D7500

This is my first DSLR purchase, having owned Nikon COOLPIX for six years. It is a giant step up in quality. The 8fps burst is amazing, and the eVR in video mode is amazingly smooth. The low light ISO is clean all the way up to ISO 20000. You don´t even see noise until 32000. 4K is usable despite the crop: I just use the 10-20mm which is an equivalent 22.5mm at its widest angle.

I rented this camera for 2 weeks, I also rented 2 lenses, 70-200mm f/2.8 and 24-70mm f/2.8. I currently own 2 D7000 Nikon´s with 7 different lenses. I waned to see how this camera did in many different lighting situations, when taking 4K photos and video. I went whale watching, the zoo, the beach, NYC day and night shoots, plus many other different places. It did take very nice photos and videos. My reasoning for the 4 stars is because it only has one SD- CARD SLOT, for me that´s a draw back because I love taking photos on one card and filming video on the second card. When out in the ocean whale watching during the action my SD- CARD filled up so I missed photo and video opportunities because of this. I had a 64GB SDXC card installed, however that wasn´t enough to capture everything on one card slot. The other draw back is the screen, even though it can be positioned in a few different angles, I noticed in bright daylight it was extremely hard to see the photos I had taken. The screen is very glossy, wish it was a matte screen so you could view your photos/videos easier in bright daylight situations. I don´t know if they make anything to cover the screen with it´s wide range of movement or not? If they do I would strongly recommend doing that. Other than those two issues I encountered with this camera, everything went fine. Hopefully the next 4K CAMERA will have two SD-CARD SLOTS and hopefully a better screen that´s not glossy so you can see better. That was my experience when testing it out in every lighting situation you could possibly come across. If you can get away using one card slot and deal with the glossy screen then buy it.

I purchased the Nikon D7500 in early July and have been really impressed with the image quality. I am an artist and educator, and use the Nikon D800 in my professional work. The D7500 was acquired for family and travel. Compared to the D800, the D7500 is lightweight and easy to carry around. I am using the Nikon DX 18-140mm lens with the camera and the results are excellent. Now I do not have to worry about missing out on photographic opportunities because I will carry this camera when the full frame DSLR is just too heavy. Portrait, landscape, and nature images have all turned out beautiful with this camera with minimal editing of raw files. I shot in jpeg format while waiting the Adobe to update and add the camera. The jpeg quality is exceptional and the camera´s low light capabilities are outstanding.

I originally researched mirrorless systems, but found this camera to be a much better option. The battery life is outstanding, still and video quality are great, and with a price that is less than mirrorless cameras I considered. The camera is fun to use, and I am enjoying photography much more now.

Shot over 2K pictures and I can say that the image quality and low light performance is not as good as advertised. I have used a D3300 for over 2 years and it takes as good if not better pictures than my d7500 in low light or not. Anything shot over 2000 iso noticeably grainy with the d7500. The dynamic range is marginally better if that than my d3300. I can say that battery life is excellent, took 700 pictures at a wedding shower and the level only went down 1 bar on the battery indicator. The body feels solid and well made. The way the d7500 handles is great though and all the features and buttons are perfectly done. For the 1,356 dollars I paid for it I feel like I have been totally miss-led and I´m really not happy at all with this camera. Everything I said is my opinion from actual use of the d7500 in both professional and non pro settings.

This DX camera represents my investment of every single 7000 camera, and I started back with the D100, before that .Nikon´s and F5s. This D7500 is fast an efficient! I thought I would not appreciate the flip screen! It is the best flip, touch screen to date! This camera has a better video capability and I have no doubt about that at all. Having a D500, D7200 I have much to compare it to! This is a lightweight, fast, sleek, and powerful camera! My decision was to buy and try! I was lucky I got past negative pre release comments and decided to celebrate Nikon´s 100th Birthday this way! Don´t get me wrong....
Before I buy ANY camera I try the competition! Mirrorless, other brands, etc., I looked them all over. including the current supposedly champ video rig....it was more dollars and would have required lens, adapters, etc.! The D7500 adds to the already Best Bang For The Buck D7200 and simply Amazing D500! But the onboard flash, other features, I now feel this is a land mark camera! Now to get into the field and Capture The Moments!

I have had this camera for two weeks and I think it´s great. Smaller, lighter, faster! And it has most of the features of my D750. Autofocus is fast and the low light capabilities are wonderful. I went on the underground tour in Seattle and shot with no flash and the pictures are nice and bright. No issues with noise at high ISO. I think this camera is a winner!

I have read some of the negative reviews and I think that people are just whining about non-issues. Battery grips are heavy and expensive and I have rarely seen anyone with one. And the second card slot is rediculous! I have it on my D750 and I never use it. I have it set to Raw in slot 1 and JPEG in slot 2 and I always dump the JPEG when I get home and I bet everyone else does too. As far as running out of room cards are so cheap these days you have no excuse to not have extra cards.

I really like this camera and I don´t miss any of the features that people think it is missing.

Camera is really nice to hold, a great tool to help capture some great shots. Nice size and weight.

Before I start, these are simply my own impressions. I was once a professional photographer way back in the days of film and photographed over 600 weddings, as well as sports teams and schools. Nowadays I am just an amateur who sells prints once in awhile. I am also a recently retired economics teacher and in my quest to upgrade from my excellent, but outdated D7000, I applied the principles of wants vs needs, trade-offs, opportunity costs, and cost benefits.

Realizing the no camera will give one exactly what they want, I borrowed the requirements down. My two main criteria were higher ISO performance and more accurate focus. I do a lot of bird in flight, and both are essential. It came down to the D7200, the D7500, and the D500. The D7200 already being two years out, I ruled it out. The D500 fit my needs, and a few wants, but the price tag was a bit steep. The D7500 seemed the best fit, and after trying it for a couple of days I believe I made the right choice.

ISO- While the D7000 had an upper limit of ISO 1600 before degrading, I now feel quite comfortable at 3200 which helps with the 180 f/2.8 for birds. I will test at higher when I do some Milky Way shots next week.

Focus- Spot on, fast and accurate. I can track a bird quite easily.

Exposure- Amazing. The color rendition and exposure are so good I don´t have to do any tweaking. Even shooting a bird against a bright blue sky the metering handle it.

Eight frames per second is fast. The shutter is quite sensitive and I will easily shoot a sequence when only one is needed, but they delete.

The shutter is much quite quieter than the D7000 and makes a sweet sound like my old Contax.

The negatives that people are sounding off on don´t bother me. One card slot is okay, I never utilized the second slot before, and I am not doing anything that a card failure would cause a catastrophic loss. No battery grip is okay too. I have one for the older camera, but never used it. I am so old that reaching over with my finger feels natural. Not being able to meter with old lenses is okay too, I don´t have any.

The bottom line is that this camera meets my needs, and then some, giving me a good return on investment.

So far, there is nothing I dislike about this camera. I upgraded from a D7100 (and I´m saying upgraded because, contrarily to what some people may erroneously think, it is an upgrade). I too read some negative feedback, mainly about the single card slot versus 2. But this is far from being an issue for me. I never used a battery grip before, so I don´t care. I do use several batteries though.

The body feels very good in my hands. I love the dedicated ISO button and it´s so easy to toggle between auto ISO and regular ISO and then select an ISO value. I consider this a huge update.

I do like the touch screen, something completely new for me. As far as the autofocus is concerned, it´s very good. It can autofocus much better in low light.

I love the high ISO rendition. There is no question that this is an upgrade from the D7100 I used to shoot with. I can´t wait to shoot the night sky with this camera.

I am eager to use the radio trigger capability with this camera. I am waiting for the WR-R10 to be available to use with my SB-5000. I consider this as a huge upgrade too. It´s not like using the optical trigger didn´t work, but I sometimes had trouble with getting the ML-3 to work.

I have not yet used the faster frame rate for moving subjects. I will do when I get a chance. This can only be a bonus coming from a D7100.

I haven´t yet used the video capability on this camera. But I like to make videos and I really, really appreciate that this camera has power aperture. I have wished for this for a long time.

For me, this is a perfect camera. I considered the D500, but for my type of photography it was an overkill. I like shooting fast moving subjects, but it´s not the biggest part of my photography.

Finally, I do notice a much better color rendition with this camera. So far, I don´t have to modify any of the colors after I view my images in Capture NX-D. (I only use the Nikon software and nothing else). I can comfortably say that the color rendition is more accurate with this camera than with my previous cameras, even thought he D7100 produced nice colors. And I really like the auto picture control.

The D7500 is very responsive. The shutter is fast and there is no lag. In fact, I accidentally touched it several times only slightly when holding the camera, and it fired!

Pro or not, this is a very nice camera, and the best for me so far.