Not the guy, but I'll give you the short (incorrect) version.
The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
The D7200 is still a better camera than the D7500, which makes the D7500 the first real flop in the series. Go Fujifilm mirrorless, consider discounted Sony A7 models, the D7200 or get a Canon 80D or recent EOS M models.
The dual card slot was useful for backing up photos on a long vacation, where you wouldn't notice a single card was corrupted until the photos were overwritten and couldn't be fully recovered. It's a professional feature with lots of benefits to amateurs, like using two smaller cards or separating RAW and JPEG files into separate card.
The AI feature allowed you to easily use just about any of millions of Nikon mount lens from 1971 onward with full metering and accurate focus confirmation. That is a very big deal, especially since manual focus lenses are increasingly popular with the shift to mirror less cameras. Far from being useless, manual focus lenses are more valuable today than 10 years ago.
Basically, the D7500 is a downgrade in features and ruggedness from the D7200. The features that it gains are useless like the Snapbridge app and 4K video that can't match an iPhone. It's less camera for slightly more money.
The D7200 was probably the best Nikon DX body ever in terms of balance between price, features, reliability, build quality and size.
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The D7200 is still a better camera than the D7500, which makes the D7500 the first real flop in the series. Go Fujifilm mirrorless, consider discounted Sony A7 models, the D7200 or get a Canon 80D or recent EOS M models.
Just beware of the 18-140mm VR. I have the D5500 only (but very similar sensor and mechanism to D7500), and have bad shutter/mirror slap/shock with the VR of 18-140, resulted in about 15-20% of my photos having double horizontal lines.
The problem is quite random, I haven't put time into trying to reproduce it consistently, just have to remember to turn off VR when I don't need it (which is really annoying). I gave up and switched to the X-T20 recently, pairing the D5500 with the 35mm/1.8G only as a backup.
D7500 is a great camera so far. Great iso performance. Colors look nice right out of camera if exposing correctly. Don't listen to people who complain about not having a second sd card slot. I honestly can't remember the last time an SD card failed on me in the last 3-4 years.
D7500 is a great camera so far. Great iso performance. Colors look nice right out of camera if exposing correctly. Don't listen to people who complain about not having a second sd card slot. I honestly can't remember the last time an SD card failed on me in the last 3-4 years.
I had two Sandisk 64GB (class 10) microSD corrupted in my D5500 and X-T20 the last 4 months, but PhotoRec was able to get all the photos out. I formatted them and kept on using, perhaps it'll bite me hard someday, but so far, no justification to go for dual-slot yet :-)
Agree that the D5500/D7500 sensor is really good, especially the dynamic range. The D5500 is among the best ergonomic, the grip needs only two fingers to hold securely. Been shooting Nikon since the D40, they're great and durable, been on so many trips with me.
I had two Sandisk 64GB (class 10) microSD corrupted in my D5500 and X-T20 the last 4 months, but PhotoRec was able to get all the photos out. I formatted them and kept on using, perhaps it'll bite me hard someday, but so far, no justification to go for dual-slot yet :-)
The D7200 is still a better camera than the D7500, which makes the D7500 the first real flop in the series. Go Fujifilm mirrorless, consider discounted Sony A7 models, the D7200 or get a Canon 80D or recent EOS M models.
Not the guy, but I'll give you the short (incorrect) version.
The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
I had two Sandisk 64GB (class 10) microSD corrupted in my D5500 and X-T20 the last 4 months, but PhotoRec was able to get all the photos out. I formatted them and kept on using, perhaps it'll bite me hard someday, but so far, no justification to go for dual-slot yet :-)
Agree that the D5500/D7500 sensor is really good, especially the dynamic range. The D5500 is among the best ergonomic, the grip needs only two fingers to hold securely. Been shooting Nikon since the D40, they're great and durable, been on so many trips with me.
The D7500 is shared with the D500, not the D5500. The newer sensor is optimized for low light, so you're losing some image quality at ISO 100. So a D5500 or D7200 is a little better in bright daylight.
"The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin". That's a stretch. The D7500 is capable of 8fps vs 6fps on the D7200, but that's about it and that would probably make a difference to very few people. Higher ISO with the D7500, but who the heck shoots above ISO 25,600?? Extra SD card slot? OK, but betting 95% of shooters never would insert the second card...it's a DX camera and not a first choice for pro shooting like weddings, corp events, etc. where a dual card would be nice to have. I have a D300S with over 80,000 clicks and have never used the second card (it's actually a CF/SD combo) slot. My point is that a refurb D7200 is very good value on a excellent camera and don't be concerned about it not having a few minor features.
Not the guy, but I'll give you the short (incorrect) version.
The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
The dual card slot was useful for backing up photos on a long vacation, where you wouldn't notice a single card was corrupted until the photos were overwritten and couldn't be fully recovered. It's a professional feature with lots of benefits to amateurs, like using two smaller cards or separating RAW and JPEG files into separate card.
The AI feature allowed you to easily use just about any of millions of Nikon mount lens from 1971 onward with full metering and accurate focus confirmation. That is a very big deal, especially since manual focus lenses are increasingly popular with the shift to mirror less cameras. Far from being useless, manual focus lenses are more valuable today than 10 years ago.
Basically, the D7500 is a downgrade in features and ruggedness from the D7200. The features that it gains are useless like the Snapbridge app and 4K video that can't match an iPhone. It's less camera for slightly more money.
The D7200 was probably the best Nikon DX body ever in terms of balance between price, features, reliability, build quality and size.
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The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
The AI feature allowed you to easily use just about any of millions of Nikon mount lens from 1971 onward with full metering and accurate focus confirmation. That is a very big deal, especially since manual focus lenses are increasingly popular with the shift to mirror less cameras. Far from being useless, manual focus lenses are more valuable today than 10 years ago.
Basically, the D7500 is a downgrade in features and ruggedness from the D7200. The features that it gains are useless like the Snapbridge app and 4K video that can't match an iPhone. It's less camera for slightly more money.
The D7200 was probably the best Nikon DX body ever in terms of balance between price, features, reliability, build quality and size.
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The problem is quite random, I haven't put time into trying to reproduce it consistently, just have to remember to turn off VR when I don't need it (which is really annoying). I gave up and switched to the X-T20 recently, pairing the D5500 with the 35mm/1.8G only as a backup.
Agree that the D5500/D7500 sensor is really good, especially the dynamic range. The D5500 is among the best ergonomic, the grip needs only two fingers to hold securely. Been shooting Nikon since the D40, they're great and durable, been on so many trips with me.
Maybe I've just been lucky haha
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The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
Agree that the D5500/D7500 sensor is really good, especially the dynamic range. The D5500 is among the best ergonomic, the grip needs only two fingers to hold securely. Been shooting Nikon since the D40, they're great and durable, been on so many trips with me.
The D7500 is shared with the D500, not the D5500. The newer sensor is optimized for low light, so you're losing some image quality at ISO 100. So a D5500 or D7200 is a little better in bright daylight.
The D7500 removed the Dual SD card slots, optional vertical grip, and AI indexing tab from the D7200.
The Dual Slots could be used to backup your photos if you're a pro who makes money on images you've only got one chance to capture this could be meaningful.
The vertical grip is personal preference, and there are third party options available.
The lack of an AI indexing tab means certain ancient and useless lenses do not get auto-exposure functionality.
The things they removed are meaningless for 99.99999% of people who would buy the D7500. The D7500 is better in every meaningful and important way versus it's older D7200 cousin.
The dual card slot was useful for backing up photos on a long vacation, where you wouldn't notice a single card was corrupted until the photos were overwritten and couldn't be fully recovered. It's a professional feature with lots of benefits to amateurs, like using two smaller cards or separating RAW and JPEG files into separate card.
The AI feature allowed you to easily use just about any of millions of Nikon mount lens from 1971 onward with full metering and accurate focus confirmation. That is a very big deal, especially since manual focus lenses are increasingly popular with the shift to mirror less cameras. Far from being useless, manual focus lenses are more valuable today than 10 years ago.
Basically, the D7500 is a downgrade in features and ruggedness from the D7200. The features that it gains are useless like the Snapbridge app and 4K video that can't match an iPhone. It's less camera for slightly more money.
The D7200 was probably the best Nikon DX body ever in terms of balance between price, features, reliability, build quality and size.