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In the beginning, I was not very excited about my new D500, but now after a year of shooting 100 thousands of pictures with it, I can only say, I love it. A workhorse that delivers quality pictures all the time. Thanks for a very honest and nice video, and every one of them words rang true to me.
Outstanding images! Great video...I purchased my D500 a year ago when I was ready for a new Nikon body...it was between the D500 or D750...pulled the trigger on the D500 and have been blown away by it from the very beginning! I love my little monster.
What you said at 4:20 -- yes, yes, yes!! "Another reason, the Optical Viewfinder . . . I enjoy looking through the lens again {with the D500] . . .I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE SCENE when I'm actually LOOKING AT IT instead of a tiny screen." That is what I've always loved about the SLR & DSLR experience: CONNECTING with the subject, drawing close to it,, shutting out the rest of the the world, that only looking through the lens of an OVF can give. Such an important reason. Thank you for stating something not often mentioned by other reviewers. Excellent video!
I totally understand the coming home feeling. It's just very nostalgic. reminds you of just how it was before mirrorless. Makes you laugh, at what you've gotten used to, what you missed and even some of the short comings just feel amusing. great video as usual
I bought a D500 last yr even though I keep seeing “ the DSLR is dead”. I must like dead things because I bought the D850 last week. Do I need it..no. Did I want it..heck yes.
I use an EOS R as my main camera, but I also bought a used 5D mark 2 just for the feeling xD There are still fields in which the DSLR runs rings around mirrorless systems - case in point wildlife photography and weddings (focus assist from the flash doesn't work on mirrorless)
LOL! How many saw this coming? Good images are good images regardless of the gear. If getting gear makes people go out and take pictures, then that is good gear. Can't put that on a spec sheet.
d500 is wonderful!! I have a d800 and I will buy a d850 but for the 99% of the uses I will use d500, supergood iso performance, perfect image res for web and share, fast and fourious, great color rendition, super tank and compact and lightweight...an amazing camera.
If you're not a pro I would say the D7500 is even better than the D500 because it costs much less and has almost the same specs as the D500 except the double SD card slot that an amateur won't need anyway.
I did the same mistake, sold the two mirroless off, no regrets, dust off & apologize to my Nikon D’s 700 600 300 and now added a low shutter count beast Nikon D3! Love it!!!
Glad to see you picking back up the 500. Funny the nostalgia factor is part of the same reason I love the Fuji x system it brings back memories of shooting with film. Just like how the 500 brings back the good days of DSLR’s for you. Just instead of 30-ish images a roll it is now 30 images a charge (not that bad but next to nothing when compared to a DSLR) :D
I had a D500 for about a year.Without question a beast especially with the hi ISO ability . The picture quality is very nice straight out of the camera. So why did I sell it ? It was always to much gear for every day use. Of course its nice for birthday parties or other festivals but to carrying it around everyday its just to heavy especially if you use the 70-200 VR or similar lenses. I highly recommend this camera if you don't mind the weight. I bought me now a 10 year old Leica M8 since I have the M2 already and I can use the same lenses. So far I am not missing my lovely Nikon.
Indeed, its always fun to go back and forth every now and then, same goes for range finders and waist-level finders, all these didn't rule decades of the photography world for no reason. And its fun to experience how different cameras and viewfinding methods inspire and alter your style.
I bought my D500 in June 2019. Have it in my hands everyday. I sold my D810 and am waiting and hoping that Nikon produces a real deal DSLR replacement for the D500... Maybe a D600? Anyway, I would buy another D500 today if I needed a new camera in 2020. I saw people composing the D500 x Z50!!! Like the snapchick girl on UA-cam... I think Nikon is paying her a lot of money to say that the Z50 is better than a D500! D500 is a real beast, total pro, super fast in every aspect, best autofocus ever, great high ISO quality, great dynamic range, great raw material to work with, huge amount of best Nikon and 3rd party glass available... Buy a D500 and be happy!
For me ,Dslr is just built like a tank,if you are a professional shooting hundreds of photos a day its perfect,its just made to be abused,got a larger battery that last all day,Mirrorless if you use it alot and abuse it,thats where you will see its weakness,eventually a part of the camera just breaks down,and ive experienced overheating issues where the camera just shuts down,so yeah it depends on what you use it for actually..
Mirrorless has their pluses too, I own D850, D750, D33000 and a Sony a6300, the mirrorless (well my Sony) really is great for video but for photography DSLR especially my Nikons are in my view still leading mainly because of the auto focus system which I find is better.
Mattias, this is completely off topic, as it refers to background music. Usually I literally hate it, I find it distracting, disturbing and annoying when videos are cluttered with it... but somehow - you converted me to enjoy it in every single video of your's I've watched so far. I really do ;-)
Excellent video. I have the two sigmas and a D300s. I knew from the beginning what a beast D500 would be. Everyone thinks that a crop camera = D3300 or something. If you never tried a D300s, you would never know. A nice addition to the lens line up would be the tokina 11-16 f2.8 DXii or the newer version 11-20 f2.8
Agree. All the mirrorless cameras seem to be designed by phone users and not photographers. The ergonomics of a full body DSLR like the D500, 8x0 series, or D5 is one of the great joys of using them, everything is where you need it, it is comfortable in the hand, particularly with a grip, and balances well with serious lenses. I have tried to like mirrorless but none are convenient, and require way too much menu diving or sequences of button presses to accomplish what a single button or thumb wheel does on a full body camera. A typical situation, a friend who has a Sony a7rII and I shot the same event and modeling session and I got all the shots I needed with minimum work load with my D800. He missed all but the simplest scenes because spending so much time changing settings in menus. Fine if one has one setup for a session or event or goes full auto but that is not real world shooting. Tech specs on paper mean nothing if you miss the shots because the camera is not at your eye most of the time to make changes the scene requires. For vacation snap shots that might be fine but a cell phone can do that just fine. I have shoot a lot with a D500 and it is surely the best crop camera ever made and will exceed the skill set of 99% of shooters. I still like Fx for my subjects, but if I was doing birds in flight, autoracing or other sports, I would have a D500 now. I am pretty firm however in moving to the D850 and using the D800 as second camera in events. Or sell the D800 to finance a D500 for a companion to the D850. Frame rate has never been important to me but having the reach of Dx on my Fx lenses would come to good use.
I can relate. Having an Xt20 and a D7200, for sure I will never stop using a dslr. But the mirrorless smaller Xt20 also has it's advantages. Having both is the best, but pricey, solution.
When I held a D810 after 2 years of shooting the GH4, I knew where my loyalties will be. Now a proud owner of D850. The best DSLR ever made. I appreciate this video because I know where you are coming from :)
I loved my Fuji X-T2 and D500, and I decided to abandon mirrorless for now. I just love he agility of a DSLR too. I miss my 750 too. That camera gets a lot of flack, but it makes some of the most amazing images and high ISO performance ever.
It's so refreshing to see someone defending DSLRs for a change :) Not sure about coming home as I never left in the first place. Shooting for over 30 years with SLRs in all their forms they are home. I tried a Mirrorless but sold it after a few weeks. I felt very detached from it.
I was waiting for this. saw a couple pictures on instagram with the D500 on the streets and knew you would fall in love. I switched from Fuji Xt2 to the D500 cause I am going to shoot in a pretty hard environment.
Quote from Ken Rockwell's review of the D500: "My D500 images look great. This is what Nikon DSLRs are all about: you can't get better-looking images from any digital camera at any price".
I consider myself fortunate because I own a Nikon D500 and an Olympus EM1 mark II. I photograph wildlife and these two cameras compliment each other perfectly for my style. They are the two best cameras on the market for me (I don't presume to speak for anyone else). I use the D500 for birds/dragonflies/butterflies in flight and macro; and the EM1.2 for slow moving or stationary subjects and some close up images. If I had to choose between them, I would choose the EM1.2. In my hands it is nowhere near as good as the D500 for flying subjects but equals it in other areas. It also has the brilliant Pro Capture and in camera focus stacking. Fortunately, I do not have to choose between them.
Another great review Matthias. There are very few reviewers who point out the problems of mirrorless cameras. The Cameraville recently showed the frustrations of shooting wildlife mirrorless. The main one is that the EVF is usually lagging real time and seemingly needs you to fire your camera like a machine-gun and hope that your shot materialises by chance from the burst of captures. Mirrorless seems to have allowed manufacturers to sell cameras to people who were happily settled with equipment that was so good that they had no need to buy a new body in a hurry. Then sell them a camera so full of flaw they needed to manufacturer and sell them the improved version within a year. The direct view from the lens has its advantages and the D500 shows the virtues of DSLR camera bodies well. I do accuse Nikon of a form of gigantism in their designs. Bodies and lenses that have everything you could need with reliability and with build quality a given but, the bodies and lenses made your hands look almost child small.
Coming home... true actually :) I'm happy where I am but I wouldn't argue with this set up having worked with Nikon dslrs for years, and previous to that.. fuji s2pro.. nikon fit :D (before that it was film so a whole different story)
I have an EOS 1 35mm, EOS 5D MK1, EOS 50D, Canon M10 (the much underated M) + EOS adaptor .... and a Yashica T4. I love them all, and each has its purpose. But .... I do love the size / grip / balance of a large DSLR / 35mm body.
Nice video Mattias. I agree. Love my Fuji and Ricoh GR. But every time I take my Canon 6D out shooting pictures, it is like coming home. Fast, solid and just feels like a real tool. And the files, oh I love them...
Great video , great pictures. You keep your quality high as always and it's nice to see that you appreciate both DSLR's and DSLM's. I personally bought a sony a6000 because I liked it's small body, it's great image quality and it was much more comfortable for me to use than all the other DSLR's in the price range. But I don't worship sony or mirrorless in general. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Just for me personally (and my budget) the a6000 paired with a Minolta 50mm F1.7 is great.
The D500 and D850 uses the same sensor cut in different sizes, same processor Expeed5 and same AF system, differences between D500 and D850, D500 is light, faster, and cheaper, while D850 has 56% larger sensor, and that 56% of sensor happen to record the area where most lenses perform the worst. With the two Sigma ART 1.8 zooms, D500 out perform D850 by large margin, much better system.
I shoot with DSLR even it has no technology. The size, the mechanical flipping mirror sound, and shooting via big viewfinder are truly joyful. i dont want to shoot with a toy (mirrorless).
Mattias your my favorite photography channel. I have the D500 and now a SP2 and a SP2 quatrro and later a ricoh grii. You inspire me every day and I hope your channel grows bigger. Excellent videos and amazing pictures. 😍😍😍
The mostly ignorant press keeps pushing mirrorless because that's where the industry likes to go. Cheaper to manufacture (no viewfinder alignment and precision mechanics required) hence more profit margins available. Industry would also love every photographer to replace their DSLR systems, complete with all lenses. That's why the press keeps downplaying severe disadvantages of mirrorless cameras (battery life, ergonomics, striping, banding, viewfinder lag / blackout, low-light AF issues, no extra pocket-ability due to the lenses, and so on). Of course for some people some mirrorless cameras are the better choice. They are just no universally better as the press would have you believe. Just vote with your wallets, people and don't let yourself be fooled into joining a shiny new mirrorless world.
Oddly, I recently got a Nikon DSLR for similar reasons. Back in August I got in mint condition a 80-400 Nikkor AF-D on eBay. In September, the local camera store had a D300s with only 15,000 pictures taken on it. For almost half the cost of the Fuji 100-400, I have a camera and lens that is a dedicated weather resistant system for wildlife photography. And if I want to use the lens on my Fuji cameras - no problem. I get to enjoy the way sensors render the images differently and I get AF for wildlife on a DSLR. One area I found my Fuji cameras fail me is on the beach with sharply angled intense sunlight - having this DSLR I can enjoy dealing with this type of lighting thanks to a optical viewfinder. The battery life is amazing. I however don't miss thee grip, my hands are small and the D300s similar to my old Canon 5D reminds me how small my hands are with DSLRs. Interestingly, this makes me using the X-Pro2 even that more enjoyable. :)
When I am not shooting film like today and I need a fast focus, easy to use, lightweight full featured camera I take my Nikon D5500. It is not as high end a model as your D500 but still works very fast in a situation where your are indoors with florissant kids action park where you want to catch the kids in mid air and come out with a good color balance. I am starting to think about trading up soon into a newer model but I think I will stick with Nikon as I have nothing but good things to say about my camera except that the viewfinder is not as big as it could be. The viewfinder issue is much better on the D500. When shooting outdoors I mainly shoot film.
Great video as usual. Am happy w the d200 used i bought. ccd love i guess. tempted but just cant imagine bringing it everyday except in cases I need macro in the farm.
I'm still with my D200, thinking of getting a D500 at a good price. But, as with the D200 lately, I wonder if it will be left in the drawer instead of taken everywhere. Or maybe it was because in poor light, me having no VR lens, I just didn't like D200 at high iso and low light focus hunting. Could get a Z50+16-50+FTZ for the price of this D500 (3k shutter, like new), my GAS is high :)
After the disappointment of the Canon 5D MKIII I went Sony A7RII with the great AF system I was blown away... not for long, tho it’s super capable, I miss the handling and the ease of the controls and buttons, enter the D500 and my faith in DSLRs have been restored!!! Great video
Upon realizing (thanks to you) that the red one mx goes used for 3,000 or less, I was jumping for joy! I subcribed for your Red One MX videos. I would LOVE if you did more Red one MX stuff.
I have had my D500 for almost a year now and absolutely love it, largely for many of the reasons you’ve identified (i shoot a lot of wildlife too). I grew up on film with my Olympus OM1 and 2 (that’s dating myself) and smiled when you spoke of feeling “joyful” when shooting with it. I do too. The damn thing (my D750 too) just feels so good in my hands and when I’m looking through it. Another great video...kudos. How about your next video...“five reasons why I should name my Instagram pics after songs”?
I'm tossed between the D500 and the D7500. I currently run the workhorse D700 for work but I want something with decent 4k video for filming travel destinations. Then I thought about the A1000 for travel just because it's small and pocketable. Ugh so much to think about.
Jay McFarland While I think there will always be part of me that ‘wants’ the D500 I recently picked up a D7500 for taking action/sports shots of my boys. My EDC is still 75% X-E2 and 27mm. The D7500 is a very good body. It is smaller than I remember the D7xxx line being. I have a camera bag I got with a mirrorless camera purchase and the D7500 with the 35 or 50 1.8 fits in it.The AF-P lenses are much better than I expected. I picked up the P version of the 70-300 VR for $150 and the P version of the 18-55 for $60. I would never buy that 18-55 but was so impressed with the big zoom that for $60.. why not. One thing with the D7500 that doesn’t seem to get mentioned a lot is the metering.. same as the D500 and VERY good IMO.
Great video, as usual. I know exactly what you mean about feel, and, although I'm personally an M43 user these days, you only need to have one reason to use a D500, and that is that it's the D500!
Love your passion Mattias - You certainly love your d500 lol !! Thank you. I'm just beginning - I have a good eye for taking pictures but really unsure which road to go Mirrorless or DLSR. Are the lenses expensive for the Nikon ? I'm only doing it for fun. What would you advise ?
I had exactly the same experience. Nikon full frame and crop gave way to Panasonic and Olympus bodies and a bunch of lenses, and 4 years later I moved back into Nikon full frame and crop and I experienced exactly the feelings you described. It is a joyful experience to shoot with Nikon dslrs for me, and I buy older used bodies, not the d500. EDIT: To clarify -- I would LOVE to have a D500 and have even thought about trading both my cams for one ... I have the D7200 and D600 and they are magnificent, yet a D500 would allow me to consolidate down to a simpler lens set (and a Tamron 18-400) and be done with it. Something to ponder ....
I left canon dslr and have been through several mirrorless (sony , panasonic , sony again and now fuji) I just got a 5d4 , dslr vs mirrorless is a different experience , neither one better for me just different, but i did really miss the responsiven3ss especially in low light of the dslr..anyway still keeping the xt2 and a couple of f2 primes for when i want to stay small and light
Solid review. One thing I miss (Oly and Sony shooter here) is reliable AF in varied scenarios. Debating swapping Olympus for Nikon and keeping Sony for MF work. Three systems is just to much so one has to go. Was really holding out for the E-M1 II. Might still give it a swing, but the few times I've tried it I was disappointed in the low light focus tracking. From what I can tell, outside of that it is brilliant. This video though, definetly makes a compelling case for the D500!
Recently i got my first camera wich is a DSLR, I wanted a mirrorless camera such as the fuji x-e2 but i can't afford it at the time, and then an opportunity came by and got my self the old Canon 50D with a 18-135mm lens for just 100$, my next buy will be a mirrorless for sure. Can't beat the portability of the mirrorless.
I’m getting the D500 mainly because of reliability and battery life and also my Sony of nine months is being repaired with little use hate having no camera
I have the same setup for years. Never thinked about switching to mirrorless. In fact I bought a second D500 for backup and a Tamron 10-24mm for ultra-wide shots.
Well, you done it now!! I was looking for a new camera to replace my decades old Fujifilm digi...my First-ever...thought I was doing the "right thing" to Skip the DSLR and go to Canon's EOS RP Mirrorless. But if I'm just going to do something similar to changing to CD's only to come back to spinning Vinyl.....especially from the standpoint of mirrorless's voracious power tendencies. So DSLR is NOT outgoing, outdated tech? WJ, 24 Feb 2021
As a D7200 owner I can confirm everything you say since D500 and D7200 are so similar. But soon upgrading to a Z6ii or Z5 because I want to step into the FF mirrorless system with the amazing new Z-mount
I switched from a D750 to the OM-D E-M1 Mark II and don't regret it for a second. I love the evf, I love the stabilization for every lens, the possibility to mount vintage glass and boosting its effective light output with a focal reducer... Pro capture is another thing that no DSLR in the world can match. Live bulb, composite and so on... DSLR's feel ancient to me
Roberto Fabikann I enjoyed using the EM1ii as well. But its AF is just to slow indoors. I can't use that for what I need this camera for. And I already have a camera to mount vintage glass on, that requires no booster.
Mattias Burling too slow? I use it for party photography as well and it's even fast enough there. And at home it's fast enough for my 1 1/2 old daughter... And it doesn't matter if I use the 12-40 2.8 or 17 1.8
I have been just recently, mainly for a conference in the US, but I got some spare time which allowed me to visit Yosemite and some shorebird resting sites in the bay area. Guess what I took with me? The D500, the 18-35mm F1.8 and the 150-600mm...
Depends on the purpose of the trip. A cell phone does what the compact cameras did for years so unless you are going to shoot serious scenes I would suggest not taking any of the DSLRs or more serious mirrorless because the lenses would be higher than your carry on weight. Now that airlines are banning all laptops and tablets from international flights, and the theft value of a checked camera bag, traveling with more than a cell phone is a problem. If you are not taking quality lenses, why take any top camera and use the very impressive cell phones for travel snap shots? The first few times I traveled internationally without a camera bag I felt "naked" but the airlines are such jerks now and theft by TSA is such a problem if you stop in a US destination, either make it a real photo trip with the right gear and use airlines that are cooperative, or stay with a cell phone. I live in a photography heaven city in eastern Europe and it would be a shame to not take serious photos but general tourism is better accomplished with a cell phone. I have been to 90 countries and always took decent lenses and bodies until recently. If on the other hand you are going for photography, the lenses and cameras available now are better than ever. Mirrorless has no benefit I can see for serious photography because they all have piss-poor ergonomics and imbalance of lenses. Quality lenses are big and heavy, and just don't feel right attached to a tiny camera where you need to menu dive every other shot for adjustments. You can put it in auto mode but why have a quality camera if you have to resort for full auto mode?
I would get a nice compact before a smartphone every day of the week. I feel so limited with a smartphone that I simply never use it. APS-C sensor and a prime on a compact FTW.And I cant say I have had any bad experiences with bringing cameras and lenses on airlines. Its always been fine.
Weirdly enough I actually enjoy shooting photos and videos with my Canon T3i more than my a6500. I use the a6500 for jobs because the image quality is obviously so much better but when I’m shooting just for fun I always want to grab the Canon. Maybe it’s because it’s what I started out shooting with, but I feel more connected to photography using a DSLR; it makes me want to go out and take photos. Plus it’s nice that the battery seemingly lasts forever 😆.
Mattias, if your still around I have been a LONG time subscriber, and would love to know how you get the 27 to 460 range with those two lines as Im looking to purchase a Sigma Art lens. Thank you.
I’m thinking about buying a D500 for street photography. Is the touch AF on the screen responsive when tilted, so that you don’t need to look through viewfinder? Is there a worthwhile 35mm equiv. Nikon prime lens that doesn’t have a huge footprint?
i currently have a Nikon D3400 and wanted to know if i should upgrade to the D850 or get the D500 with the Sigma 105mm F1.4? i currently have two other prime F1.8 lens.
I was on mirrorless, NX1 from Samsung. In Rome I was given a Nikon DSLR (probably 5300) and it felt so ... responsive, snappy ... I bought two new lenses for my Canon system.
thanks for the effort and the sharing. i am slightly surprised you went crop sensor dslr rather than an older full frame classic like the canon 5d classic or the nikon d700. thoughts? as always, thumbs up.
I thought I heard that you have a range of 27mm to 460mm at a constant f/1.8. Did I hear you correctly? If so, what lenses are you using with your Nikon D500?
The D500+18-35, 1.8 combo is exceptional. However, this is the last gear I would think of taking with me for a long journey. Mirrorless system wins in portability all the way in this case.
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In the beginning, I was not very excited about my new D500, but now after a year of shooting 100 thousands of pictures with it, I can only say, I love it. A workhorse that delivers quality pictures all the time. Thanks for a very honest and nice video, and every one of them words rang true to me.
Outstanding images! Great video...I purchased my D500 a year ago when I was ready for a new Nikon body...it was between the D500 or D750...pulled the trigger on the D500 and have been blown away by it from the very beginning! I love my little monster.
I want an overall lens for d500, what would you advise . ( interested in sports but doesn't need to be a massive zoom )
@@turgs1 for best quality get these two: Nikon 17-55mm f2.8g AFS, and Nikon 70-200mm f2.8g AFS, if you need longer reach maybe the 80-400mm instead.
What you said at 4:20 -- yes, yes, yes!! "Another reason, the Optical Viewfinder . . . I enjoy looking through the lens again {with the D500] . . .I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE SCENE when I'm actually LOOKING AT IT instead of a tiny screen." That is what I've always loved about the SLR & DSLR experience: CONNECTING with the subject, drawing close to it,, shutting out the rest of the the world, that only looking through the lens of an OVF can give. Such an important reason. Thank you for stating something not often mentioned by other reviewers. Excellent video!
Three-and-a-half years after you made this video ... I bought a Nikon D500. What a wonderful investment it is proving to be.
I have a D500 and it works great with Tamron 10-24 mm Gen2 for wide angles, and Sigma 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 for wildlife photography.
Refreshing to hear a voice talking about the intimacy of an optical viewfinder verses the detached experience of using electronic viewfinders.
I totally understand the coming home feeling. It's just very nostalgic. reminds you of just how it was before mirrorless. Makes you laugh, at what you've gotten used to, what you missed and even some of the short comings just feel amusing.
great video as usual
I bought a D500 last yr even though I keep seeing “ the DSLR is dead”. I must like dead things because I bought the D850 last week. Do I need it..no. Did I want it..heck yes.
The D500 is awesome and the D850 is out of this world.
I use an EOS R as my main camera, but I also bought a used 5D mark 2 just for the feeling xD There are still fields in which the DSLR runs rings around mirrorless systems - case in point wildlife photography and weddings (focus assist from the flash doesn't work on mirrorless)
That’s why I have the D3 and D700 alongside my D500, 600 & 750.
The beautiful thing about DSLRs is everyone is ditching them and upgrading to mirrorless so we can get DSLRs and lenses for cheap.
LOL! How many saw this coming? Good images are good images regardless of the gear. If getting gear makes people go out and take pictures, then that is good gear. Can't put that on a spec sheet.
it's about the person behind the gear not what the gear infront of them
d500 is wonderful!! I have a d800 and I will buy a d850 but for the 99% of the uses I will use d500, supergood iso performance, perfect image res for web and share, fast and fourious, great color rendition, super tank and compact and lightweight...an amazing camera.
Sounds like my experience as well.
Bought mine 2months ago. D500 is my new wife
don't forget valentines day. oops - that was last week. Sorry man.
If you're not a pro I would say the D7500 is even better than the D500 because it costs much less and has almost the same specs as the D500 except the double SD card slot that an amateur won't need anyway.
I shoot a D500 for sports & wildlife and a Sony a6500 for everything else. Love them both.
My d500 is the most expensive body I've bought, but I have zero regrets..... using it professionally everyday.
This (D500) was my first DSLR. I choosed between the D500 and D750 and I haven't regret it! So happy with it!!
I did the same mistake, sold the two mirroless off, no regrets, dust off & apologize to my Nikon D’s 700 600 300 and now added a low shutter count beast Nikon D3! Love it!!!
I've bought my D500 a few weeks ago, and I just love it. Great video.
Yes. I agree on every statement and the D500 is my dream Camera.
I love my D750-A6000 Combo.
The D750 IMO has great dynamic range and autofucs, while adapting lenses to the a6000 is fun !
Glad to see you picking back up the 500. Funny the nostalgia factor is part of the same reason I love the Fuji x system it brings back memories of shooting with film. Just like how the 500 brings back the good days of DSLR’s for you. Just instead of 30-ish images a roll it is now 30 images a charge (not that bad but next to nothing when compared to a DSLR) :D
I had a D500 for about a year.Without question a beast especially with the hi ISO ability . The picture quality is very nice straight out of the camera. So why did I sell it ? It was always to much gear for every day use. Of course its nice for birthday parties or other festivals but to carrying it around everyday its just to heavy especially if you use the 70-200 VR or similar lenses. I highly recommend this camera if you don't mind the weight. I bought me now a 10 year old Leica M8 since I have the M2 already and I can use the same lenses. So far I am not missing my lovely Nikon.
your channel is one of the few photography-related ones where actually imaginative and beautiful pictures stay above tech! i'd say i like that!
Indeed, its always fun to go back and forth every now and then, same goes for range finders and waist-level finders, all these didn't rule decades of the photography world for no reason. And its fun to experience how different cameras and viewfinding methods inspire and alter your style.
I bought my D500 in June 2019. Have it in my hands everyday. I sold my D810 and am waiting and hoping that Nikon produces a real deal DSLR replacement for the D500... Maybe a D600? Anyway, I would buy another D500 today if I needed a new camera in 2020. I saw people composing the D500 x Z50!!! Like the snapchick girl on UA-cam... I think Nikon is paying her a lot of money to say that the Z50 is better than a D500! D500 is a real beast, total pro, super fast in every aspect, best autofocus ever, great high ISO quality, great dynamic range, great raw material to work with, huge amount of best Nikon and 3rd party glass available... Buy a D500 and be happy!
I'm 100% sure she is not getting paid to say anything. She shoots mostly landscapes so for her it's probably true.
@@gearreallydoesntmatter, yes, you are right.
For me ,Dslr is just built like a tank,if you are a professional shooting hundreds of photos a day its perfect,its just made to be abused,got a larger battery that last all day,Mirrorless if you use it alot and abuse it,thats where you will see its weakness,eventually a part of the camera just breaks down,and ive experienced overheating issues where the camera just shuts down,so yeah it depends on what you use it for actually..
I never was sold on Mirrorless. I love my Nikon DSLRs. I have D800s and D500.
Sounds like a nice duo.
Mirrorless has their pluses too, I own D850, D750, D33000 and a Sony a6300, the mirrorless (well my Sony) really is great for video but for photography DSLR especially my Nikons are in my view still leading mainly because of the auto focus system which I find is better.
Dennis W I have a D750 and Sony a6000; can’t live without both
I agree with everything said here. AND I actually prefer my D700 to my D500.
Mattias, this is completely off topic, as it refers to background music. Usually I literally hate it, I find it distracting, disturbing and annoying when videos are cluttered with it... but somehow - you converted me to enjoy it in every single video of your's I've watched so far. I really do ;-)
Excellent video. I have the two sigmas and a D300s. I knew from the beginning what a beast D500 would be. Everyone thinks that a crop camera = D3300 or something. If you never tried a D300s, you would never know.
A nice addition to the lens line up would be the tokina 11-16 f2.8 DXii or the newer version 11-20 f2.8
Matias! This couldn’t be more well timed. I spent the whole weekend drooling over this. My Nikon D3100 needs a solid replacement.
Mark Lagares I think you will like it.
Welcome back. Now we're talkin'
Agree. All the mirrorless cameras seem to be designed by phone users and not photographers. The ergonomics of a full body DSLR like the D500, 8x0 series, or D5 is one of the great joys of using them, everything is where you need it, it is comfortable in the hand, particularly with a grip, and balances well with serious lenses.
I have tried to like mirrorless but none are convenient, and require way too much menu diving or sequences of button presses to accomplish what a single button or thumb wheel does on a full body camera. A typical situation, a friend who has a Sony a7rII and I shot the same event and modeling session and I got all the shots I needed with minimum work load with my D800. He missed all but the simplest scenes because spending so much time changing settings in menus. Fine if one has one setup for a session or event or goes full auto but that is not real world shooting. Tech specs on paper mean nothing if you miss the shots because the camera is not at your eye most of the time to make changes the scene requires. For vacation snap shots that might be fine but a cell phone can do that just fine.
I have shoot a lot with a D500 and it is surely the best crop camera ever made and will exceed the skill set of 99% of shooters. I still like Fx for my subjects, but if I was doing birds in flight, autoracing or other sports, I would have a D500 now. I am pretty firm however in moving to the D850 and using the D800 as second camera in events. Or sell the D800 to finance a D500 for a companion to the D850. Frame rate has never been important to me but having the reach of Dx on my Fx lenses would come to good use.
Damn you. Everytime I want to sell off some of my gear, I watch one of your videos and just want to own all the cameras ever all over again.
I can relate. Having an Xt20 and a D7200, for sure I will never stop using a dslr. But the mirrorless smaller Xt20 also has it's advantages. Having both is the best, but pricey, solution.
When I held a D810 after 2 years of shooting the GH4, I knew where my loyalties will be. Now a proud owner of D850. The best DSLR ever made. I appreciate this video because I know where you are coming from :)
Nikon Just know how to make cameras that feel good.
I loved my Fuji X-T2 and D500, and I decided to abandon mirrorless for now. I just love he agility of a DSLR too. I miss my 750 too. That camera gets a lot of flack, but it makes some of the most amazing images and high ISO performance ever.
Erin Taylor d500 still have the edge on low light AF?
It's so refreshing to see someone defending DSLRs for a change :) Not sure about coming home as I never left in the first place. Shooting for over 30 years with SLRs in all their forms they are home. I tried a Mirrorless but sold it after a few weeks. I felt very detached from it.
I was waiting for this. saw a couple pictures on instagram with the D500 on the streets and knew you would fall in love. I switched from Fuji Xt2 to the D500 cause I am going to shoot in a pretty hard environment.
Quote from Ken Rockwell's review of the D500:
"My D500 images look great. This is what Nikon DSLRs are all about: you can't get better-looking images from any digital camera at any price".
I consider myself fortunate because I own a Nikon D500 and an Olympus EM1 mark II. I photograph wildlife and these two cameras compliment each other perfectly for my style. They are the two best cameras on the market for me (I don't presume to speak for anyone else). I use the D500 for birds/dragonflies/butterflies in flight and macro; and the EM1.2 for slow moving or stationary subjects and some close up images. If I had to choose between them, I would choose the EM1.2. In my hands it is nowhere near as good as the D500 for flying subjects but equals it in other areas. It also has the brilliant Pro Capture and in camera focus stacking. Fortunately, I do not have to choose between them.
Another great review Matthias. There are very few reviewers who point out the problems of mirrorless cameras. The Cameraville recently showed the frustrations of shooting wildlife mirrorless. The main one is that the EVF is usually lagging real time and seemingly needs you to fire your camera like a machine-gun and hope that your shot materialises by chance from the burst of captures. Mirrorless seems to have allowed manufacturers to sell cameras to people who were happily settled with equipment that was so good that they had no need to buy a new body in a hurry. Then sell them a camera so full of flaw they needed to manufacturer and sell them the improved version within a year.
The direct view from the lens has its advantages and the D500 shows the virtues of DSLR camera bodies well. I do accuse Nikon of a form of gigantism in their designs. Bodies and lenses that have everything you could need with reliability and with build quality a given but, the bodies and lenses made your hands look almost child small.
Coming home... true actually :) I'm happy where I am but I wouldn't argue with this set up having worked with Nikon dslrs for years, and previous to that.. fuji s2pro.. nikon fit :D (before that it was film so a whole different story)
Damian Brown You should do a wedding in film again. Just for the heck of it. Charge extra for it since its exclusive these days :)
I have an EOS 1 35mm, EOS 5D MK1, EOS 50D, Canon M10 (the much underated M) + EOS adaptor .... and a Yashica T4. I love them all, and each has its purpose.
But .... I do love the size / grip / balance of a large DSLR / 35mm body.
Nice video Mattias. I agree. Love my Fuji and Ricoh GR. But every time I take my Canon 6D out shooting pictures, it is like coming home. Fast, solid and just feels like a real tool. And the files, oh I love them...
Great video , great pictures. You keep your quality high as always and it's nice to see that you appreciate both DSLR's and DSLM's. I personally bought a sony a6000 because I liked it's small body, it's great image quality and it was much more comfortable for me to use than all the other DSLR's in the price range. But I don't worship sony or mirrorless in general. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Just for me personally (and my budget) the a6000 paired with a Minolta 50mm F1.7 is great.
I just did the same thing with my a6000
The D500 and D850 uses the same sensor cut in different sizes, same processor Expeed5 and same AF system, differences between D500 and D850, D500 is light, faster, and cheaper, while D850 has 56% larger sensor, and that 56% of sensor happen to record the area where most lenses perform the worst. With the two Sigma ART 1.8 zooms, D500 out perform D850 by large margin, much better system.
Love the D500 and the sigma 18-35
I shoot with DSLR even it has no technology. The size, the mechanical flipping mirror sound, and shooting via big viewfinder are truly joyful. i dont want to shoot with a toy (mirrorless).
Mattias your my favorite photography channel. I have the D500 and now a SP2 and a SP2 quatrro and later a ricoh grii. You inspire me every day and I hope your channel grows bigger. Excellent videos and amazing pictures. 😍😍😍
Niem thats awesome, thanks for watching!
The mostly ignorant press keeps pushing mirrorless because that's where the industry likes to go. Cheaper to manufacture (no viewfinder alignment and precision mechanics required) hence more profit margins available. Industry would also love every photographer to replace their DSLR systems, complete with all lenses. That's why the press keeps downplaying severe disadvantages of mirrorless cameras (battery life, ergonomics, striping, banding, viewfinder lag / blackout, low-light AF issues, no extra pocket-ability due to the lenses, and so on). Of course for some people some mirrorless cameras are the better choice. They are just no universally better as the press would have you believe. Just vote with your wallets, people and don't let yourself be fooled into joining a shiny new mirrorless world.
Preach! Totally agree.
Oddly, I recently got a Nikon DSLR for similar reasons. Back in August I got in mint condition a 80-400 Nikkor AF-D on eBay. In September, the local camera store had a D300s with only 15,000 pictures taken on it. For almost half the cost of the Fuji 100-400, I have a camera and lens that is a dedicated weather resistant system for wildlife photography. And if I want to use the lens on my Fuji cameras - no problem. I get to enjoy the way sensors render the images differently and I get AF for wildlife on a DSLR. One area I found my Fuji cameras fail me is on the beach with sharply angled intense sunlight - having this DSLR I can enjoy dealing with this type of lighting thanks to a optical viewfinder. The battery life is amazing. I however don't miss thee grip, my hands are small and the D300s similar to my old Canon 5D reminds me how small my hands are with DSLRs. Interestingly, this makes me using the X-Pro2 even that more enjoyable. :)
When I am not shooting film like today and I need a fast focus, easy to use, lightweight full featured camera I take my Nikon D5500. It is not as high end a model as your D500 but still works very fast in a situation where your are indoors with florissant kids action park where you want to catch the kids in mid air and come out with a good color balance. I am starting to think about trading up soon into a newer model but I think I will stick with Nikon as I have nothing but good things to say about my camera except that the viewfinder is not as big as it could be. The viewfinder issue is much better on the D500.
When shooting outdoors I mainly shoot film.
Film rocks (too). Got a lot of SLR Minolta's and two wonderful DSLR Nikons. Happy!
Although I’m a Nikon DSLR fan, I still love my Fuji X70 for almost everything at anytime...✌🏼
love my d500, the more i use it the better its get, think it will take you at least a year to learn all the qualities of a good camera
I just bought a Nikon D500 and actually cannot wait to upgrade from my 2014 D3200
Great video as usual, very informative, interesting. keep up the great work.
Thanks for you helping me not to buy mirror less camera. I have already Nikon d500 and I love it and subscribed you for you great advice lol !!!
Great video as usual. Am happy w the d200 used i bought. ccd love i guess. tempted but just cant imagine bringing it everyday except in cases I need macro in the farm.
I'm still with my D200, thinking of getting a D500 at a good price. But, as with the D200 lately, I wonder if it will be left in the drawer instead of taken everywhere. Or maybe it was because in poor light, me having no VR lens, I just didn't like D200 at high iso and low light focus hunting.
Could get a Z50+16-50+FTZ for the price of this D500 (3k shutter, like new), my GAS is high :)
After the disappointment of the Canon 5D MKIII I went Sony A7RII with the great AF system I was blown away... not for long, tho it’s super capable, I miss the handling and the ease of the controls and buttons, enter the D500 and my faith in DSLRs have been restored!!! Great video
I have the same equipment D500 + sigma 18 35 and sigma 50 100 !! This is a monster equipment
Upon realizing (thanks to you) that the red one mx goes used for 3,000 or less, I was jumping for joy! I subcribed for your Red One MX videos. I would LOVE if you did more Red one MX stuff.
I have had my D500 for almost a year now and absolutely love it, largely for many of the reasons you’ve identified (i shoot a lot of wildlife too). I grew up on film with my Olympus OM1 and 2 (that’s dating myself) and smiled when you spoke of feeling “joyful” when shooting with it. I do too. The damn thing (my D750 too) just feels so good in my hands and when I’m looking through it. Another great video...kudos. How about your next video...“five reasons why I should name my Instagram pics after songs”?
I feel the same way. Don't know why, but shooting with a DSLR feels like home to me.
I'm tossed between the D500 and the D7500. I currently run the workhorse D700 for work but I want something with decent 4k video for filming travel destinations. Then I thought about the A1000 for travel just because it's small and pocketable. Ugh so much to think about.
Jay McFarland While I think there will always be part of me that ‘wants’ the D500 I recently picked up a D7500 for taking action/sports shots of my boys. My EDC is still 75% X-E2 and 27mm.
The D7500 is a very good body. It is smaller than I remember the D7xxx line being. I have a camera bag I got with a mirrorless camera purchase and the D7500 with the 35 or 50 1.8 fits in it.The AF-P lenses are much better than I expected. I picked up the P version of the 70-300 VR for $150 and the P version of the 18-55 for $60. I would never buy that 18-55 but was so impressed with the big zoom that for $60.. why not.
One thing with the D7500 that doesn’t seem to get mentioned a lot is the metering.. same as the D500 and VERY good IMO.
Great video, as usual. I know exactly what you mean about feel, and, although I'm personally an M43 user these days, you only need to have one reason to use a D500, and that is that it's the D500!
Love your passion Mattias - You certainly love your d500 lol !! Thank you. I'm just beginning - I have a good eye for taking pictures but really unsure which road to go Mirrorless or DLSR. Are the lenses expensive for the Nikon ? I'm only doing it for fun. What would you advise ?
I had exactly the same experience. Nikon full frame and crop gave way to Panasonic and Olympus bodies and a bunch of lenses, and 4 years later I moved back into Nikon full frame and crop and I experienced exactly the feelings you described. It is a joyful experience to shoot with Nikon dslrs for me, and I buy older used bodies, not the d500. EDIT: To clarify -- I would LOVE to have a D500 and have even thought about trading both my cams for one ... I have the D7200 and D600 and they are magnificent, yet a D500 would allow me to consolidate down to a simpler lens set (and a Tamron 18-400) and be done with it. Something to ponder ....
Great Reviews,Thanks. I still kept mine D500 with few lens and mainly use it for Wild life.
I love the awesome video, always loved D500, one day I will get it I hope.
Skönt att se att det finns fler som ser fördelarna med den "mörka sidan" lol :-)
Erik Normark och nackdelarna. Bästa är såklart att ha bägge.
Review de lumix lx5, still good? Or the Ricoh Gx200. Like a lot your videos :)
I left canon dslr and have been through several mirrorless (sony , panasonic , sony again and now fuji) I just got a 5d4 , dslr vs mirrorless is a different experience , neither one better for me just different, but i did really miss the responsiven3ss especially in low light of the dslr..anyway still keeping the xt2 and a couple of f2 primes for when i want to stay small and light
Solid review. One thing I miss (Oly and Sony shooter here) is reliable AF in varied scenarios. Debating swapping Olympus for Nikon and keeping Sony for MF work. Three systems is just to much so one has to go. Was really holding out for the E-M1 II. Might still give it a swing, but the few times I've tried it I was disappointed in the low light focus tracking. From what I can tell, outside of that it is brilliant. This video though, definetly makes a compelling case for the D500!
Recently i got my first camera wich is a DSLR, I wanted a mirrorless camera such as the fuji x-e2 but i can't afford it at the time, and then an opportunity came by and got my self the old Canon 50D with a 18-135mm lens for just 100$, my next buy will be a mirrorless for sure. Can't beat the portability of the mirrorless.
I’m getting the D500 mainly because of reliability and battery life and also my Sony of nine months is being repaired with little use hate having no camera
I have the same setup for years. Never thinked about switching to mirrorless. In fact I bought a second D500 for backup and a Tamron 10-24mm for ultra-wide shots.
How’s it’s sharpness.?? I want to upgrade so is d500 good or zfc.?? I am a professional photographer
Well, you done it now!! I was looking for a new camera to replace my decades old Fujifilm digi...my First-ever...thought I was doing the "right thing" to Skip the DSLR and go to Canon's EOS RP Mirrorless. But if I'm just going to do something similar to changing to CD's only to come back to spinning Vinyl.....especially from the standpoint of mirrorless's voracious power tendencies. So DSLR is NOT outgoing, outdated tech? WJ, 24 Feb 2021
As a D7200 owner I can confirm everything you say since D500 and D7200 are so similar. But soon upgrading to a Z6ii or Z5 because I want to step into the FF mirrorless system with the amazing new Z-mount
I switched from a D750 to the OM-D E-M1 Mark II and don't regret it for a second. I love the evf, I love the stabilization for every lens, the possibility to mount vintage glass and boosting its effective light output with a focal reducer... Pro capture is another thing that no DSLR in the world can match. Live bulb, composite and so on... DSLR's feel ancient to me
Roberto Fabikann I enjoyed using the EM1ii as well. But its AF is just to slow indoors. I can't use that for what I need this camera for.
And I already have a camera to mount vintage glass on, that requires no booster.
Mattias Burling too slow? I use it for party photography as well and it's even fast enough there. And at home it's fast enough for my 1 1/2 old daughter... And it doesn't matter if I use the 12-40 2.8 or 17 1.8
Roberto Fabikann I dont shoot kids. I shoot running horses and dogs. They are a bit faster than a child :)
Hi is the electronic VR useful on the D500 in video - do you get the jello effect or less resolution when you use it.
These shots are outstanding as usual, whats your post processing method?
I agree and enjoy my D500. But if you were traveling internationally, would you take it? That's my dilemma.
I have been just recently, mainly for a conference in the US, but I got some spare time which allowed me to visit Yosemite and some shorebird resting sites in the bay area. Guess what I took with me? The D500, the 18-35mm F1.8 and the 150-600mm...
Depends on the trip. If I want to take pictures I would. Otherwise the Ricoh is always there.
Depends on the purpose of the trip. A cell phone does what the compact cameras did for years so unless you are going to shoot serious scenes I would suggest not taking any of the DSLRs or more serious mirrorless because the lenses would be higher than your carry on weight. Now that airlines are banning all laptops and tablets from international flights, and the theft value of a checked camera bag, traveling with more than a cell phone is a problem. If you are not taking quality lenses, why take any top camera and use the very impressive cell phones for travel snap shots? The first few times I traveled internationally without a camera bag I felt "naked" but the airlines are such jerks now and theft by TSA is such a problem if you stop in a US destination, either make it a real photo trip with the right gear and use airlines that are cooperative, or stay with a cell phone.
I live in a photography heaven city in eastern Europe and it would be a shame to not take serious photos but general tourism is better accomplished with a cell phone. I have been to 90 countries and always took decent lenses and bodies until recently. If on the other hand you are going for photography, the lenses and cameras available now are better than ever. Mirrorless has no benefit I can see for serious photography because they all have piss-poor ergonomics and imbalance of lenses. Quality lenses are big and heavy, and just don't feel right attached to a tiny camera where you need to menu dive every other shot for adjustments. You can put it in auto mode but why have a quality camera if you have to resort for full auto mode?
I would get a nice compact before a smartphone every day of the week. I feel so limited with a smartphone that I simply never use it. APS-C sensor and a prime on a compact FTW.And I cant say I have had any bad experiences with bringing cameras and lenses on airlines. Its always been fine.
Weirdly enough I actually enjoy shooting photos and videos with my Canon T3i more than my a6500. I use the a6500 for jobs because the image quality is obviously so much better but when I’m shooting just for fun I always want to grab the Canon. Maybe it’s because it’s what I started out shooting with, but I feel more connected to photography using a DSLR; it makes me want to go out and take photos. Plus it’s nice that the battery seemingly lasts forever 😆.
Emile Modesitt One cant ask for more than that in a camera :)
Mattias, if your still around I have been a LONG time subscriber, and would love to know how you get the 27 to 460 range with those two lines as Im looking to purchase a Sigma Art lens. Thank you.
I’m thinking about buying a D500 for street photography. Is the touch AF on the screen responsive when tilted, so that you don’t need to look through viewfinder? Is there a worthwhile 35mm equiv. Nikon prime lens that doesn’t have a huge footprint?
i currently have a Nikon D3400 and wanted to know if i should upgrade to the D850 or get the D500 with the Sigma 105mm F1.4? i currently have two other prime F1.8 lens.
I was on mirrorless, NX1 from Samsung. In Rome I was given a Nikon DSLR (probably 5300) and it felt so ... responsive, snappy ... I bought two new lenses for my Canon system.
awesome photos man
great pictures. love your dog. subscribed.
Mattias what do you use for grading? Is it a lut?
Hi Matthias, How do you cover a 27-460mm with an f1.8 with those 2 lenses ? I did not understand !
Just add the crops.
Regardless of camera, loved your images.
Beautiful street photography!
thanks for the effort and the sharing. i am slightly surprised you went crop sensor dslr rather than an older full frame classic like the canon 5d classic or the nikon d700. thoughts? as always, thumbs up.
The comparable FF is a D5 or 1DXii. Thats a lot of money.
I'm sorry, I didn't understand about the coverage of these two lens. You say they cover 27 to 460 ?? could you explain, thank you.
I thought I heard that you have a range of 27mm to 460mm at a constant f/1.8. Did I hear you correctly? If so, what lenses are you using with your Nikon D500?
It is correct. 18-35 + 50-100.
@@gearreallydoesntmatter factor in the DX crop and then add the 4k crop. impressive!
My d800 is life, but I do find myself wanting something smaller sometimes
This is really honest - I just can't explain to my friend why I am NOT using a mirrorless instead of my beloved D750 !!!
An EVF still can’t touch the viewfinder of a DSLR.
your videos are fantastic , I love watching your videos, Can you please make a video on Nikon D7500.
I love this video, Have watched it many times.
The D500+18-35, 1.8 combo is exceptional. However, this is the last gear I would think of taking with me for a long journey. Mirrorless system wins in portability all the way in this case.
João Sousa They are basically the same size if you use comparable glass.
I like mine...gonna add the D850 soon