Software news and commentary from 2015:
DSLRBodies
Supporting the Nikon F-mount on the Internet since 1994...
Site Navigation[Skip]
- News/Views
- A Casual Walk Through the NAB Show
- Yesterday's Fool Page
- The Upgrade Situation
- So Why's it So Quiet?
- Are You a Filmmaker?
- Your To-Dos for Nikon
- Nikon To-Do List
- The Post CP+ Wrap-Up
- Nikon Finally Deals with AF-P in Firmware
- Canon Discounting Older Full Frame DSLRs
- An Intriguing Analysis
- Sweet and Sour
- Who's Number 1 This Month?
- What's Still Hot?
- Cheap Cameras, More Shipments
- Nikon's 2018
- US$12400 Nikkor
- What Would Thom Do?
- Canon’s 2018
- Nikon 2017 News
- January 2017 Nikon News
- Canon News
- Macroeconomics and Cameras
- How Many Decisions Do You Make?
- Starting from Scratch
- Good Enough in a Bad Way
- Frictions Revisited
- Attempting SnapBridge Professionally
- Nikon's Slow Failure in Japan
- When 100 is Actually 99.5
- Photography Has Become Bipolar
- What I Want to Still Do Photographically
- What's With the US$2000 Cameras?
- Nikon Professional Services Renewals
- Nikon's New Year Resolutions
- A Photo Assignment
- February 2017 Nikon News
- What Nikon Users Are Saying
- The Compact Conundrum
- The Disappointment of CP+
- Sigma Announces Four New Lenses
- About Nikon's Financials
- The Random Nikon Rumors
- Two New Canon APS Sensor DSLRs
- Honey, I Shrunk the Company
- The Nikon Q3 Financials
- DL Turns out to mean Dead List
- Nikon Tried Marketing
- Nikon Tries Marketing
- Some Irreverent Answers to Serious Questions
- A Plan for Nikon
- 2016 ILC Shipments
- March 2017 Nikon News
- Existential Crisis
- Who Listens Most?
- Some Final CP+ Info
- What We've Never Gotten From Camera Makers
- What Goes Away Isn't Camera Companies
- High-End Unavailability
- A DSLR System Has Died
- Why I Think the Nikon DL Cancellation Was Wrong
- Full Series of Nikon Firmware Updates
- Nikon Hasn't Lost Everyone
- Admitting Failure the Wrong Way
- Nikon's Window Gets Narrower
- EOS Turns 30
- April 2017 Nikon News
- Canon Adds C-Log Option to 5D Mark IV
- Canon Claims Cameras Turning Corner
- The Rhetoric Upgrade
- Sony Throws Some Smack
- More Thoughts on the D7500
- Nikon Introduces the D7500 DSLR
- Not Loving It
- Bets I'd Take
- The Sensor Near Term
- Here's How You Get Optics Right
- The Camera Design Space That's Left
- Nikon Un-announces More Cameras
- The Hot or Not List
- May 2017 Nikon News
- Canon Adds C-Log Option to 5D Mark IV
- Three New Nikkor Lenses Introduced
- The D810 Replacement Conjecture
- Perception is Everything
- What Still is Useful, What to Upgrade
- Cameras On Display at the Tokyo Olympics
- A Quick Analysis
- Nikon's Year (Financial Results)
- XQD Sale
- Now Here's Something I Can Get Behind
- The US$399 DSLR
- How to Make an Asset a Liability
- Someone's Wrong About Camera Sales
- More Hot, More Not
- June 2017 Nikon News
- July 2017 Nikon News
- August 2017 Nikon News
- September 2017 Nikon News
- October 2017 Nikon News
- November 2017 Nikon News
- December 2017 Nikon News
- January 2017 Nikon News
- Nikon 2016 News
- December 2016 Nikon News
- November 2016 Nikon News/Views
- Cameras and Skin Tones
- EOY Buying Advice
- Who’s Lobbying the Camera Companies?
- Designed by Photographers, for Photographers
- Three Different Holiday Strategies
- Mission Impossible?
- Canon deja vu Rebates
- D5600 goes Thud
- Denial about Workflow
- Nikon's 1H Financials
- Rumor Versus Speculation
- The Price of Enthusiasm
- Nikon Lens Rebates
- October 2016 Nikon News/Views
- September 2016 Nikon News
- Canon Pushes Firmware Updates
- What Nikon Should Do
- It’s About the Sensor Again
- Winners and Losers at Photokina
- Google Glass is Back in a Snap
- SnapBridge and Frank
- Nothing More Than Feelings
- Nikon Swimming Wrong Direction
- Photokina Announcement Day
- Other Photokina Announcements
- Communicating, Programmable, Modular
- We’re All Just Dating...
- DSLR coffin not yet shut
- Sigma Goes Cinematic
- August 2016 Nikon News
- Covering Canon
- Just a Quick Share Update
- Video, Feature or Function?
- SnapBridge Not a Snap
- Nikon First Quarter Results
- Canon Introduces the 5D Mark IV
- Do You Really Need to See a Photo of a Product Prior to Announcement?
- Brooks Closes
- D3400 and 70-300mm DX Lens Announced
- The Everest Problem
- Waiting for St. Nick
- It Seems I Was On the Internet Even When I Was Off It
- July 2016 Nikon News
- June 2016 Nikon News
- May 2016 Nikon News
- April 2016 Nikon News
- March 2016 Nikon News
- February 2016 Nikon News
- Nikon Went DL, Will You?
- Nikon Goes DL in Compacts
- f/1.8 Zoom Surprise
- New Nikon Image Space Still Misses Mark
- About Lens Reviews (update)
- New Tamron 85/90mm
- Buzz Buzz, DX Lenses ;~)
- Solving the Camera Decline
- Why D500 Would Do Well
- Nikon's Own Numbers
- FX vs DX sales
- Nikon Pro DSLRs
- VR/IS Update
- D500 Demand Assessment
- Nikon 3rd Qtr Financials
- The D500 Delay Speculations
- Sell What You’ve Got
- Where’s the Story?
- This Will Be Interesting
- “Regional” Cameras
- Final 2015 Shipment #s
- BCN Numbers
- January 2016 Nikon News
- Nikon Lens Price Increases
- Nikon Updates
- Another Down Year
- The DX Lenses You Want
- The Nikon You Think is Coming
- CompactFlash is Dead
- D700 Followup?
- Technical or Aesthetic?
- Pro vs. Consumer Bodies
- Photographic Slowdown
- Missing D500 Flash
- The Argument to Not Switch
- Welcome to 2016
- A Few More CES Thoughts
- Consumer, Pro, DX, or FX?
- The Day After
- Nikon Goes Back to the Future
- Nikon 2015 News
- December 2015 Nikon News
- November 2015 Nikon News
- October 2015 Nikon News
- Mayflower Analysis of Camera Production
- New Nikon Lens Prices
- D810 Gets a Firmware Update
- Nikon Managers Discuss Nikkors
- The Sensor Game Tightens
- Momentum
- Answering the Trolls
- Sigma Continues Modernizing Lenses
- Zeiss Continues Modernizing Lenses
- Another “New” Color Space
- Shooting Sports
- The Light Camera (Almost) Arrives
- Sony Spins Out Sensors
- Branding and Nikon’s Shrinking Value
- Nikon Does (Actually Doesn’t) Do it Again
- September 2015 Nikon News
- Nikon Glass Protector
- Don’t Look Down: Climb to the Top
- Shooting With Just a D7200
- The Rumor Mill is Working Overtime
- What a Difference a Decade Makes
- Petty Annoyances
- D7100 and D5200 Get Firmware Updates
- The Crux of the Matter: Trust
- Let’s Ban Smartphones
- Tamron Introduces Two f/1.8 Primes
- Zeiss Names Another Lens Line
- Jumping Between Cameras
- Let’s All Climb to the Top
- August 2015 Nikon News
- July 2015 Nikon News
- June 2015 Nikon News
- Three New Nikon Lenses Introduced
- Survey Says...
- Nikon Asks: Which FX Do You Want?
- Lexus, Toyota, Scion
- The Measurbators Conundrum
- Sigma 24-35mm f/2 Art Lens Announced
- Looking Back or Looking Forward?
- What to Make of DX in 2015
- Re: BSI and Stacked sensors
- I Might Have Been Wrong
- Yes PhaseOne
- What Do We Want from Nikon?
- May 2015 Nikon News
- April 2015 Nikon News
- Nikon Canada Closing Service Centers
- CIPA Numbers for First Quarter
- First Sales Results Posted: Not so Great
- Best Description of Camera Designs Yet
- Nikon D4s Firmware Update
- The D400 in 2011
- What to Make of the New D750 Discount?
- Another Nikon Early Ship Problem?
- What’s Up With byThom Books?
- What’s the Point of Taking a Photograph?
- NAB Warning
- Price is the Problem?
- What’s Coming in Sensors
- The Pro Camera Fallacy
- Recent Mystifying Nikon Quotes
- Does This Answer Your Question?
- March 2015 Nikon News
- February 2015 Nikon News
- Gray Getting More Visible
- The Big Problem You Don’t Have
- Homework Results Reviewed and Graded
- The World According to CIPA
- Engineer/Management Interviews Tell me Nothing
- A Homework Assignment for You
- February 2015 Nikon Lens Rebates
- Tokina Introduces 24-70mm f/2.8 Lens
- The Market for Interchangeable Lens Cameras
- Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art Lens Announced
- Nikon Shows Up Empty-Handed
- Need Versus Want 2015 Edition
- 2015 Cameras in a Nutshell
- The Downside to More Pixels
- Canon Plays to the Base
- Nikon Third Quarter Financials
- The Numbers are In
- This Changes Things
- What Would I Design?
- Big Deals Versus Small Deals
- I’m an Optimist ;~)
- January 2015 Nikon News
- What’s Going to Happen With Rebates?
- Panic is Setting In
- Returning a Nikon D750 for Repair?
- Sports Illustrated Lets Remaining Photographers Go
- Selling Images is Like Selling Cameras
- Sometimes Words Make a Difference
- Did “Good Enough” Win?
- Nikon Issues D750 Service Advisory
- A Word About CP+
- The State of Cameras, 2015
- Nikon Still Playing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- What Did I Miss?
- People Who Buy Lenses are Different...
- Aha! Quality versus Size
- Camera Prices
- Nikon Again Acknowledges D750 Issue
- Did You Get The Bargain of the Year?
- Lens Mount Gravity
- Are DSLRs Still Relevant?
- Nikon Announces D5500 and 300mm f/4
- Sigma Sneaks New Teleconverters Out
- Difference Between Problems
- New Year Resolutions
- QA Sooner or Later
- The Good News and Bad News
- Nikon Issues Statement on D750 Flare
- Nikon 2014 News
- December 2014 Nikon News
- November 2014 Nikon News
- More Doom and Gloom
- What You Should Buy
- Things You Can Learn From Nikon’s Holiday Flyer
- What Nikon Has Done Right
- Nikon Is Generation Image
- Another Type of User: Samplers
- The Latest Nikon Lens Rebates
- Nikon Df is Golden
- Sony A7 versus Nikon D750 and A7r versus D810
- What We Wanted versus What Nikon Gave Us
- Nikon 2nd Quarter Financials
- Do You Believe in DxOMark?
- October 2014 Nikon News
- September 2014 Nikon News
- We’re Going Backwards
- Sensors Are a Moving Target
- Why Are We Still Getting More Pixels?
- Still Dreaming
- Watch for Closing Windows
- The dpreview Nikon Interview
- Chasing Perfection versus Balance
- The “Lost” Photokina
- Interchangeable Lens Market Shares?
- Canon 7DMark II Moves Bar Slightly
- Nikon Naming, Again
- Nikon and Canon Reverse Positions
- Airbus versus Boeing
- D750: Some Details
- The Consumer Electronics Scenario
- Other New Stuff
- D750: Too Little, Too Late?
- New Lenses for Nikon Bodies
- Situations I Care About Most
- Marketing Days (or is it Daze?)
- Canon Lens Price Drop
- How Many Times Do You Switch?
- Camera Pricing Has Been Going Up
- July/August 2014 Nikon News
- D810: White Dots Reappear
- Nikon Firmware Updates
- The D600 Dust Problem, Still
- Back to School, Video Style
- Wow, Those Lens Rebates are Transparent
- Missed Opportunities?
- The Photokina Prognosis
- Canon Posts Quarterly Results
- Nikon D810 Initial Impressions
- Every Choice is a Problem
- The Corollary Position on More Pixels
- Almost Four Months Later
- Window, Mirror, or Other Cars?
- Nikon Surveys
- Is Pursuit of High ISO a Fool’s Errand?
- Is the Nikon Flagship Model Broken?
- The Photos Are Dead Myth
- Buy and Buy More
- CIPA Numbers Still Trending Down
- June 2014 Nikon News
- D810 Questions and Answers
- Additional D810 Data
- Nikon Tweaks the D800, Creates D810
- D810 Announcement Followup
- Something Completely Different: Canon 1Dx
- I’d Prefer Not to Believe This
- New Tamron Lens Announced
- Dr. Nikon in the House (eventually)
- Is the iPhone Good Enough?
- Aptina Imaging Sold
- Nikon Stops Neglecting the Coolpix A
- The “Good Enough” Problem
- D300s Says First Goodbye
- Basic Camera Would Sell Big
- Back to Basics
- Nikon Not-Really Deals
- May 2014 Nikon News
- April 2014 Nikon News
- March 2014 Nikon News
- D600 Statement from Nikon
- Ahhh Eeee Ahhh!
- Viewfinder Hours
- Grass is Always Greener Syndrome
- Just a Reminder
- What Nikon Has Taught Us
- Off Target, Overloaded, and Overpriced
- Nikon D4 Firmware Update
- China Steps up for D600 Users
- Have We Gone As Far As We’ll Go?
- Calumet Closes its Doors
- How to Fix What Happened
- More on Legacy
- An Interesting Choice of Words
- What Happened?
- February 2014 Nikon News
- Finessing Reality
- Sigma Rebates
- Strategies in the Rear View Mirror
- Nikon Issues New D600 Advisory
- Warning Bells Sound
- Nikon Sued over D600 Faults
- Capture NX-D Announced
- Nikon Announces the D4s
- Why Legacy is So Tough to Break
- The CP+ Interviews
- Can You Trust the Camera Makers?
- Rebate-alooza
- Nikon Lens Rebates
- Camera Company Financials
- Tamron Ups the Super Zoom
- Japanese Camera Shipments
- Why 4K? Here's Why Not
- January 2014 Nikon News
- My Answers to the Unanswered Questions
- How Myths Get Started
- The Mirrorless Threat
- The Unanswered Questions
- Nikon Has a PR Problem
- And The Oscar Doesn't Go To...
- Nikon Updates Df, D3200, D5200 Firmware
- Someone at Fujifilm Thinks Like Me
- Another Day, Another Reuters Article
- Can a Pro Beat an Amateur?
- No Nikon at Imaging USA
- Japan Market Share
- What Can We Do Better Now?
- Trends Fore and Aft
- The Nikon D4s First Warning
- New Sigma Lenses
- New Nikon Lens
- Another Weak Update: the D3300
- This Month's DX Lens Plea
- More on the Df
- Answering My Own Question
- Best DSLR Upgrade
- Another Technical Guide from Nikon
- Nikon Cleans Servers
- Is Your Photography Better?
- Nikon News 2013
- December 2013 Nikon News
- November 2013 Nikon News
- Will the Pixel Madness Ever End?
- Sensor Changes
- The Buy and Return Problem
- Bunker Strategy
- Sigma Identifies Issues with D5300
- NikonUSA Stops Puffing
- Parsing Nikon
- Nikon DSLRs for the Holidays
- Tough Camera Questions Answered
- NikonUSA, the Puffer Fish
- Nikon Financials Posted
- What Nikon Got Right
- (con)Fusion with the Nikon Df
- What Nikon Got Wrong
- The Leak Problem
- Pure Photography Teasers
- October 2013 Nikon News
- The Full Frame Debate
- Nikon Germany Goes FX
- The FM Numbers
- The Return of the FM?
- Interpreting An Interesting Week
- Nikon Drops the D5300 On The Market. Thud.
- The Nikon Otus? — Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G
- A Sensor Does Not a Camera System Make
- The Camera Makers Dress Up for Halloween
- Risk and Reward — More D600 Thoughts
- "I Hope That [Camera X] Will Save [Company Y]"
- I'm Sorry, I Can't Let This One Pass Uncommented
- What Should D600 Owners Do?
- The Early Nikon D610 Headlines and Quotes
- I Don't Think a D610 Solved all of Nikon's Problems
- The "New" Nikon
- Meanwhile, Meet the Pentax D400
- "Concentrate on the Clarity" of the Nikon D610
- "They're Not Going to Be Around in Five Years"
- Zeiss Otus Line Begins: 55mm f1/4 Announced
- September 2013 Nikon News
- August 2013 Nikon News
- July 2013 Nikon News
- Sigma Users Go Agnostic
- If The Ship Were Sinking, Would You Want to be Captain?
- Why Not Think of Capture as "the Negative"?
- Another Take on Large-Sensor Camera Systems
- When Will the Panic Start?
- Nikon Releases New Lens Auto Distortion Firmware
- Reading Tea Leaves in Things Like Card Introductions
- Site Update Update
- DSLRbodies.com Launch Sweepstakes
- Welcome!
- What Good is Nikon Message Center?
- What Does the Canon 70D Mean?
- June 2013 Nikon News
- Nikon D7100 Firmware Update
- D3x Dropping
- Three Systems, Three Brains
- Again, Not Really What it Seems
- Nikon Still Holding Out on DX After 80m Lenses
- An Unasked (but Important) Question
- The Reason You Read This Site and Not Others
- Wronger Decision
- The OVF Versus EVF Debate
- Nikon Lens Bundle Offer is Back, and So Is My Table
- May 2013 NIkon News
- April 2013 Nikon News
- More on Sickness and the Cure
- When Apple Speaks, the Camera Industry Gets Sicker
- When Canon Sneezes, Nikon Gets Sick
- DX versus FX (Again)
- A Strange Press Release
- That's More Like It
- What Do Numbers Tell Us?
- Playing From Behind
- What a D400 Should Be
- Where Now?
- D4, D600, and D800 Firmware Updates
- More Nikon Camera Updates
- March 2013 Nikon News
- February 2013 Nikon News
- January 2013 Nikon News
- Nikon 2003-2012 News
- Nikon
- Nikon Products
- Nikon Product Announcements
- 2017 Announcements
- 2016 Announcements
- 2015 Announcements
- 2014 Announcements
- 2013 Announcements
- 2012 Announcements
- 2011 Announcements
- 2010 Announcements
- 2009 Announcements
- 2008 Announcements
- 2007 Announcements
- 2006 Announcements
- 2005 Announcements
- 2004 Announcements
- 2003 Announcements
- 2002 Announcements
- 2001 Announcements
- Nikon Road Map
- Nikon Product Announcements
- About Nikon
- Nikon's 2017 Annual Report
- Nikon Buys Optos
- Nikon’s 2016 Annual Report
- Nikon's 2014 Annual Report
- Nikon's 2013 Annual Report
- First Digital Decade Top 10
- What Nikon Should Fix
- Mimicking Toyota
- Nikon Warranties
- Nikon Repair Nomenclature
- Nikon Wishlist
- Resolutions Nikon Should Make
- Nikon FAQ
- Why write about the yen/dollar?
- Can Nikon survive?
- Is Nikon profitable?
- What else does Nikon make?
- Made in Japan vs. China
- Nikon financial info
- Where are Nikon's factories?
- Did the 2011 quake affect Nikon?
- Did the 2016 quake affect Nikon?
- Did the 2011 floods affect Nikon?
- When was Nikon started?
- Is Nikon a subsidiary of Mitsubishi?
- User Experiences
- Design Suggestions
- 2013 Nikon Repair Experiences
- Good Lens Experience
- Film Bodies Still Repaired
- Bad Telephone Experience
- Customer and Lens Both Squeal
- Positive Experiences
- Not Warranty Eligible (Again)
- Totally Satisfied
- Good Experience
- D600 Shutter Replaced
- D90 Repair Experience
- 80-400mm Lens Replaced
- 30 Minute Service
- D800 Repair
- Good News
- Lens Tuning Issues
- Repair Update
- A Nikon Canada Story
- Surprise
- D800 Replaced
- Good News
- Another D800 Focus Fix
- Third Time's Not a Charm
- France, Too
- Lost One to Canon
- Maybe We Should Move to Australia?
- Europe, Too
- Left in No Man's Land by Nikon
- KEH Better Than Nikon
- No Parts
- NPS Shutter Replacement
- D7000 Focus
- Six Week Lens Repair
- Alls Well That Ends Well?
- Dropped 24-70mm
- Damaged 300mm f/4
- D200 Repair
- Lens Not Fixed (3 Times)
- 2014 Nikon Repair Experiences
- D810 Recall
- D600 Not Replaced Until Suit
- Positive Nikon Switzerland Experience
- Two Month Nikon UK Repair Experience
- Sigma Service
- 70-200mm Lens Repair
- D810 Replaced
- Cost Went Up
- NikonUSA’s Continuing Database Problem
- No Explanation
- Good 24-70mm Repair
- D800 Repaired Free
- Happy Discounted D600
- Flash Repair
- V2 Battery Door
- Good D600 Experience
- The Silent D600 Treatment
- Good German D300 Repair
- Positive Repair Experience
- D610 Replacement
- Out of Warranty D600 Repair
- Happy with Melville
- Nikon Mumbai Experience
- 24-70mm Problems
- D800 Stuck Button
- Fungus Removed
- 2015 Nikon Repair Experiences
- Two New Cameras
- Quick Turnaround and Cleaning for D750
- Another Non-Repair Repair
- Quick D5200 fix
- NPS Member Not Happy
- Lens Not Repaired Correctly
- Charged for a Menu Change
- 70-200mm VR Fixed w/ Condescension
- D600 Returns Clean, but With Defect
- D600 Returns Cleaned
- Free US Sand Removal in UK
- Bad Counter Experience
- Nikon Outsourcing Repairs
- Pleasant Experience
- Good Story
- Bizarre Nikon Canada Experience
- NikonUSA Outsourcing
- Nikon Camera Weather Experiences
- Nikon Products
- Cameras
- The D850 Blog
- The D7500 Blog
- The D5/D500 Blog
- Recommended DSLRs
- Camera Articles
- Ultimate Camera Upgrade Advice
- You Have A D1
- You Have A D1h
- You have a D1x
- You have a D2h or D2hs
- You have a D2x or D2xs
- You have a D3 or D3s
- You have a D3x
- You have a D4 or D4s
- You have a D5
- You have a D100
- You have a D200
- You have a D300 or D300s
- You have a D500
- You have a D600 or D610
- You have a D700
- You Have a D750
- You have a D800, D800E, or D810
- You have a D40, D40x, D50, D60, D3xxx, or D5xxx
- You have a D70, D70s, D80, or D90
- You Have a D7000
- You Have a D7100
- You Have a D7200
- You have a Kodak SLR/n
- You have a Fujifilm S1 Pro, S2 Pro, S3 Pro, or S5 Pro
- Starting from Scratch
- Capturing HDMI Video
- The User Problems with Cameras
- Nikon DSLR Game 2013
- Nikon DSLR Game 2014
- Nikon DSLR Game 2016
- The Reasons To Buy A Camera
- Nikon DSLR Weak Points
- Nikon Camera Serial Numbers
- A Histogram Primer
- Image Quality
- Nikon Camera Heritage
- Things for New FX Users to Think About
- Sensors
- Parts for Nikon DSLR Cameras
- The DSLR Travel Kit
- Should I Buy a Gray Market Camera?
- Ultimate Camera Upgrade Advice
- Current DSLR Reviews
- Older DSLR Reviews
- Current Camera Database
- Older Camera Database
- General Nikon Camera Info
- Nikon and DSLR Camera FAQ
- SecureDigital or CompactFlash? Which is better and why?
- I'm getting a CHA error message
- Should I format in the camera or computer?
- I've shot 999+ images but my folder number is still 100. What gives?
- Does using a slower card in the second slot slow the buffer clearing?
- My mirror is stuck up. Can I fix that?
- What does tested to 150,000 shutter actuations mean?
- How do I find out how many shutter actuations a camera has?
- I'm Offended; Why Do People Call the D3300 Entry Level?
- What does frames per second actually mean?
- What Lenses are Supported by Auto Distortion Control?
- What Picture Control Should I Use?
- Why Won't My D3s Tether with Lightroom?
- How do I preview a pano before stitching it on a DSLR?
- For video do I want 1080 or 720? 24 fps or 30 fps?
- I've been asked to shoot a friend's wedding. Which camera should I get?
- I use a bubble level. Why aren't my images level?
- Why is my viewfinder image out of focus but the picture isn't?
- My camera won't operate. All I see is a blinking low battery indicator.
- Does VR work while recording video or using Live View?
- There's something stuck to my mirror. How should I clean it?
- How do I remove an insect I see in my Viewfinder?
- Are Nikon Cameras Okay to Use in Rain?
- What Cameras Qualify for NPS?
- Should I shoot JPEG Small instead of JPEG Large?
- Does the white balance setting impact raw files?
- What Does "Refurbished" Mean?
- What is UniWB?
- Why does the green channel go up in a UniWB file?
- What is micro contrast?
- What's with the dispose of in 10 years symbol on my camera's label?
- What's with long exposures using the intervalometer?
- Should I cover the logo on my camera with black tape?
- Can I get a buffer upgrade for my DSLR?
- Why do my JPEG images come out slightly smaller than my raw images?
- My camera just stopped focusing. What do I do?
- Why shouldn't I just always shoot in Program mode?
- How do I set two functions when I only have one button?
- If DEET is detrimental to plastic, what should I do?
- Has the Nikon firmware been hacked yet?
- Which Camera Settings Apply to NEF? To JPEG?
- Current Canon DSLR Database
- Lenses
- Lens Articles
- Lens Reviews
- Nikon Lens Database
- Thom’s Recommended Lenses for DX Users
- Thom’s Recommended Lenses for FX Users
- Nikon DX Lenses
- Nikon FX Lenses
- Tamron Lenses
- Tamron DX Lenses
- Tamron FX Lenses
- 15-30mm f/2.8
- 24-70mm f/2.8
- 24-70mm f/2.8 G2
- 28-75mm f/2.8
- 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3
- 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3
- 35mm f/1.8
- 45mm f/1.8
- 70-200mm f/2.8
- 70-200mm f/2.8 VC
- 70-200mm f/2.8 VC
- 70-210mm f/4 VC
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6 VC
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6 VC II
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6
- 85mm f/1.8
- 90mm f/2.8 *
- 90mm f/2.8 VC *
- 90mm f/2.8 VC II
- 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
- 150-600mm f/5-6.3
- 150-600mm f/5-6.3 G2
- 180mm f/3.5
- 200-500mm f/5-6.3
- Tamron VIP Program
- Sigma Lenses
- Sigma DX Lenses
- Sigma Lenses for FX Cameras
- 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye
- 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
- 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art
- 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art
- 14-24mm f/2.8 Art
- 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Fisheye
- 20mm f/1.8 EX DG ASP RF
- 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM
- 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM
- 24mm f/1.8 EX DG ASP Macro
- 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art
- 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM
- 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art
- 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM
- 28mm f/1.8 EX DG ASP Macro
- 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM A
- 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM
- 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM (2014)
- 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
- 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM
- 70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
- 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art
- 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro
- 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG OS
- 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM
- 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Art
- 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
- 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
- 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary
- 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM S
- 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG APO OS HSM
- 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art 2
- 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
- 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM
- 150-600mm f/5-6.3 S
- 150-600mm f/5-6.3 C
- 180mm f/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM Macro
- 200-500mm f/2.8 APO EX DG
- 300mm f/2.8 EX APO DG HSM
- 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM
- 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports
- 500mm f/4.5 EX DG AO HSM
- 800mm f/5.6 EX APO DG HSM
- Sigma Lens Firmware Versions
- Tokina Lenses
- AT-X 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AF DX Fish-Eye
- AT-X 11-16mm f/2.8 Pro DX
- AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 Pro DX
- AT-X 12-24mm f/4 Pro DX II
- AT-X 12-24mm f/4 Pro DX
- AT-X 12-28mm f/4 Pro DX
- AT-X 14-20mm f/2 Pro DX
- AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX
- AT-X 16-50mm f/2.8 Pro DX
- AT-X 16.5-135mm f/3.5-5.6 DX
- Firin 17-35mm f/4 Pro FX
- AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 Pro FX
- AT-X 35mm f/2.8 Pro DX Macro
- 50mm f/1.4 Opera
- 70-200mm f/4
- AT-X 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 AF D
- AT-X 100mm f/2.8 Pro D Macro
- Kenko 400mm f/8 N II
- Voigtlander Lenses
- Zeiss Lenses
- 15mm f/2.8 Distagon T
- 15mm f/2.8 Milvus
- 18mm f/2.8 Milvus
- 18mm f/3.5 Distagon T
- 21mm f/2.8 Milvus Distagon T
- 21mm f/2.8 Distagon T
- 25mm f/1.4 Milvus Distagon
- 25mm f/2 Distagon T
- 25mm f/2.8 Distagon T
- 28mm f/1.4 Otus
- 28mm f/2 Distagon T
- 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T
- 35mm f/1.4 Milvus ZF.2
- 35mm f/2 Milvus Distagon
- 35mm f/2 Distagon T
- 50mm f/1.4 Planar T
- 50mm f/1.4 Milvus Distagon
- 55mm f/1.4 Otus
- 50mm f/2 Makro-Planar T
- 50mm f/2 Milvus Makro-Planar
- 85mm f/1.4 Planar T
- 85mm f/1.4 Milvus Planar
- 85mm f/1.4 Otus
- 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar T
- 100mm f/2 Milvus Makro-Planar T
- 135mm f/2 APO Sonnar T
- 135mm f/2 Milvus
- Other Lenses
- Teleconverters for Nikon Lenses
- Nikon Lens FAQ
- Canon Lens Database
- Accessories
- Flash for Nikon
- Flash News and Views
- Flash Reviews
- Current Digital Flash Database
- Older Nikon Digital Flash Database
- FAQ for Nikon Flash
- Doesn't Slow/Rear Sync cause blurred shots?
- Can you make flash simple for me?
- How do I set Standard TTL on consumer Nikon DSLRs?
- Should I keep the white card out when I bounce flash?
- What's your recommended flash mode?
- My handheld meter doesn't seem to work right with flash
- Why is -1.7 stops the right flash compensation value?
- My flash is firing randomly. Why?
- Does AF Assist on the SB-800 work with wide angle lenses?
- Is the SB-5000 Compatible with Older DSLRs?
- Software
- Versions of Nikon Software
- Recommended Mac Hardware
- 2016 MacBook Pro First Impressions
- Searching for the Ideal Dongle
- Software News
- Digital Photography Software News
- 2016 Software News
- June Software Announcements
- "Buying" Software
- April/May Software Announcements
- Nik Collection Now Free
- Latest Software News
- February/March Software News
- Adobe “Security" Updates
- January Software Updates
- Upgrading
- Nikon Publishes Bad Self Report Card
- Why Nobody Trusts Adobe
- Q4 Software Updates
- Adobe Issues Apology, Update
- I Was So Excited When I Saw “Photoshop Fix"
- Photoshop Elements Turns 14
- Finally, Desktop WiFi
- August Software Updates
- CS6? The End is Nigh
- Affinity Photo Launches
- July Software Updates
- June Software Updates
- The Thunderstorm in Adobe’s Cloud
- Creative Cloud 2015 Emerges and Confuses
- Photos Everywhere
- May Software Updates
- Adobe’s Not So Smooth Rollout
- Lightroom 6.0 and CC Roll Out
- Software Updates April
- Apple Photos Underwhelms
- 2015 Software News
- 2014 Software News
- Subscription Versus Standalone
- Another One Bites the Dust
- Virtualize if you Can
- Clearing the Adobe Clouds
- Everything Old is…Well, Still Old on My Computer*
- Latest Software Updates
- iCloud Photos
- Cloudy With a Chance of Storms
- Nikon Answers About NX-D
- Latest Software Updates
- Strange Image Sizes
- Camera Raw 8.4 Fix
- Nikon Software Updates
- Adobe Updates Include Lightroom Mobile
- The Embedded Adjustments Problem
- Latest Software Updates
- SilentSifter 3
- This Week's Software
- The Sky is Falling, the Sky is Falling
- The Secret Life of Capture NX2
- A Fast Raw Viewer Updated: FastRawViewer
- November Software Updates
- Late October Software Updates
- The Aperture Debate
- Nikon Updates Capture NX-D and View NX2
- Workflow: Slow or Fast?
- September Software Updates
- Impressions
- Nikon Updates Software for D750, Apple for D810
- Capture One Pro 8 Announced
- August Software Updates
- Thoughts About D810 NEF Workflow
- ACR 8.6 and Lightroom 5.6 Released
- Day 12 of the D810 Workflow Wait
- The sRaw Myth
- Latest Nikon Software
- Warning About D810 Comparisons
- Is Capture NX-D Good Enough?
- Latest Software Updates
- A Simple Software Proposal
- View NX2 2.10.0 Released
- 2013 Software News
- Mac Pro Speeds
- End of Year Software News
- Software This Week
- TexBlend
- Software This Week
- RawDigger Leaves Beta
- Adobe Loosens Photoshop CC Plan
- Week’s Software News
- Apple Updates Raw Compatibility
- Software News for Photographers
- Adobe Converter and Lightroom Updates
- Don't Get Nik-ed
- Iridient Developer 2.3.1
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Goes Prime
- Massive Apple Software Updates
- Nikon ViewNX 2.8.1 Released
- Capture NX2 version 2.4.4 Released
- Photoshop Elements 12
- More Software Updates
- Lightroom 5.2 Ships, ACR Updates
- Latest Software Updates
- Perfect Photo Suite 8
- Adobe Bends Some for Photographers
- Snapheal Pro
- HDR Expose 3 and 32 Float v3
- DxO Optics Pro version 8.3 Released
- RawDigger Gets TIFF Export
- AccuRaw 1.1 Update
- Microsoft Camera Codec Pack Updated
- The Fine Print in Adobe's Creative Cloud
- Iridient Developer 2.1.1 Software Update
- Surprise, You're a Creative Cloud User
- Capture One 7.1.3 Released
- LightZone Resurrected
- Adobe Miscues, Volume XXIV
- Adobe Updates
- Camera Raw 8.1 Ships
- Lightroom 5.0 Ships
- DxO FilmPack 4
- Apple Digital Camera RAW Compatibility 4.06
- Neat Image 7.4
- Photomatix Pro Updated
- Flickr Diverts Attention from Adobe
- The Financial Side of the Cloud from Adobe's Perspective
- It's Not the Software, It's the Person Moving the Mouse
- NEF Codec Updated for D600
- Another Last Creative Cloud Comment ;~)
- One Last Creative Cloud Comment (I Hope)
- The Future's So Dim I Have to Take Off my Shades
- Let's See If I Can Get This Right
- Thom's Sine Waves
- Iridient Developer 2.1
- It's Not About Price
- A Few More Cloudy Thoughts
- Cloudy Days
- Don't Say I Didn't Warn You
- onOne Launches Perfect B&W Standalone Application
- DigitalPro 6.0.24 Released
- Topaz B&W Effects 2.1
- Lightroom and Adobe Raw Update
- Software Articles
- Software Products
- Photography Software FAQ
- Camera Accessories
- Flash for Nikon
- Technique
- Essays
- Magic Camera Settings
- Magic Moment
- Technique Articles
- Chasing Galen
- After the Shoot
- Traveling with Cameras
- Improving the Photographer
- Blame the Equipment
- The Push/Pull of “Style"
- What’s Your Biggest Problem?
- Learning from Sports Photogs
- Outrunning Those Just Behind You
- Are You a Collector or a Photographer?
- Things You Should Do But Don't
- Reducing the Risk of Equipment Loss
- Getting Better at Photography
- What's Your Goal?
- How Do You Keep Up?
- How Long Until You Shoot Like a Pro?
- Where’s the Story?
- Your Turn to Get Better
- Post Processing
- byThom 101 Articles
- Quick and Dirty
- Photography: Craft or Art?
- Technique FAQ
- Books
- Guides—Current DSLRs
- Guides—Older DSLRs
- Mirrorless Guides
- Recommended Books
- byThom Books FAQ
- Are your Complete Guides just rewrites of the manual?
- Why can't I find your works in bookstores?
- Why can't I find your works in the Kindle (Nook) store?
- Are all of your older Complete Guides still available?
- Do you ever update your works?
- What do your books work on?
- Can I copy the eBook file to my other computers?
- Why were some eBooks supplied on a CD?
- What Happens if I Lose my Downloaded File?
- About
- B&H Deals
Sidebar[Skip]
Complete Guide for the Nikon D500
For 17 years, byThom has provided the best books on Nikon cameras, with the most detail and clarity you'll find. The #1 reader comment about Thom's books? "Thom should have written the Nikon manual [for that camera].”
D850 Guide New!
D5 Guide New!
D7500 Guide New!
Advertisement
Other byThom Sites
What's New: bythom.com
DSLRs: dslrbodies.com
film SLRs: filmbodies.com
Compacts: gearophile.com
Mirrorless: sansmirror.com
text and images © 2018 Thom Hogan
portions Copyright 1999-2017 Thom Hogan-- All Rights Reserved
Follow us on Twitter: @bythom, hashtags #bythom, #dslrbodies
portions Copyright 1999-2017 Thom Hogan-- All Rights Reserved
Follow us on Twitter: @bythom, hashtags #bythom, #dslrbodies