Nikon D500 - first impressions

[Frank Fremerey]

Thank you Ilkka. The lens is it for now. I want a light weight solution for starting tele work.

[Peter Connan]

Frank, I don't know what results you are getting ITO noise, but I have found for BIF that noise on the feathers tends to look a little like feather detail when zooming out a bit. Thus at high ISO I tend just to do NR on the background and eyes.

Don't know if that helps at all.

[stenrasmussen]

Anyone got the wifi connection sussed or is Snapbridge the only road to Rome?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Get an XQD card ...

[chris dees]

Anyone got the wifi connection sussed or is Snapbridge the only road to Rome?

Snapbridge is the only way and it's not yet available for iPhone (September?) only Android based phones.

[stenrasmussen]

Silly implementation of wifi.

[Akira]

Apparently SnapBridge is less silly than Nikon Mobile Utility which can only make your Nikon DSLR behave like a smartphone.   

[stenrasmussen]

There are so many third party apps that could be used if the damned camera could be connected to a network.
Besides, I fully agree with those saying that Nikon goofed big time by not allowing IOS users to take advantage of Snapbridge until the end of summer 2016.
I am considering returning the stupid camera.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Get an XQD card ... Forget wi-fi.

[chris dees]

There are so many third party apps that could be used if the damned camera could be connected to a network.
Besides, I fully agree with those saying that Nikon goofed big time by not allowing IOS users to take advantage of Snapbridge until the end of summer 2016.
I am considering returning the stupid camera.

Because of the WiFi implementation? You're kidding.

[bjornthun]

For Nikon DSLRs without a proper wifi ( in 2016?  ) there is CamRanger, that Sten can look into. It's another gadget, but it works. I assume that the purpose is remote control with liveview.

Edit: D500 is not yet listed as supported by CamRanger.

Edit2: Snapbridge looks like a cool feature and useful too with the opportunity of remote control. The iOS app won't be there until August though.

Composing on the iPad beats any LCD screens or viewfinders on a camera.

[stenrasmussen]

Of course I'm not returning the D500. It is an incredible picture conveyor machine. But I am a bit disappointed Nikon won't open its gates a bit more. Well, I may/should get a QXD card. What's the best deal out there?

[ColinM]

The iOS app won't be there until August though.

Composing on the iPad beats any LCD screens or viewfinders on a camera.

Luckily there are plenty of Android tablets available for the next few months for Remote control usage.
Otherwise Bjorn's advice of an XQD card seems simple enough.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Sten: Interfoto sells XQD cards from Lexar at fairly acceptable price. I got a 32 GB card which suffices for my requirements thus far.

[Frank Fremerey]

There are so many third party apps that could be used if the damned camera could be connected to a network.
Besides, I fully agree with those saying that Nikon goofed big time by not allowing IOS users to take advantage of Snapbridge until the end of summer 2016.
I am considering returning the stupid camera.

Knowin Nikon I expected Wifi not to work...
The X100T also has a stupid implementation of it although Fuji.
As long as I can disable it and it does not eat my batteries.
I still use a simple cable connection...

I do not understand what the SD slot is for.
I'd like a second XQD which make the camera run like Bolt.

At the time of delivery the market was sweeped. So I got all I could get which was 2 x 32GB Lexar 2933x

currently the best option seems to be the 128GB for 179€