I’ve just finished my first month with the D7500 and I can tell you, it’s a delight to shoot with! What many are calling the “lit’l brother of the D500,” I think that if that’s the kind of performance you’re looking for but in a smaller package, the D7500 accomplishes that very well! This DX body packs a lot of goodies inside its smaller frame but the most important is the file and there, the D7500 isn’t coming up short.
There were two stands outs for me in the D7500 performance that I truly appreciated. Its metering and AF performance are the same as the D500. While it doesn’t have the same FPS as the D500 and its handling is a tad different from its smaller size, the D7500 took no time to get used to, no little goofies to overcome. I shot with it like I do the D500 and it delivered. As you can see in the two images above, The D7500 worked in low light or high noon.
What amazed me about the D7500 and what I didn’t see coming were its video quality and flash work. The D7500 does 4k and 1080p 60 (but does not have Flat Picture Control) and with its fold out monitor and touch screen control, was really a small, sneaky, great quality video machine! And you can plug the WR-R10 into the D7500 and work with the SB-5000 wirelessly (pop-up flash has to be up for this to work). If you’re looking for a small knock around camera or a series first wildlife body and about anything in between, you’ll do very well with the D7500. I really found it just a delight to shoot with! Oh, and if you’re looking for my D7500 settings, here ya go.