camera business, and who sometimes posts links to Canadian camera retail stores is participating in this thread...it almost seems to me that based on his anonymous user name that he might actually be Thom Hogan operating as a sock puppet...)

 

[Rgollar]

That is a crazy good camera for the money. The buffer is insane. Cant wait to see some real life examples at high ISO.

 

[AceCo55]

I heard the d510 is going to be released in a couple months

Oh no!!!!!!!!!! ........ tell what I should do.
Do I take the D500 in March ... OR ... what for the D510 ....... aaaaarrrrrrggggghhhh!

fyi ... I'm just joking

fyi ... so was I!!!!!!!!!!!!
Text just doesn't carrying the same info as the spoken word!

It's all good - I'm so happy I'm nearly peeing my pants!!!
(in this case, text is MUCH better than being there)

 

[astroNikon]

I'm sure Nikon will sell a bunch of D500's. At least initially.
I think Nikon makes a tons of cameras to fill up the warehouse.
We'll see 6-9 months out how many are sold.

I agree 100%. This will be a big seller for sure! Nikon might list it as enthusiast but I bet most pro Nikon shooters will be using this as there go to camera. It's such a shame my ship set sail on May. Wait until all the parents that have kids in sport programs get a whiff of this camera. It is another market that will explode with the D500 I bet

The parents around here don't have that much invested in a camera. they're mostly d3x00 or maybe d5x00 or the canon equivalents and I'm starting to see some mirrorless out there. But mostly, it's still phone cameras. lol