A truly great camera in almost every way. I use it for sports with a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I have used it for about 2 years now. I only wish it weren’t so heavy. As I get older I yearn for something equal on the tech side, but lighter and less bulky. But that’s my shortcoming, not the D500’s.
I recently spent a couple of weekends exporting 10,000+/- photos from Photos to LR. Much as I really liked Photos, it’s worth the effort to switch to LR since LR offers so much more. I recently read ( but cannot confirm) that Apple won’t be updating Photos anymore. Google Photos is probably going to be a better option that Apple Photos.
Dear djcoyle:
Welcome aboard. I too am "almost" retired (may "rewired").
The most objective and intelligent guys on the Hog are jerryc41 and Gene51. IMHO. You won't get the political/brand bias from them.
For going back to school, try the courses on Linda.com in addition to youtube. Evelyn costs a bit, but I have found their Lightroom courses and photography courses to be excellent. With Lightroom, I was up an running in one weekend. After that it's all practice.
Earlier today, I wrote the following, in another string, but it may be relevant:
I personally switched to Mac about 10 years ago from PC. I then proceeded to switch my whole law practice to Mac. Started with IBM, tried Gateway, Dell, HP, Toshiba and others. But I moved on and I have been happiest with each of the Macs I've had over the past decade. Now that I'm doing more and more with photography, I see the ever greater value to the Mac. The smooth interplay between hardware and software is a delight. Not so on a PC, which I found constantly crashing. The Apple Care customer service is tops in the few instances I have needed them. Not so with PC machines, where you need to speak with different customer care companies for each of the brands, and if they can't figure it out, they tell you to talk to the other vendor. Royal PITA. If Apple is the wealthiest company in the world, it may be because of pricing, but it is also due to customer satisfaction. You get what you pay for.
For my work, I now use a MacBook Air. For my photography, I use a MacBook Pro, attached to a large Apple monitor. I download and store my images from camera to a portable external HD and back that up to a second external. Add to that a cloud back up for $5. per month.(BackBlaze). And Time Machine, which is indigenous to the Mac, backs up the computer every hour to a third external. From the external, I import to LR. I use Lightroom Classic CC and that gives flawless sharing of my photo Collections with LR Mobile on my iPhone or iPad. All this syncs beautifully without worrying about the quirks of piecing together various brands of PC/Windows based machines and devices.
While PC gurus say you can do comparable things that you can do with a Mac using PC based devices, I find great virtue in simplicity and reliability. Apple gives me that.
As the sages say, "Once you've tried a Mac, you won't go back..." IMHO, I'm glad I switched and stayed with Mac.
Either way, good luck.
BJW
I personally switched to Mac about 10 years ago from PC. I then proceeded to switch my whole law practice to Mac. Started with IBM, tried Gateway, Dell, HP, Toshiba and others. But I moved on and I have been happiest with each of the Macs I've had over the past decade. Now that I'm doing more and more with photography, I see the ever greater value to the Mac. The smooth interplay between hardware and software is a delight. Not so on a PC, which I found constantly crashing. The Apple Care customer service is tops in the few instances I have needed them. Not so with PC machines, where you need to speak with different customer care companies for each of the brands, and if they can't figure it out, they tell you to talk to the other vendor. Royal PITA. If Apple is the wealthiest company in the world, it may be because of pricing, but it is also due to customer satisfaction. You get what you pay for.
For my work, I now use a MacBook Air. For my photography, I use a MacBook Pro, attached to a large Apple monitor. I download and store my images from camera to a portable external HD and back that up to a second external. Add to that a cloud back up for $5. per month.(BackBlaze). And Time Machine, which is indigenous to the Mac, backs up the computer every hour to a third external. From the external, I import to LR. I use Lightroom Classic CC and that gives flawless sharing of my photo Collections with LR Mobile on my iPhone or iPad. All this syncs beautifully without worrying about the quirks of piecing together various brands of PC/Windows based machines and devices.
While PC gurus say you can do comparable things that you can do with a Mac using PC based devices, I find great virtue in simplicity and reliability. Apple gives me that.
As the sages say, "Once you've tried a Mac, you won't go back..." IMHO, I'm glad I switched and stayed with Mac.
Either way, good luck.
BJW
Just thinking:
If third party batteries are as good as UHHoggers confirm, do you think (without being accused of heresy) that name brand camera manufacturers might just subcontract the manufacture and labeling of batteries for them to sell as brand name batteries??
And if brand name manufacturers do so, do you think there is any quality control difference between the off-brand and name- brand batteries?
Just thinking.
Right. That’s the free choice that free market economics should allow.
I’ve heard that too and I think I read it in the manual as well.
Sounds to me like an intersting restraint of trade issue for those anti-trust lawyers out there.
Anyone interested in a class action?
I did. And I see no difference.
I have no trouble with the pro-master third party battery in place of Nikon’s brand battery for my D500. I get them at my local camera shop in Westwood, NJ
I have no trouble with the pro-master third party battery in place of Nikon’s brand battery for my D500. I get them at my local camera shop in Westwood, NJ
On the positive side, the nose is great when the LCD is in touch the movable focus point mode on a Lumix G85 and even better when in the touch/focus/shoot mode on my new Leica Q.
Get her an iPhone 7 plus. Add a free iPhone photography course from You tube and she’s well on her way to becoming a pro.
When i look close up to various regions in the image, I don’t see any part that is in better focus than any other part. So, my guess is the same as the others: your AF button(s) either on your lens, on the camera body, or in the menu was/were not activated.if they were, the Rebel T6 would give pretty decent shots. Try again in time for Thanksgiving. You won’t be disappointed.
Look at the Canon Rebel T6, now on sale for about $550 at my lical camera shop. It’s an excellent camera to start and grow with. Check out B&H and Adorama too for price too.