With a fast burst speed, quick autofocus, impressive image quality and a solid design, the Nikon D500 is a solid contender, especially for sports, events and wildlife. The biggest downfall is that the video autofocus doesn't reach the same impressive level as when shooting with the optical...

Fast 10 fps burst; Quick; accurate autofocus; Solid image quality; Weather-sealed body with tilting LCD

Slow video autofocus; Heavy; No pop-up flash

The D500 is among the best DSLRs we've ever tested. Its strengths are its superlative autofocus combined with the ability to keep shooting at 10 frames per second. There are other APS-C cameras that offer similarly excellent image quality but none that offer the speed, ergonomics and dependability...

I never did completely lose faith. I think in the end it was probably just myself, Thom Hogan and one or two others – the true believers. Nikon would give us a legitimate successor to the D300S.

Since the early 1980s I was a Canon person. I used a Canon New F1 as my primary wildlife camera(film) with a 400 mm Canon prime lens. As digital photography started to explode at the turn of the century (early2000s) I tried to keep up by investing in superZoom all-in -one cameras also Canons.

A great Fathers day deal bundle, I snapped on my 200-500mm f/5.6 and went to looking birds of prey In the everglades. I mow use the D500 for more than just wildlife, I've been photographing the local triathlons In my state/Florida and other sporting events Involving my children.

Awesome camera. The ‘keeper' rate with 10 frames per second makes choosing which of the pin sharp and perfectly exposed shots to keep very difficult; what a dilemma!!!

Took it out yesterday, straight out of the box and I was immediately impressed by the speed and ease with which it locked focus on my running, chasing lurchers and some birds buffeted by the winds. This, combined with excellent fps speed is great for my work.

Amazing Autofocus; Easy To Use; Good Fps; Great Image Quality

"This is an outstanding pro level camera for both video and stills. You will not be disappointed."

Fantastic DX camera super pic. Quality best camera for wildlife photography. Design and build quality also superb Snapbridge feature is so nice. Within seconds we can transfer our clicks in Mobile phone

Given my budget I thought for a long time between the buying the D500 or getting the full frame D750 and yes this is a lot of money for a crop sensor camera but the technology inside is the same as Nikon's latest flagship full frame cameras the D5 and D850 so you are getting a lot of very high end...