avemal Loc: BALTIMORE

Great review. Never missed info. that I needed. Thanks

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I know Nikon wants to make the D500 appear to be a professional crop camera, BUT, the one thing that I would change is that I would retain the pop-up flash. I find that the pop-up flash on my D800 comes in handy for fill-light situations.

CO

I've been shooting with a D7000 for years. Since I starting shooting with the D500 it seems like there's a little more dynamic range. It's interesting, the website that you provided shows about the same dynamic range characteristics as shown on the DXO labs sensor testing site for the same cameras. Maybe they use the same equipment or software when testing cameras.

Judsonc Loc: Kansas City - west burbs

Rob, Yes - I believe the D500 is the camera that I "want/need" to shoot high school basket ball, need to sell my D7200 but not sure what to ask for it -
Thanks
Jud

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

Its noisy compared to FF and the high ISO values it boasts are marketing hype. Check out the sensor values in DXO. The D7200 is better and so are all the FF and other Nikons at a fraction of the cost. $2000 is a lot of money. Yes it has a lot of good features...if you need them.

Not everyone needs the speed. I dial mine down to 7 fps and a max of 2-3 consecutive. I don't want to spend my time looking at images that are essentially the same. I enjoy post processing but there is a limit.

Increased range of a crop image...easily accomplished with cropping even if you don't have the pixel over head by pixel enlargement and PP.

I have the D810 and the D500 and if I could only have one it would be the former.

The D500 is certainly a great crop camera if you shoot Nikon want the features. I doubt many Canon shooters would switch for it.

It depends on what you are currently using and if it satisfies your shooting requirements.

Will it make you a better photographer? Perhaps if your current equipment doesn't do what you like to do.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

I'm a little late to this discussion but I have read all the threads and would like to put in my 2 cents worth.

A big feature of the D500 that hasn't been mentioned is the 4K photo capabilities. Now before you dismiss this feature because you don't like to shoot video, I said 4K PHOTO not video. What this means is that with 4K PHOTO activated can shoot at 30 frames per second, and use each frame as an 8mb JPEG. Alright, an 8mb JPEG isn't that big but how "big" is it to capture the exact decisive moment of an action. For example, a diver caught in mid-air with his fingertips just touching the surface of the water. Or a kid popping a soap bubble at the exact instant when the bubble deforms. Try that with your Nikon or Canon 14 fps camera and see if you can get that shot. The size of an 8mb file is not that bad compared to "not getting" the shot at all. 4K Photo, look it up. Some Mirrorless cameras already do it.

avemal Loc: BALTIMORE

Dr J Loc: NE Florida

Haven't tried that with my D500 - thank you!

JPL

Since you are referring to this Snapsort site I do not understand why you think it is a tough call. D7200 scores 87 against 50 for the D500 at Snapsort.
D7200 scores much higher in low light performance, dynamic range and color depth at Snapsort. Also D7200 has more cross type focus points, less shutter lag and is much more popular than D500. And the D7200 can be used for movies but the D500 can not, according to Snapsort.
Of course you must understand that all of this is false, as is the usual information from Snapsort. And there fore I do not understand why people are referring to this crap site and directing others to visit this site to compare cameras?

You are a very active guy here and giving lot of good information and generally I find you a great member on this forum. But please stop advertising this Snapsort website that is worse then nothing of a website to get fair and accurate information about cameras.

CO

I have a D500 but I didn't know about the 4K photo capabilities. I'll have to look into that.