D7500 - good choice or not

[Mozziephotography]

September last year and a bout of depression led me to sell my D7200 and D500. I'd bought a Z50 for my wife a few months earlier and I used the D700 when out snapping. Running events were non-existent and my passion for photography waned. With races now back on the calendar, I'm using Sal's D7100 and it's not doing a bad job. I know that there is only one card slot in the D7500, but what are the main pros in moving up (?) to the D7500. Loved the D500 but with the FPS being so high, I was probably coming back with way too many images anyway.

 

[toohuge]

First and foremost, sorry to hear that you went through a rough patch - hope you're feeling better now.

I've never been a fan of the 7500.... I shot (including sport) the 7200 for a good time and it really launched my interest in more serious photography, I think it's a superb camera and good value for money second hand. That said, the price of more used D500's is at the point that it makes sense to go for that model over the 7500. The AF in the D500 is really good and the build quality is superior imo. You can always throttle your max fps on the D500 to prevent over shooting - I frequently slow both my D5 and 1dxii to 10 fps to prevent overshooting as you don't always need the fps.

If you weren't considering a sport body (D4/D4s/D5 etc) then I'd be looking at the D500, if budget would allow then the D850 as that seems (I've not shot one yet) to be really highly rated

 

[Mozziephotography]

Thanks for that @toohuge but the price of a "knackered" looking D500 is way too much to pay for the condition it's in. I expected the D500 to fall in price if I ever wanted to get another one. It's just NOT falling. Suppose I'll stick with the D7100 for a while longer.

Used Nikon D500

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[toohuge]

Thanks for that @toohuge but the price of a "knackered" looking D500 is way too much to pay for the condition it's in. I expected the D500 to fall in price if I ever wanted to get another one. It's just NOT falling. Suppose I'll stick with the D7100 for a while longer.

Used Nikon D500

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I get that - I've toyed with a D500, all my cameras end up looking like that.... or worse so I try and buy at the bottom end as I know they'll get worn out! I guess they don't drop in price because they're pretty good

It makes sense to stick with the D7100 - that's what I would do

 

[andrewc]

I shoot races with a Canon 1DX Mk 2. It can do 14fps or so - but I can limit the number of frames in burst mode to whatever I want, so I usually set that to three. I'll turn down the FPS as well. I wouldn't want to change to a camera with only one card slot now.

 

[gramps]

September last year and a bout of depression led me to sell my D7200 and D500. I'd bought a Z50 for my wife a few months earlier and I used the D700 when out snapping. Running events were non-existent and my passion for photography waned. With races now back on the calendar, I'm using Sal's D7100 and it's not doing a bad job. I know that there is only one card slot in the D7500, but what are the main pros in moving up (?) to the D7500. Loved the D500 but with the FPS being so high, I was probably coming back with way too many images anyway.

When I wanted to lighten up my kit and still do wildlife I changed to a D7500 used with a 200-500 and I never found a problem.
The D7500 is often called a 'D500 Lite' - here's what Thom Hogan says:-

Right up front we need to discuss the Internet Elephant in the room: feature removals. Yes, Nikon took out a few things from the D7500 that were in the D7200: (1) the second card slot; (2) the AI index tab for old manual focus lenses; and (3) any provision for adding a vertical grip. Some think that going down to 20mp from 24mp in the preceding model is also a "removal."

But it's not as if the D7500 went backwards. I'll say this several times in this review: the D7500 is clearly a D5-generation camera. By that I mean we get things like an EXPEED5 processor and image sensor that can do 4K video and expand the buffer, a new shutter that provides 25% faster frame rates (8 fps max), a tilting touchscreen LCD (below), a better and faster metering sensor, a new internal frame design that's more robust (coupled with some better weather sealing), electronic first curtain shutter, and more.

Funny thing is, I tried compiling a full list of differences between the D7200 and D7500, and I was surprised at how many things I found that were different. Too many for a quick table here. I think that the Internet consensus seems to be "not much different than the D7200, thus not interesting, especially considering those removals." I'm going to beg to differ in this review.

Why Nikon's marketing department can't get in front of this, I have no idea. But I'll say it up front before I even get to the performance section of this review: if you give me a choice of a D7200 or D7500, I'll pick the D7500 every time. The sum of the parts actually make for a better camera.

Nikon D7500 Camera Review | DSLRBodies | Thom Hogan

Review of the Nikon D7500 DX DSLR camera

www.dslrbodies.com

 

[Mozziephotography]

Thanks @gramps , an interesting.
Could you explain what this bit means ... I was a bit worried by the fact that Nikon didn't make the D7500 UHS-II compatible

 

[toohuge]

Thanks @gramps , an interesting.
Could you explain what this bit means ... I was a bit worried by the fact that Nikon didn't make the D7500 UHS-II compatible

UHS-II is a faster protocol for SD cards - it's not really necessary for still photography - yes it'll clear your buffer faster, it's more important if you're planning on videoing, especially in 4k.

 

[gramps]

Thanks @gramps , an interesting.
Could you explain what this bit means ... I was a bit worried by the fact that Nikon didn't make the D7500 UHS-II compatible

As above UHS-II is just a faster card, I never used them even in my D500 or D850 - Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mb were always fast enough for anything I ever did.