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Testseek.com have collected 160 expert reviews of the Nikon D500 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Nikon D500.
Award: Good Buy May 2016
May 2016
 
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The editors liked

  • Great versatility and performance
  • Increased ISO sensitivity to capture in low light
  • Excellent
  • Durable build quality
  • Constant smartphone connectivity
  • Snappy AF performance
  • Excellent image quality and dynamic range
  • Great in low light environments
  • Comfortable ergonomics
  • Strong battery life
  • Contains many features you'd expect to find on a more expensive DSLR
  • High ISO performance is outstanding versus others in this price range
  • Image quality is very good across a range of photographic conditions
  • Camera's performance is very fast in Viewfin
  • APSC = free telephoto effect
  • High image quality
  • In particular the dynamic range
  • Lightningfast AF and a great many frames per second
  • Everything is on it
  • Very bright
  • Filming in 4K
  • Great color reproduction
  • Has a great feel
  • Very good quality images from 20 Megapixel APSC sensor
  • 153-point AF system with very broad coverage and auto fine-tuning
  • 10fps shooting with deep buffer
  • Especially with XQD cards
  • Large
  • Bright viewfinder with LCD overlays
  • Tough weatherproof body
  • Sup
  • The Nikon D500 is fast with excellent continuous-shooting and autofocus performance
  • Its 4K video support is a welcome novelty for its dSLR price class and
  • Of course
  • There's the great photo quality
  • Great build quality
  • High reliability
  • Image versatility so good that you can always afford to mess up providing you know what the heck you're doing with metering
  • Fantastic kit lens
  • Bottom Line
  • The Nikon D500 puts the company's finest autofocus system in a tough
  • Compact SLR body that will please demanding enthusiasts and pros alike
  • 10fps continuous shooting
  • Huge raw buffer capacity
  • Robust
  • Professional build quality
  • Excellent image quality
  • Responsive performance
  • Good low light capabilities
  • Dual card slots
  • Built-in time-lapse
  • Superb image quality
  • Great high ISO performance
  • Rugged
  • Comfortable camera body
  • Sharp articulating touchscreen display
  • Excellent AF point frame coverage
  • Fast continuous shooting speeds
  • 4K UHD video
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • NFC and Bluetooth
  • High quality Raw and JPEG
  • Superlative autofocus performance even at 10 fps
  • Well-designed ergonomics and handling
  • 4K video quality is generally strong
  • Joystick makes AF point selection faster
  • Ability to switch AF point mode wi

The editors didn't like

  • SnapBridge is ho-hum
  • Limited touchscreen LCD capabilities
  • Slow Live View
  • 4K video is tightly cropped
  • AF video performance lags competition
  • Fairly bulky
  • PRICE
  • $2
  • 000
  • APSC sized image sensor can't quite match full frame sensors in image quality
  • D500 carries a high price tag versus other intermediate DSLRs
  • No builtin flash unit
  • Menu interface needs to be upgraded and be more graphical to take advantage of touch scree
  • APSC = less wideangle effect
  • For an APSC camera
  • Big and heavy
  • No builtin flash
  • Not inexpensive
  • Higher price than MLICs with comparable specs
  • Zoom in and zoom out buttons
  • Live view must be turned on in video or photo mode
  • Poor movie autofocus
  • No focus peaking
  • No 1080 above 60p
  • Very basic smartphone remote control
  • SnapBridge bottleneck when shooting bursts or copying 20MP images
  • 4k video involves a tight 1.5x crop – a total field reduction of 2.25x
  • No truly silent sho
  • Terrible wireless file-transfer and remote-control app
  • And its Live View (contrast) autofocus could use a boost
  • Expensive
  • Kind of big
  • Snapbridge wireless transfer needs some work
  • 4K video is cropped
  • Omits built-in flash
  • Live View autofocus improved but still hunts
  • Highest ISO expansion settings show banding
  • Cropped 4K video
  • Less than stellar video/Live View autofocus
  • Limited touchscreen functionality
  • Somewhat large for an APS-C camera
  • Expensive for a DX camera
  • 4K UHD video doesn't offer full DX field-of-view
  • No built-in flash
  • Still uses contrast-detect for Live View AF
  • Dual slots use two different card types (XQD and SD)
  • 4K video taken from small crop of sensor
  • Limiting lens choice
  • Snapbridge wireless system is simplistic and (currently) inconsistent
  • Video tools are somewhat limited
  • Autofocus in video prone to wobble and re-focus
  • Quirky battery usage prompts regular

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  Published: 2016-01-07, Author: Angela , review by: techradar.com/au/

  • Same AF system as the topend D5, 10fps shooting for 200 raw files, Metal, weathersealed body
  • 20Mp rather than 24Mp
  • At last Nikon has a professional-level APS-C format camera to replace the D300S and compete with the Canon 7D Mark II and it looks like a real contender with an impressive AF system and great low-light credentials...

 
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  Published: 2017-06-12, Author: Amy , review by: stuff.tv

  • Fantastic image quality for a range of subjects, Loads of manual controls, Brilliant autofocus system, Excellent optical viewfinder
  • Expensive for an APS-C camera
  • The Nikon D500's range of features and excellent performance make it the best APS-C DSLR you can buy. It's a chunky camera, designed to produce good images in a range of different conditions. Those experienced enough to be au fait with all the different...

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  Published: 2017-05-10, Author: Devon , review by: devontechsupport.com

  • The D500's robust build means it's more capable of withstanding heavy use than Nikon's existing DX cameras, and it can be used with confidence in poor weather. It's also great that Nikon enthusiasts now have a high-level camera they can upgrade to without
  • I only have a few relatively minor issues with the D500, and they're things I've complained about before with some other Nikons. It's high time Nikon streamlined its DSLR interface a bit, and sorted out the I/Info button issues, The Focus selector lock co
  • The D500 is an excellent camera, and one that will serve many enthusiasts well, giving them the first-rate systems they desire in a smaller, more affordable body than the D5.Many will be mulling over whether to go for the D500 or a full-frame camera like...

 
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  Published: 2017-04-21, review by: EISA.eu

  • Abstract:  The D500 is Nikon's fastest and best DX-format DSLR to date. Capable of shooting at 10 frames per second, it's perfect for action photography. Nikon's latest 153-point AF system provides very fast and precise focus, particularly with moving subjects. A ne...

 
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  Published: 2017-04-17, Author: Amateur , review by: amateurphotographer.co.uk

  • From the moment I first used the Canon EOS 7D Mark II following its launch in September 2014, I thought it was a brilliant camera. With the exception of Wi-Fi connectivity, it had just about every feature I wanted in a tough, weatherproof body.Its blister...

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  Published: 2016-09-08, Author: Mike , review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Fully realised autofocus system, fast shooting and huge buffer, great image quality, smaller and more manageable than D5, tilt-angle touchscreen, ups its video capabilities (including 4K)
  • “Hi” ISO settings aren't useful - they're just headline grabbers, screen isn't fully variable, touchscreen inaccessible for menu controls
  • The Nikon D500 is a DSLR with little compare. It steps up beyond the Canon EOS 7D Mark II (assuming that isn't replaced at Photokina 2016), while the range of Nikon DX optics will see it as the more practical solution compared to the Pentax K-1 for...

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  Published: 2016-08-12, Author: Brendan , review by: reviewed.com

  • 10-fps burst shooting, Weathersealed, 4K video
  • None that we could find
  • Expensive, but for the right pro, easily worth the money.I'm not going to mince words here: $2,000 is a lot of dough-even for a pro-grade camera. Where the D500 starts making perfect sense is in the context of its older sister, the queen of all the F-moun...

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  Published: 2016-08-02, review by: trustedreviews.com

  • 100% optical viewfinder, Tilting screen, Enthusiast-centric controls, Dual memory card slots
  • APS-C format sensor, Screen not articulating
  • Nikon D500 – Performance and AF The D500 has 153 AF points, 99 of which are cross-type for greater sensitivity. Fifteen of the points are sensitive at f/8, which is great news for anybody who's using an extender or a long lens when photographing wildlife...

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  Published: 2016-07-26, review by: CNET.co.uk

  • The Nikon D500 is fast with excellent continuous-shooting and autofocus performance, its 4K video support is a welcome novelty for its dSLR price class and, of course, there's the great photo quality
  • Terrible wireless file-transfer and remote-control app, and its Live View (contrast) autofocus could use a boost
  • There's tons to like about the Nikon D500, from its fast shooting and excellent image quality to its broad feature set and streamlined design. But it still falls short with its Live View autofocus and seriously subpar wireless file transfer and shooting...

 
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  Published: 2016-07-15, review by: practicalphotography.com

  • It's been almost seven years since Nikon's previous flagship DX-format camera was released, and it's fair to say an update was more than overdue. Those who have been waiting for a top-spec semi-pro DSLR will not be disappointed, as the D500 delivers on ev...

 
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