Too lazy to start a new thread..

Ironheart

Agreed, it's always a trade off, but I do know the servos suffer from overshoot and retry, whereas the steppers can be moved to a specific position. Wanna arm wrestle?

spraynpray

On this subject? Yeah, c'mon big guy! LOL! Only badly designed or cheap closed loop servo's suffer from overshoot or oscillation.

heartyfisher

Interesting .. Non-VR version of a standard kit lense ?? Hmmm .. maybe a new camera with Sensor Shake Stabilisation ??

Ironheart

Well I've seen my Nikon gold rings do exactly that! Look I'll take the 10x increase in focus speed, even if Nikon said it was powered by magic pixie dust :-) @heartyfisher, I agree there has to be a new DX camera behind this otherwise ridiculous announcement.

spraynpray

Maybe a mirrorless DX?

Ironheart

A D400?!? Just kidding.

spraynpray

A nice idea, in fact that was my first thought but that is a consumer kit lens so it looks like a consumer camera sadly.

Ironheart

Ha! Looks like hearty nailed it. The D500 has built-in camera shake compensation for 4K video. So the non-VR lens is targeted at video users, who need the noiseless function and faster autofocus.

spraynpray

I wonder if it is de-clicked then?

Ironheart

It's a G lens, so it has no ring, and the lever never has any clicks. I'm assuming the D500 has the necessary actuators to drive the aperture during recording.

spraynpray

Ah, of course - silly me.

NSXTypeR

Is it just me or do I see a FM style pentaprism on the D500 and D5? The corners look chopped off a bit.

Maybe it's my stupid nostalgia trying to egg me into getting a new camera haha.

To be very honest, I haven't even fully figured out the D7000 AF system yet, and it scares me how much I would need to figure out for the D500.

That being said, I don't have fast lenses... maybe I should work on that first.

Ironheart

You won't need them with ISO 3,280,000:

"For extreme low-light ability, the ISO range is expandable from 50 (Lo-1) to a staggering ISO 3,280,000 (Hi-5), offering near-night vision capability that’s well beyond the visibility of the human eye."

And the D500 has a not-too-shabby 1,640,000 ISO. f8 and be there.

NSXTypeR

You won't need them with ISO 3,280,000:

"For extreme low-light ability, the ISO range is expandable from 50 (Lo-1) to a staggering ISO 3,280,000 (Hi-5), offering near-night vision capability that’s well beyond the visibility of the human eye."

And the D500 has a not-too-shabby 1,640,000 ISO. f8 and be there.

Haha, I was trying to find a slightly more responsible way to spend $2000, rather than buy a completely new body...

Invest in lenses of course!

BTW, it looks like the D500 won't come with a pop up flash, which is hugely useful to me for fill sometimes, especially for macro. I don't own an external flash, so there's that too. I guess that's the trade off for having that massive viewfinder.

spraynpray

Yebbut if you get a D500, for sure you need to get an SB5000... :P

spraynpray

Mmmm, D500 and 200-500...

Msmoto

Mmmm, D500, 400/2.8 and TC20EIII.....1200mm equivalent..... I will call the next photos...motorcycle helmets at 200km +/hour

heartyfisher

Sydney NYE amateur timelapse done with D800 and Tamron 24-70 .. can be viewed in 4K .. :-)


PS: Not mine .. just from a member of another forum I visit...

Snowleopard

So I emailed Choco Passion UK to see if they would ship me Chocolate Nikon's to the US...... I wonder if I could get the chocolate mold for a Nikon F somewhere and just make them myself.

NoXiN

So I emailed Choco Passion UK to see if they would ship me Chocolate Nikon's to the US...... I wonder if I could get the chocolate mold for a Nikon F somewhere and just make them myself.

if you know someone with a cheap 3D printer you can have them make you molds

Photobug

What is going on with the Nikon USA web site? For the past week I have been trying to check specifications and features on several Nikon lens and I can find the list of lens. There is no link to the lens. Anyone else have them issue?

Parke1953

You have to scroll over to the right. See the yellow box with the arrow in it.

Ironheart

Scroll to the right on the main page. Right arrow on the products pull-down menu.

HockeyMan

You can technically get there if you bookmarked the page like me...
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/camera-lenses/all-lenses/index.page

But you are correct that it isn't available from the (javascript controlled) drop down menu on the top of the page. I couldn't give you a reason why. That's up to the product managers at Nikon.

Ironheart

Dudes, it is there. You have to scroll to the right. Big yellow arrow.