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Posted: Thu Jan 7th, 2016 10:40
 
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Robert wrote:
Graham Whistler wrote:
UK Dealers are looking at £1750 or more as starting price, seems very high to me compared with the D7200 now at £750? I had expected £1400 to start with settling down to near £1200 for the top DX camera? I also see the D5 well over £5000 much as we all thought it would be to start with.

The D200 was £1300 recommended retail 2005. There has been quite a bit of inflation since then?

I bought my D200 (new) for £750, mid 2007, about the time the D300 was released.

The D500 is a considerable development from the D300, and light years from the D200. Effectively The D500 is a mini D5, most of the essentials i.e. the AF, are similar or identical.


The D750 entered the UK arena at c.£1800 in Sept14. By mid 2015 ( when I bought one) it was £1400. My euphoria has, however, been short lived. The price currently stands at £1250.

:needsahug:

This sort of price drop rate has been seen on many past models. It does seem that an 18month delay can see prices drop to 60%.

I have pencilled onto my 2017 calendar...Buy D500.



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Checked on Nikon service and there are no manuals for D5 or D500 available yet.
Best source for the vid info so far is Thom

http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/the-day-after-nikon-d5-d500.html

Things are still in flux so it will take some time to get all the specs etc.

Was in at my local Nikon dealer and asked if the D500 had an anti aliasing filter or not, since I couldn't anything aboutit in the specs. He said that since it wasn't mentioned it probably had one. :thumbsdown:



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I would think there is no anti-aliasing filter as that is the current trend.
But until we see the full specifications then we are only guessing.



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More info on the 4k video from DPReview. Doesn't look too good for anyone serious about 4k.

http://www.dpreview.com/opinions/7352408758/nikon-s-new-d5-and-d500-push-the-boundaries-of-dslr?slide=14



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This looks awesome. It could be my upgrade when I tire of my D3300.



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I have just been looking at the D500 specs in more detail.
It seems that there is no built on flash on the D500. Am I right?



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You are correct JK, no built in flash...

Personally I have to say I do find the bBI flash hands for a bit of infill but it's a pain with a wide lens, even the 18-105, you have to take the lens shade off at the widest settings else you get a big shadow on the bottom of the image.

I think not having the BI flash increases the ruggedness of the camera and increases the dust/water resistance I have heard that some bodies have corroded in that area when exposed to sea spray.



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One of the advantages of living 1000k from salt water.



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amazing50 wrote:
One of the advantages of living 1000k from salt water.

And in a less humid atmosphere? But it is cooler, I have always said you can work hard to keep warm but not to keep dry!



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Hard work won't warm you up when it's below -30C.:lol:



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