Nikon D7500 DX-Format Digital SLR Body (Black)

Before I start, these are simply my own impressions. I was once a professional photographer way back in the days of film and photographed over 600 weddings, as well as sports teams and schools. Nowadays I am just an amateur who sells prints once in awhile. I am also a recently retired economics teacher and in my quest to upgrade from my excellent, but outdated D7000, I applied the principles of wants vs needs, trade-offs, opportunity costs, and cost benefits.

Realizing the no camera will give one exactly what they want, I narrowed the requirements down. My two main criteria were higher ISO performance and more accurate focus. I do a lot of bird in flight, and both are essential. It came down to the D7200, the D7500, and the D500. The D7200 already being two years out, I ruled it out. The D500 fit my needs, and a few wants, but the price tag was a bit steep. The D7500 seemed the best fit, and after trying it for a couple of days I believe I made the right choice.

ISO- While the D7000 had an upper limit of ISO 1600 before degrading, I now feel quite comfortable at 3200 which helps with the 180 f/2.8 for birds. I will test at higher when I do some Milky Way shots next week.

Focus- Spot on, fast and accurate. I can track a bird quite easily.

Exposure- Amazing. The color rendition and exposure are so good I don’t have to do any tweaking. Even shooting a bird against a bright blue sky the metering handle it.

Eight frames per second is fast. The shutter is quite sensitive and I will easily shoot a sequence when only one is needed, but they delete.

The shutter is much quite quieter than the D7000 and makes a sweet sound like my old Contax.

The negatives that people are sounding off on don’t bother me. One card slot is okay, I never utilized the second slot before, and I am not doing anything that a card failure would cause a catastrophic loss. No battery grip is okay too. I have one for the older camera, but never used it. I am so old that reaching over with my finger feels natural. Not being able to meter with old lenses is okay too, I don’t have any.

The bottom line is that this camera meets my needs, and then some, giving me a good return on investment.

Update 7/17- After spending a couple of weeks with the camera I am even more pleased. I found the group autofocus and af-c to work the best for tracking birds. I have gone up to ISO 6400 with satisfactory results, in fact I have yet to use the flash.

Update 7/21- I have been using the camera at the beach for surfer photos and it performs impeccably. Battery life is a bit short, but that may be affected by the use of a screw drive lens. The sunrise photo was shot with the 10.5 fisheye.

Dx super dslr

Replaced my D5600 with this in great condition D7500.
Physical condition is really like new, with the exception to a tiny chip on the edge of the LCD screen. This does not where the LCD display is, hardly noticeable. I got my a LCD screen protector so I do not scratch or break it myself when going on my rugged adventure which is why I got this camera for. To go with the rest of my lens. Took this on an 8 day desert adventure trip in SE Utah. All types of photos shot from landscape to wild life to milky way all worked nicely. Tested multiple feature and functions found no issue. Save around $300 for not buy a new one.

The Camera is a gem , consider getting it during offers and deals.
Solid for photography especially wildlife as it has fast autofocus system and a reliable metering system from the flagship dx camera d500.