xterra07 Offline Upload & Sell: On
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If it's a hard decision, if you get a good price on a used D500, or you can rent it, do so. If you love it, want a new one instead, then go for it.
Since you know what D810 is to you, by trying a D500 you can figure out which is better (for you).
Personally if I tried D810 and D500 was a step back (in pixels, size for example), I would want the D810 back, since I don't like losing something I had.
Or something "lesser" and "just enough" can be fun...... until you decide you can't decide and need one of each, because sometimes it's D500 you want, and other times it's D810.
I used 6D, 5D III and 1D X, which are in order of "expense/features", meaning 6D is most affordable, then 5D III, then 1D X. Eventually I settled on owning 6D and 1D X, because 1D X I want to action (sports), and 6D I want as a "cheaper yet good" second camera, for shooting with 2 cameras when there is no time/desire to switch bodies. During my purchase time, the price was about $1000 for 6D and $3000 for 1D X (used prices) vs $1800 for 5D III. And I wanted 2 bodies. 6D + 5D III I would miss out on the action camera (and buffer recovery ability), 5D III + 1D X cost too much, and 6D + 1D X felt like the choice for me. In the past I had 1 camera at a time.
Now if I was picking a camera, it would be either 5Ds R or 5D IV, or if I was in Nikon world, D810. The action/sports is a seasonal attraction for me, during Sept-Nov and May, but more recently it's just a week in November, rest of the year I could do with a landscape focused camera like 5Ds R or D810.
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