The control layout will be familiar to existing Nikon SLR owners, although it’s closer to the pricier D5 and D810 than the more affordable D750. The touchscreen function isn’t used much but it’s welcome for live view autofocus control and for browsing, zooming and panning around photos during playback. The 3.2in articulated screen is a rare treat for an high-end SLR. The D500 feels extremely comfortable in use - not so heavy that it’ll slow you down but big and sturdy enough for assured handling and with plenty of room for physical controls.
Features and handlingĪ camera is much more than its specifications, of course it also needs to deliver in the flesh. If you shoot sports or wildlife and can’t afford a D5, the D500 is a much better option than the D750. Navigating the myriad lens and body options is never an easy process, but the bottom line is that a cropped sensor camera offers extremely good value compared to similarly specified full-frame cameras.
Full-frame camera owners need to spend £1,860 on the 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 to achieve a similar focal length range. For example, the 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DX lens costs £270, and gives an effective 82-450mm focal length range. A cropped sensor also expands the range of compatible lenses to include various lower-cost models bearing a DX suffix. The D500 weighs in at 860g.Ī cropped-sensor SLR extends the effective focal length of a lens, so a 70-200mm lens behaves like a 105-300mm, helping you frame faraway subjects without having to spend crazy amounts on lenses. Fast performance and sophisticated autofocus are probably at the top of action photographers’ wish lists, but they don’t necessarily want to fork out £5,200 for a D5 or lug its 1.4kg bulk around. While it can’t match full-frame cameras for low noise levels, it has some tangible advantages for sports and wildlife photography. The 10fps burst speed isn’t a match for the D5’s 14fps but it’s faster than the D750’s 6.5fps.Ī high-specification, cropped-sensor SLR like this makes a lot of sense for certain types of photographer. The features and performance on offer here have much in common with the Nikon D5 (£5,200), including a 153-point autofocus system, 4K video capture, a 3.2in, 2.4-million dot articulated touchscreen, backlit buttons and an XQD card slot (the high-speed replacement for CompactFlash), though there’s an SDXC slot too. With a body-only price of £1,729, it costs almost as much as the full-frame Nikon D750 did at launch (and £340 more than the D750 costs now), so it’s fair to expect great things. The D500 is the flagship model in Nikon’s cropped-sensor SLR range.
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