Wallen wrote:
IMHO, the D7500 is does not deserve the DXXXX name. It may shoot a little bit better than the older cameras but it does not beat or equal what it replaced in the most important part. To think of it, the folding rear LCD of the D5300 is better as it can fold fully forward allowing blogging or arranging a group photo where everyone would be included. We have the D7500 at work (not my decision) as one of our work cameras and practically speaking, it is not much better than the older ones we still have and use like the D90.
I would be willing to use the D7100 & D7200 on a paid shoot but not the D7500.
Because of its single memory slot. There is no back-up should the memory fail and in a wedding or other very important event, that is total failure.
I learned that lesson the hard way.
I'm a contract worker in the middle East so I get to see my family only 30 days in a year.
(because of Covid, I have not been home for more than 2 years now and still counting)
Having too many things in my travels, In 2016, I chose to bring the D5300 instead of the D7100 as it is lighter, smaller and for the fully articulated screen.
That vacation, I lost irreplaceable photos because the card failed during transfer. Had I brought the D7100 with its 2 cards, I would have lost nothing.
My personal take on it, Its a birding camera. That's where it excels. For important & paid photography, better to look somewhere else.
My angst is that Nikon turned a semi-professional series into a hype pricy hobby camera. They killed a legend to push the D500.
But of course, that just my personal opinion.
IMHO, the D7500 is does not deserve the DXXXX name... (
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