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CanadaMark wrote:
This is well known to anyone before buying - why the separate thread on it? Also as I've said before, the number of people looking at the D7500 to use with their legacy AI lenses has got to be almost zero. It continues to surprise me how many people are hung up on AI support and 1 card slot while overlooking the performance bargain that is the D7500.
Actually, I'd have to disagree on that. The 7x00 bodies are the one spot in the DX line where the MF users will congregate, as that is the point where cost-sensitive shooters are going to end up. Particularly since lenses like the 55/3.5 and various fast 50's are so versatile on DX. I personally still shoot MF on DX for exactly that reason. They aren't do-everything lenses, but you can get a lot of IQ for not too much money if you don't need AF.
As to the card slots, there's any number of reasons to want them, from overflow to backups. I just don't see any reason to lose one of the few honest pro-level features in the D7x00 line without also seeing a commensurate price cut. Given the cost-cutting on the D7500 body, it should have come in at a marginally lower price than the generally better featured D7200.
Note it's not just an AI tab and dual card slots. There's no DoF Preview function (nope, can't be assigned to the Fn1 button that replaced it, or anywhere else), the LCD is lower quality (922k vs 1.2M, with the missing dots being luminance, same resolution), it loses NFC support, battery life is down around 15%, there's no vertical grip support, etc. This is somewhere in between the D5x00 and D7x00 lines, it's no more a replacement for the D7200 than the D750 was for the D700.
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