Video resolution4K (UHD) 3,840 x2,160 pixels at 30/25/24fps, Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 pixels at60/50/30/25/24fps

Stepping outside the world of Nikon, one close competitor to the D500 is the 7D Mark II from Canon. However, the D500 has the advantage of being released about 15 months after the 7D Mark II, so it’s undeniably the more advanced camera. Tbcass I assure you I can afford the lenses, it’s an issue if you don’t see any added value. It’s dumb to pay more for similar or lower quality. With the D500 anything moving I use 25-point dynamic-area AF & AF-C. It nails every shot every time. Never before possible with previous Nikon DX bodies. A few miliseconds of vibration is negligible with exposures of 30 seconds to several minutes. Personally I anyway tend to use delayed release mode. More essential with shorter exposures like moon images.

If you’re encountering the Nikon D500 for the first time, what you need to know is that it’s a high-speed, advanced-tier camera mainly intended for sports and wildlife photographers. Shutter speeds are available from 1/8000th second to 30 seconds. There’s a Bulb setting for extra long exposures. The camera has a sync speed of 1/250th second and several self-timer modes. The latter include 2, 5, 10, 20 second durations with 1 to 9 exposures at various intervals. Below are comparison shots with the D500 side-by-side with other Nikon DSLR cameras. The images are to scale giving an idea of the relative sizes.

The D300 underwent a relatively minor refresh with the D300S in 2009, but after that Nikon seemed to abandon the idea, insisting that its D7000-series of enthusiast-focused DSLRs met the needs of the majority of enthusiasts. But in 2016 Nikon relented and, just in time for a summer of European Championship football and the Olympic Games, produced a genuine successor in the shape of the D500, alongside the professional Nikon D5, and with an astonishing set of specifications that are still impressive today. More third-party APS-C autofocus lenses for Nikon Z-mount coming soon: TTArtisan 35mm f/1.8, Meike 55mm f/1.4 and Sirui Sniper 23mm+33mm+56mm f/1.2 Image quality is quite good, with accurate colors and exposures. Detail capture is better than expected. Keep in mind, though, that 4K recording uses only part of the sensor. Add that crop factor to the camera’s APS-C 1.5x native crop and you need to figure in a little more than a total of 2x crop when choosing a lens. For example, a 14mm lens will deliver the same field of view as a 28mm lens, which may or may not be wide enough for the shot you planned. If it moves, it can wear out or simply fail, even if that is rare. Regardless of that, a mirror being slung out of the way definitely causes vibration, and that is not a good thing when taking photos with slow shutters. For my photography, I consider vertical grips essential and shooting the D500 vertically without one is something I find to be quite awkward to the point where I shoot less verticals, which is not a good thing. Equipment should not dictate the kind of pictures taken. So the MB-D17 goes on and stays there. As a bonus, you can load an extra battery to help with “range anxiety”. Having to remove the vertical grip to get at the in-body battery is a small annoyance that comes with using the accessory grip. I always set the camera to use the MB-D17 battery first which often means at the end of the day there is no need to remove the primary battery for charging. Recommended Camera and Menu Settings

Nikon D500 vs D5 Comparison

What that means is that the firmware is getting lost periodically and doing things in terms of placing values in the internal memory incorrectly, or not at all. Thus, the “power” issues could very well be due to buggy firmware, not any real problem in the camera." The app and mobile device can also be used to shoot remotely with options to shoot in program auto, shutter priority, aperture priority or manual exposure modes. Exposure compensation, ISO and white balance adjustments can be made directly from the app. It’s pretty typical when it comes to functionality and can be a real bonus when you want or need to share images in the field. Nikon D500 review: Verdict I found a solution using a battery bank with a 5V 2.3A output, a 5V to 9V DC-DC converter with 1 A output rating which output is fed though a homemade circuit with a super-capacitor to distribute power draw over longer time, which is then fed to the fake off the shelf battery adapter. The super-capacitor circuit limits power draw from the DC-DC converter to about 1A. I provided details and analysis of D500 power draw at the Nikongear forum: Nikon used a 20.9-million-pixel DX-format sensor in the D500, and it delivers impressive image quality. It’s lower in resolution than Nikon’s cheaper DX DSLRs, which sport 24-million-pixel sensors, but the difference is less than 10% in terms of linear resolution, and I suspect it will be easy to accept this compromise in return for the D500’s other considerable skills. More to the point, high ISO performance is very good indeed, with the top standard sensitivity of ISO 51,200 giving remarkably respectable results. Unfortunately, though, the extended settings do seem to be hugely over-optimistic; anyone expecting usable ISO 1,638,400 from a DX sensor will need to wait a little longer. Dynamic range

In 2017 I wanted a new charger because the original was doing things that made me feel uncomfortable. Since it was out of warranty and I desired a dual charger that I could use in my car, I bought the item linked below. The issue with 3rd party batteries was different than the issue with the Nikon Li-ion20 variant. When the D500 came out, prior 3rd party batteries did not work at all in the D500 whereas the older Nikon batteries had a shorter half-life (I had an older 3rd party battery that came free with a D7200 which didn't work at all in the D500). The non-Nikon battery manufacturers subsequently modified their design and these batteries now work in the D500. I know because B&H gave me a free non-Nikon battery when I bought my D500 and it works the same as the Li-ion20 variant Nikon battery as far as I can tell. However, it is all dependent on your budget and use of the grip, I have the following D7000 3rd Party Grip (Newer) Far to sloppy on my D7000 It feels fine when it is tightened onto the camera but it needs to be tightened up on a regular basis, a total waste of time, if you were out for a full day, feels cheap, buttons are not good a very loose feel to them and not a very tactile feel then moved to the meika a little better mainly because of the metal parts but still not that good button wise buttons got a bit of a sloppy feel to them after a couple of thousand presses. In recent years, photographers looking for a truly high-end APS-C DSLR for sports and action shooting have been more or less limited to Canon’s EOS 7D Mark II and perhaps the later EOS 90D. But with the D500, Nikon returned to this sector in fine style, and its combination of superb autofocus, fast continuous shooting and excellent image quality places it very much at the top of the list. One of the other big features Nikon is touting is its Snapbridge system that uses Bluetooth LE (a low-power variant of Bluetooth also known as Bluetooth Smart), and Wi-Fi to maintain a connection between the camera and a smart device. This includes the ability to auto-transfer images from the camera, as well as initiating the Wi-Fi connection for remote shooting or manual image transfer. ContextI agree and to expand on your theory, from my research I've been reading that it's a combination of both Voltage and Watts/Current provided by the converters. It seems the D500 requires more than any of the other Nikon Dxxx cameras. Not sure about the Dxxxx or Dx cameras. My camera was sent off on September 11th and I got a message from Wex on the 25th informing me that Nikon hadn't been able to replicate the issues with the batteries that they were using and had asked for my batteries to be sent in for testing. When I originally took the camera in I also took my grip and batteries but Wex didn't send those off - they just sent the body. I'd recommend that if you get the camera serviced by Nikon you also send them your batteries. Nikon should have my batteries now so it'll be interesting to see what they say, but I've heard that other people have sent their cameras in, Nikon announce 'nothing is wrong', yet when the customer received their camera whatever the issue was with it had been magically resolved. Seems that Nikon doesn't like to admit when things go wrong, but they do do something to fix the issue. If this technology is in the D810 replacement and it's fitted with the new af system, this is going to be a very 3 pensive year for me D500 plus D820. I plan on getting a D500 next month at the end of my busy season. Never though I would ever seek out another AP-C camera but.....