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| Posted: Sun Feb 28th, 2016 12:35 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:If anyone can get a D500 hands on then if they can check if there is a facility similar to the D3, D4, D800 and D810 that enables you to lock the command and/or sub-command dials, then I would be most grateful. Don't think it has that feature...the D750 hasn't got it. I confess I missed that feature on Thursday. I was shooting a kitchen for a client (one of the last 3 before I retire) and I noticed halfway through my fingers had shifter the aperture.  Fortunately redid the shooting positions and carried on. However I did shift it inadvertently once more later on.....but I was watching for it this time. 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29th, 2016 06:14 |
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jk
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Eric wrote: jk wrote:I do that all the time when I shoot with the D600 as it doesnt have the locks. It is something that seems really trivial but is a real boon.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29th, 2016 06:31 |
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jk
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Isnt it nice to have old friends in a good place.  Just phoned Nikon UK and spoke to my friend in the NPS group. Yes the D500 has the feature I want. So Yes you can lock the shutter speed and/or aperture values by pushing on Preview button and then turning the command dial or sub-command dial. Well done Nikon NPS. I will go and place my order for a D500. However I will have to wait for late April until it is released.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29th, 2016 10:25 |
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104th Post |
Robert
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That's good news JK, I spent quite a bit of time trying to discover if the command dials on the D500 locked in the way you asked but couldn't find an answer. This also reinforces my opinion that the D500 is a baby D5 with many of the pro features from the D5 embedded in it's design. It's NOT an upgraded D300, definitely. It feel different and feels much more like the D5 but without the size/weight of the D5. When I first handled the D500 it had it's battery extension, motor drive unit fitted, once that was removed it transformed into a very nice handling camera. I know I want a D3 rather than a D700 but my needs are specific, I want the mass and stability of the D3, it will mainly used on a heavy tripod or a monopod, so weight isn't such an issue.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29th, 2016 11:03 |
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Graham Whistler
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Shame I hoped we would see them in UK March we will just have to wait. I will get mine when they arrive!!!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29th, 2016 17:58 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:Isnt it nice to have old friends in a good place. Hmm...wonder why they didn't add that to the D750? 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 2nd, 2016 12:33 |
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Graham Whistler
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I have ordered my D500 today and paid deposit so should have in first batch Arpil.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 2nd, 2016 12:57 |
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Robert
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Well done Graham, I don't think you will be disappointed. Be sure to tell us all about it! Despite having handled and made exposures with a D500, using lenses from 16mm fisheye to 300 f2.8, I really can't tell much about it, except it felt right and was very nice to use. Having left home at 5am and driven to Manchester and finished my journey by tram and on foot then to be confronted with a battery of bodies and lenses many of which I have never handled before I was like kiddie in sweet shop! I couldn't take it all in. The D5 was also exceptional and took much of my attention.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 2nd, 2016 16:49 |
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Graham Whistler
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Another retired prof photographer in our local camera club also has a D810 and D3s will get a D500. We both think that the D810 and D500 should cover all our needs! We both have plenty of hi end Nikon FX glass but I have no DX lenses so may also get a Nikon DX 18-140 AF-S for the D500 have any of you got any gen on this lens? In D300 days I was well pleased with the 18-200 AF-S DX but it was a little too large and heavy.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 3rd, 2016 03:26 |
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jk
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Graham Whistler wrote: Another retired prof photographer in our local camera club also has a D810 and D3s will get a D500. We both think that the D810 and D500 should cover all our needs! I agree that a D800/810 with D500 is a ideal pairing. The nikon DX glass is not as good as the FX glass and the DX range is very limited. It seems that the best solution is to keep a limited number of FX lenses and use these on the DX cameras. This is certainly my intention. I dont aim to buy any more Nikon glass except for the Nikon 200-500 AFS then I can probably retire the Nikon 400mm f2.8 AFS as putting the 200-500 on the D500 gives me the same range as my D3S with 400mm f2.8 with X2 converter.
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