Nikon D500 official topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

Nikon Japan announced a delay for the release of the new D500 DSLR camera. The new shipping date for the following products is end of April, 2016.

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MikeLinn

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-first-looks-nikon-d500-and-peek-nikon-d5

turboBB

There are a few comparo video's posted on Nikon Global YouTube channel (all at 720p though...): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHTLN_EkyPdjPr2nzOJbNFQ

There is one here at 1080p vs. NX1:

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Manual

http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/323/D500.html

MikeLinn

turboBB

Took three short sample clips and using Media Info (video bitrate specifically and not overall) with movie settings as follows: Image area = DX, Movie quality = High

I get the following bitrates: 1080-30p = 20.9 Mbps 1080-60p = 41.2 Mbps 4K-30p (3840 x 2160) = 125 Mbps (there is a 1.5x crop applied on top of the normal vid crop in this mode)

EDIT: I'd like to do a Low-light HighISO vid comparison but not sure what is proper way to downsize the vids between FX & DX. I use Vegas Pro as NLE, do I simply rescale within the editor or is there a specific process to make sure the vid resolutions are meaningfully comparable? Appreciate any tips on this.

Thx!, Tim

squig

Shoot with a 24mm on the DX sensor and a 35mm on the FX. Notice any aliasing/lineskipping in 1080p mode? How's the rolling shutter in 1080p mode? Noise wise it looks very close to the D750 in photo mode. Matching DOF they look about equal.

turboBB

Thx squig, I'm trying to keep things even by using the exact same lens, etc. If only doing 1080p comparo then yes, it's like you said. However, what of 4K - is it merely shooting @ 24 on DX, and then @ 54 on the FX?

Haven't had time to test the video portion yet but will get to that and let you know.

squig

The D500 has an APS-C sensor, so I'm not sure what you mean by an FX 4K comparison. If you want to compare the 4k 1.5x crop with the DX 1080p then shoot with a 35mm DX and 24mm 4K to match FOV, and a 28mm for the 1.3x crop. Yeah 54mm on FX would closely match the FOV of a 24mm on the 4K crop. Page 70 of the manual shows the crop dimensions. 4K on the D500 is a 2.2x FX crop.

Azo

@squiq

Just to clarify, so basically the crop is very similar to the GH4 shooting @4K? Also does that mean the depth of field would be similar as well. Shooting at 2.8 on the GH4 is like shooting at 5.6 full frame in regards to depth of field? GH4 with a speedbooster seems to have the advantage over the D500 in regards to depth of field on the video side.

Besides better lowlight from the D500 the GH4 seems to be a bit better on the video side. In regards to still imaging I am pretty sure there is no contest D500 wins hands down. Regardless of the shortcomings on the video side the D500 Is a very intresting camera.

squig

@Azo

Affirmative. Although the D500 may be a bit better on the video side, particularly in 1080p mode. No 10bit out, but Nikon color and a bit more dynamic range.