Still learning mine, but it is sweet. The D810 produces awesome images for big printing, but operationally, the D500 is just smoother. I suspect it is the better processor.
I am jealous you have yours and I don't yet have mine
Still waiting on B&H ...
I have also noticed (per my earlier
Ergonomics thread), that many people find the D500 much more intuitive, because of the better ISO placement, etc.
Although I criticized the D810 in that thread, I have grown to love it in many respects.
Interestingly, 2 weeks ago
DPReview did a Review on the D810, which still lauds it as a defining camera even 2 years after its release:
- "THE FINAL WORD
The Nikon D810 is now nearly two years old, and yet its core technologies still challenge many cameras today, and Raw image quality is unmatched. We still haven't seen another full-frame camera capable of a true base ISO of 64, which gives the D810 medium format levels of clean, noise-free images with comparable dynamic range to boot."
and also ...
- So however frustrating the D810's faults are on occasion, they don't detract from the incredible performance of the camera as a total package. This review has taken a long time to complete, but it's testament to the camera that even after two years, the D810 remains a benchmark in many respects for other models in its class. As such, the D810 earns our coveted Gold award.
And that is essentially how I feel: regardless of some ergonomic (or AF) issues ... I still love this camera ... and can't wait till the D900
And while I have a 2933x XQD, I have not hit the buffer limit with a Sandsisk UHS-I 95mb/s SD card shooting 14bit RAW lossless compressed at 10fps. High ISO noise is about as good as one can expect from APS-C sensors and the reach the 1.5x DX crop gives to put pixels on target allows me to shoot with faster glass than otherwise available to me.
What I am waiting to do (if I ever receive mine
), is to use my
Cotton Carrier, and have the 2 cameras on the-ready (D500 and D810), with my AF 300 II on the D500 (to take advantage of the superb, modern AF combo of both) and my vintage all-manual lenses on my D810 for shots where I can take my time, compose them, and use a remote switch.
Jack