Oh Nikon... you really are evil......

Well the first D500's are now in the wild in the US...

Some pretty interesting reports and some great images appearing like this one.. (Taken by a Nikoncafe forum user who seems pretty happy with his new toy.)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/04/194.jpg

I dare say they will get snapped up pretty quickly when they go on sale here in the next week or so.

Apparently the recent Japanese earthquakes are going to give Nikon a production headache in the short term....so maybe we will have a little longer to keep saving :angel:

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

My D200 and D300s are good enough for me. :) Love to have a 600mm lens but.......

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I would love one as well,

Just waiting for the lotto numbers to come up:angel:

So....

Anyone bought one yet? I've taken one for a quick testdrive...

immediately felt incompetent. Continuous High is 10fps. and it goes on FOREVER.

The worst bit about that, is that I decided to be an idiot and test it out by doing a quick spin on the spot and shooting cH..... not a single out of focus or blurred image. Program AF mode, with a 70-200 2.8 G hanging off the front.

I have to admit, beg, borrow, steal.... you DX owners out there will trade in your 7K series bodies for this.....

I'm scrounging around for $$$$. Might have to liquidate some assets.

I've been bad.....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...16/07/1080.jpg

D500 200mm 1/2000 f/4.0 ISO1250

It's bloody amazing

Got this in my email today...

https://mynikonlife.com.au/d5-d500-consumer-event

Might be of interest to anyone in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane who's like to go play with D500 or D5 and assorted lenses on Nikon...

Oh and go carts :D

I'd forgotten about this thread.

I really like it. I even stopped shooting film for a month.

Need some more free time to play a little though. Work is getting in the way of fun!