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Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown

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travelwp Loc: New Jersey

jccash wrote:

A friend of mine that owns the D500, D810 and D850 just sent me an email saying the following regarding the D850:
"Don't get the D850. It is harder to use, gets fewer in focus shots, but when it does grab focus the shots are incredible. I think the D850 works best on a tripod with a 500mm f4 prime, a 10k lens. Not saying the D850 is a bad camera because it isn't, it just isn't as easy to use as the d500."

I found the complete opposite to be true: I shoot with the D850 and the Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2. It's very fast focus, and I never miss a shot because of focus. Never used a tripod because I don't use a 500mm lens and the Tamron VR works great.

I also own the D500 and it is not any easier to use than the D850.

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

travelwp wrote:

I found the complete opposite to be true: I shoot with the D850 and the Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2. It's very fast focus, and I never miss a shot because of focus. Never used a tripod because I don't use a 500mm lens and the Tamron VR works great.

I also own the D500 and it is not any easier to use than the D850.

Good to know thank you,

nikon123 Loc: Toronto, Canada

I purchased D500 about one year ago. I likely do not optimize thecamera’s best shooting subjects - sports and wildlife, but I do photograph 7 young grandchildren. I cannot give you technical reasons why I love the camera. The shutter release is so fast. Great camera!

Kuzano

jerryc41 wrote:

Don't expect a lot of negatives. : )

Of course not. It's digital!!!.

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

Thank you all for your thoughts & opinions. To be more specific I’m curious if any of you have used the 500 with any of the older pro grade AFS primes. I own some but not any of newer generation without the aperature rings. My favorite being the 300 AFS which would be great for wildlife on the 500 body. At least so goes my thought process.

fecraly

My first DSLR was a Nikon D80. Worked fine, but lacked good low light performance. Bought the D500 for high ISO capability and its 10 frame/sec burst mode that I wanted for indoor sports photography (grandson is HS placekicker; great for getting the right shot in fast moving play)

I have used it for night football with a Nikon 28-300 zoom. Shot in A priority mode, f/6.3, and ISO 5000 to get shutter speed to 1/640; mostly at max zoom. Great shots last Friday at Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium (dome) for HS state championship game. Motion frozen, no blur!

Not yet tried it for other photo ops. Fantastic performance and results so far. Great camera--everything I could ever need. Highly recommend it.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

pesfls wrote:

Thank you all for your thoughts & opinions. To be more specific I’m curious if any of you have used the 500 with any of the older pro grade AFS primes. I own some but not any of newer generation without the aperature rings. My favorite being the 300 AFS which would be great for wildlife on the 500 body. At least so goes my thought process.

I have used my D500 with all of my lenses, including some of the older D versions (without the built-in focus motor). I've used my 300/4 PF on my D500 with wonderful results, along with my 70-200/2.8E FL. I would have no hesitation using an older 300/2.8 AF-S, but I have never used mine on it and I recently sold my 300/2.8 AF-S. The D500 makes a fine sports camera, second only to the D5 and perhaps the D850, but the jury is still out on that one. Best of luck.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

pesfls wrote:

I'd be interested to hear opinions, good or bad, of anyone who owns & uses a D500. I'm considering that so real life impressions would be useful. Thanks in advance.

Its the best DX camera at the moment.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

pesfls wrote:

I'd be interested to hear opinions, good or bad, of anyone who owns & uses a D500. I'm considering that so real life impressions would be useful. Thanks in advance.

Love the camera, does a great job with fast moving subjects; no complaints from me.

pmackd Loc: Alameda CA

jcboy3 wrote:

Great camera. I also have a D750 and D7100. At l... (show quote)

I have the same three cameras and since I got the D500 have shot about 10,000 photos with it, mostly birds. Very happy with it. It's not really bigger than the D750, just slightly different proportions and about the same weight. My 300mm f4 E VR PF lives on the D500. With or without a Nikon 1.4 III TC an ideal combination for hand held wildlife or sports. I can go further: until something better comes out, the ULTIMATE combo for hand held wildlife and sports.