Sharing my short and limited review of D500.
I never thought I would be interested in DX sensor (cropped sensor terminology used by Nikon) again after all these years. I was using Nikon D3 and has owned Nikon D300s for a short period of time. I eventually sold the D300s as there is something I like about the feel in images taken with the D3. I did not upgrade my camera after that as I was less active in photography. When Nikon launched D800E with its killer medium format resolution, it rekindled my interest. Without the effect of optical filter, the images were simply detailed and marvelous (I prefer the images quality over D3)! It also save me some time on post processing because I do not really need to sharpen my images when I reduced the image size. I used the D800E and subsequently D810 more often than the D3 as a result. Plus they were light weight in comparison to the weight of D3. When D500 was launched, the specs are more impressive than the Nikon D2xs I used to own and cheaper. It does 30mins of 4K video recording, 10fps, 155 focus points, excellent high iso performance and to me more importantly like D810, no optical filter and sound of shutter than D800E. Without reading the manual, I took the D500 for some test drive last weekend. Live user support provided by Sree, whose initial sharing was one of the reasons I picked up the D500. Thanks my friend!
I did not try all the functions and settings (that will take a long time). What I wanted to try was the sharpness, high iso and focusing speed. The Nikon D500 did not disappoint. I was having the same kind of fun with actions that I used to enjoy from top camera models from Nikon. These make me feel that D500 (body only) is value for money at less than S$2.9K especially if one is into nature photography. Current price of Nikon top model (Nikon D5 is > S$8K).
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