Nikon D500 announced with 20.9MP and 10fps!!!

[stenrasmussen]

I told my dealer to add me to the list.

[Alex Cejka]

They had to bring this camera just when I thought I was done with DX format for good!
 I might reconsider if the camera is as good as it looks atm. Will wait for user reviews for sure. As many of you I am looking for better AF and high ISO capabilities beyond anything I own for my event/street photography.

[Roland Vink]

A couple of small things which haven't been mentioned so far:

DK-17F Fluorine-Coated Finder Eyepiece - eyepieces can get very dirty so having fluorine coating is a nice touch.

2359k-dot (XGA) monitor with 1024 x 768 x RGB dots. That is more than twice as many as the the previous high: the D5300/5500 with 720 x 480 x RGB. Interestingly the new screens are not RGBW like the D810/750.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Nikon claimed they were RGBW. At least that is what I remember and it was before the white wine consumption had peaked

[Roland Vink]

1024 x 768 x 3(RGB) = 2359296 (2359K dots)

[stenrasmussen]

1024 x 768 x 3(RGB) = 2359296 (2359K dots)

+ the white wine = RGBW 😁

[peroo]

I told my dealer to add me to the list.

I hope I´m in front of you on that list

[Marco Lanciani]

I like this camera and what it promises.

I think the old Nikon of the F90/F100 days is back!

The view finder sounds great, even though its housing is still a bit on the prominent side for my taste.
It'd be nice if they were going to offer an option for a double XQD card slot. This would be a really nice and welcome surprise.

I still have an F90 and now after 20 years Nikon was able to issue the digital version of the venerable film camera.
I really hope Nikon had learned from the recent past: I expect better QC and tight more stringent tolerances (for both camera and lenses, now on).

[Frank Fremerey]

I think for the D500 it is a good idea to have XQD and SD.

[Marco Lanciani]

Definitely better than having XQD + CF, for sure.

I don't dislike XQD and SD though.

[simato73]

This multiple Nikon announcement is the first one that has really captured my imagination for many years.
I have nearly nothing left in Nikon F mount, but I have found myself wanting to buy one/both cameras for no real reason - they would be overkill for what I am able to shot these days.
Still, if I will the lottery ticket this Saturday, I will take the plunge.

[Frank Fremerey]

I have nearly nothing left in Nikon F mount, but I have found myself wanting to buy one/both cameras for no real reason - they would be overkill for what I am able to shot these days.

My thoughts exactly. Rationally I do not need any of these. Financially I can afford both of them. My eyes are so bad currently that I should better think about a system with image review in an electronic finder like Fuji or Sony or Olympus.

After the first euphoria I know I do not need to hurry any decision.

I bought the D3 six months after it came to market, but I never needed her speed. I needed HighISO, she delivered. I needed robustness, she delivered. I needed prestige for some customers, she delivered.

Today? I am not sure. I am very happy with the D600, very happy with my 360Precision-Kolor-Panorama setup, very happy with my Sinar-tabletop-setup, very happy with the D3 as a portrait camera...

What can get better with speedy AF and fps? Nothing in what I currently do. Rationally I take the 8.000 Euro instead and ask some professionals to build a better multi channel customer acquisition system for food photo customers. Then I try the D850 as soon as she comes out as a better Digiback for my Sinar-contraption and reduce the D600 as a panorama/archtecture body.

Gosh. Emotions!

[Sören Hese]

After checking these specs I think that the D850 (whatever the number will be) will be the next DSLR for me. I am just so much used to my D800 bodies - going back to DX would be a strange move for me right now. As a tele shooting work horse the D500 seems ideal. After all these years waiting for a D300 follow on  - I just settled somehow in FX land. Having this buffer and speed and no more an integrated flash plastic gimmick to take care of ... would be so cool to have this in a solid D8xx package. 


     

[MILLIREHM]

The D500, long awaited, nobody believed it any more, now it is reality. Fantastic specs and I am sure I will get one to replace my D300 and my DX line will survive besides the FX main branch. Ideal body of course for supertele photography. Second field of use might be dynamic ground level macro, might finally buy a macro-lens with AF.
Think I will wait until the first storm will reduce and it has been proven that there are no issues. Initial interest will indeed be excessive and I think the D500 will also fire the sales of relatively compact lenses like the 80-400.

[MILLIREHM]

Actually, the two cameras D5+D500 is very similar concept as the D3+D300 in their day.

This is evident. With some delay the D700 arrived.
We could probably expect a semi-pro body with the D5 Sensor 2016-2017, may it be something like a D900 or a Df2

Its indeed the only downside so far with the D500 that it does not use the MB-D12
D300 and D700 both shared the MB-D10