catalint wrote:
Hi,
These days I am really considering some gear change. For a while I've been searching and looking into possibility of moving up to FX format.
The main reason I am considering this, is the better performance/results when shooting in low lights condition, Hi-Iso. I love landscapes and night photography, but I also do portraits and events with my DJ friends. Until The D500 i was sure my next move will be to FX, but now that's a tough nut. I've watched several reviews and test of the D500 but none has an in-dept real life test or samples I want to see. But on paper and some few reviews, this D500 should really be outstanding and better then the two FX's I am looking into in everyway.
So my wish from you D500 users, is if you could post some low light pictures. As it is now, I stand between d610 , D750 and D500. All my glass is DX. So D500 would be the best solution. The "rapid fire" of the D500 is not something important to me, my focus is to achieve more clean and noise free pictures,. Hi ISO results that's what I look at.
I am in line for a D500, but have not payed it yet. I am looking at a two month waiting I think, and I have this time ahead to make a decision.
I could get a D610 with an Sigma 24-85 F4 Art lens for the body price of D500.
Cheers from Oslo
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Do yourself a
big favor. Cancel the order for the D500. Order either a D750 or a D810. Go for the D810 if you can take the hit on your bank account. If you are really in no hurry, you might wait awhile and see what Nikon is cooking up to replace the D810, because that might have all the same bells and whistle that a D500 has.
Here are graphic reasons:
http://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Nikon%20D5,Nikon%20D500,Nikon%20D800,Nikon%20D810
The above link is to a chart by Bill Claff (
bclaff here on UHH) that shows the "Photographic Dynamic Range" of the D500, the D810, the D800, and the D5. You can click on other cameras in the list on the right to add more graphs or to delete them. (Note that the graph for a D750 is almost identical to the D800.)
For the landscapes, night photography, portraits and events that you target, any of those FX cameras is better suited that a D500 in every respect with the exception of frame rate for sporting events.
Essentially what those graphs show is that all across the board, at every ISO, the FX cameras other than the D5 do better than the D500 (click on the "Ideal DX" at the right to see that no DX sensor will ever be as good as those FX sensors). Note that the D5 is far and away better at high ISO's, but to get there it gives up ground at lower ISO values. In an ideal world you would want both a D810, for lower ISO's and slower frame rates, and a D5 for higher ISO's and faster frame rates.
If all you will do with the camera is low light or high frames per second, the D5 is the winner. If you want to do portraits and landscapes either a D800 or a D810 is a better compromise.
The D500 is lower cost but not quite as suited for your purposes as the FX bodies. If you want to do macro, wildlife or sports without breaking the bank, a D500 is a great camera.