DSLR vs Mirrorless - 5 Reasons to Buy a Nikon D500

My first 5 Reasons video ever was on switching to mirrorless. This one is about switching back to a DSLR.And not just any DSLR. A serious, crazy bang for the buck image making monster.
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[gearreallydoesntmatter]

You can find a used D500 or other DSLRs and at the same time support the channel by using the links bellow:

[alangeorgebarstow]

Three-and-a-half years after you made this video ... I bought a Nikon D500. What a wonderful investment it is proving to be.

[sl]

What you said at 4:20 -- yes, yes, yes!! "Another reason, the Optical Viewfinder . . . I enjoy looking through the lens again {with the D500] . . .I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE SCENE when I'm actually LOOKING AT IT instead of a tiny screen." That is what I've always loved about the SLR & DSLR experience: CONNECTING with the subject, drawing close to it, , shutting out the rest of the the world, that only looking through the lens of an OVF can give. Such an important reason. Thank you for stating something not often mentioned by other reviewers. Excellent video!

[rotvonrat]

In the beginning, I was not very excited about my new D500, but now after a year of shooting 100 thousands of pictures with it, I can only say, I love it. A workhorse that delivers quality pictures all the time. Thanks for a very honest and nice video, and every one of them words rang true to me.

[obsidian]

Outstanding images! Great video...I purchased my D500 a year ago when I was ready for a new Nikon body...it was between the D500 or D750...pulled the trigger on the D500 and have been blown away by it from the very beginning! I love my little monster.

[thelifeofjools]

Refreshing to hear a voice talking about the intimacy of an optical viewfinder verses the detached experience of using electronic viewfinders.

[HHTV]

I have a D500 and it works great with Tamron 10-24 mm Gen2 for wide angles, and Sigma 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 for wildlife photography.

[dan]

I bought a D500 last yr even though I keep seeing “ the DSLR is dead”. I must like dead things because I bought the D850 last week. Do I need it..no. Did I want it..heck yes.

[YannickReid]

I totally understand the coming home feeling. It's just very nostalgic. reminds you of just how it was before mirrorless. Makes you laugh, at what you've gotten used to, what you missed and even some of the short comings just feel amusing.

great video as usual

[andgainingspeed]

LOL! How many saw this coming? Good images are good images regardless of the gear. If getting gear makes people go out and take pictures, then that is good gear. Can't put that on a spec sheet.

[russf]

My d500 is the most expensive body I've bought, but I have zero using it professionally everyday.

[flightsaitek]

Glad to see you picking back up the 500. Funny the nostalgia factor is part of the same reason I love the Fuji x system it brings back memories of shooting with film. Just like how the 500 brings back the good days of DSLR’s for you. Just instead of 30-ish images a roll it is now 30 images a charge (not that bad but next to nothing when compared to a DSLR) :D

[varbenovk]

your channel is one of the few photography-related ones where actually imaginative and beautiful pictures stay above tech! i'd say i like that!

[jedteng]

For me, Dslr is just built like a tank, if you are a professional shooting hundreds of photos a day its perfect, its just made to be abused, got a larger battery that last all day, Mirrorless if you use it alot and abuse it, thats where you will see its weakness, eventually a part of the camera just breaks down, and ive experienced overheating issues where the camera just shuts down, so yeah it depends on what you use it for actually..

[passcomcompass]

Indeed, its always fun to go back and forth every now and then, same goes for range finders and waist-level finders, all these didn't rule decades of the photography world for no reason. And its fun to experience how different cameras and viewfinding methods inspire and alter your style.

[Lixiproductions]

I've bought my D500 a few weeks ago, and I just love it. Great video.

[isabelanic]

I had a D500  for about a year.Without question a beast especially with the hi ISO ability . The picture quality is very nice straight out of the camera. So why did I sell it ? It was always to much gear for every day use. Of course its nice for birthday parties or other festivals but to carrying it around everyday its just to heavy especially if you use the 70-200 VR or similar lenses. I highly recommend this camera if you don't mind the weight. I bought me now a 10 year old Leica M8 since I have the M2 already and I can use the same lenses. So far I am not missing my lovely Nikon.

[AlexLog]

Excellent video. I have the two sigmas and a D300s. I knew from the beginning what a beast D500 would be. Everyone thinks that a crop camera = D3300 or something. If you never tried a D300s, you would never know.
A nice addition to the lens line up would be the tokina 11-16 f2.8 DXii or the newer version 11-20 f2.8

[Alamini]

I love my D750-A6000 Combo.
The D750 IMO has great dynamic range and autofucs, while adapting lenses to the a6000 is fun !

[someoneelse]

Mattias, this is completely off topic, as it refers to background music. Usually I literally hate it, I find it distracting, disturbing and annoying when videos are cluttered with it... but somehow - you converted me to enjoy it in every single video of your's I've watched so far. I really do ;-)