D7500 Shipping date and SD-card specifics

Wouter Bollen · Apr 17, 2017

Curious if there is any data available yet on when Nikon plans to ship pre-orders, either directly through them or though Adorama, Amazon, B&H. It's just unclear when they are planning to start shipping. I saw some mentions about store/retail availability towards the end of June, but it was unclear if that was a specific region globally, or how it would vary by market.

Additionally, I understand the SD slot supports SD, SDHC, SDXC, so I assume this is the standard size SD slot and not one of the miniature sizes typically seen in mobile devices. I was not able to find any data on what the GB limit would be. Sent a support request to Nikon specific to this, but no answer yet.

I pre-ordered this camera, as I have been waiting to upgrade my old workhorse D80 for some time now, and while the D7200 would have been an option, I decided to wait for the follow-up and am pleased with the specifications. Sure, some things are pros and cons versus D7200, but I'm positive it will cover all of my needs and more. I'm not a pro, just a hobby shooter, not focused on one specific style of shooting, so compared to the D80, it will be a huge step forward.
The D80 will most likely be converted to infrared photography as my Cokin IR filters have been fun but not consistent.

romfordbluenose · Apr 18, 2017

If you have pre-ordered then you need to ask who you bought it from, they should know the answer.

As far as SD cards are concerned, then yes its a standard size SD. You should be able to get this info and more from Nikon's web site.

winterymix · Apr 18, 2017

romfordbluenose said:
If you have pre-ordered then you need to ask who you bought it from, they should know the answer.

As far as SD cards are concerned, then yes its a standard size SD. You should be able to get this info and more from Nikon's web

I placed an order with a local authorized Nikon dealer. The man said it could be a week or could be longer. The only comment so far on "the Internet" are "summer" and/or June. Does anyone that represents Nikon post here and care to share information?

Wouter Bollen · Apr 18, 2017

romfordbluenose said:
If you have pre-ordered then you need to ask who you bought it from, they should know the answer.

As far as SD cards are concerned, then yes its a standard size SD. You should be able to get this info and more from Nikon's web site.

Nikon's website is lacking this info, which is why I was asking here...

Escape · Apr 18, 2017

D7200 supports SDXC cards up to 512GB, so I think it's safe to assume that D7500 will support at least as much.

Were you planning on buying SD cards larger than that? How much does a 1 TB SD card cost, out of curiosity?

romfordbluenose · Apr 18, 2017

Wouter Bollen said:
romfordbluenose said:

If you have pre-ordered then you need to ask who you bought it from, they should know the answer.

As far as SD cards are concerned, then yes its a standard size SD. You should be able to get this info and more from Nikon's web site.

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Nikon's website is lacking this info, which is why I was asking here...

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www.europe-nikon.com

Wouter Bollen · Apr 18, 2017

Escape said:
D7200 supports SDXC cards up to 512GB, so I think it's safe to assume that D7500 will support at least as much.

Were you planning on buying SD cards larger than that? How much does a 1 TB SD card cost, out of curiosity?

Well, I did not know that, and I did not want to take the numbers for the D7200 as my basis. Nikon did finally reply to me and sent me this, which may be helpful for anybody else looking for similar info

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www.nikonimgsupport.com

Curious if people are using cards this large, or if this creates too much lag time once the cards get close to full. Will need to see what makes most sense there, especially with having video now compared to my D80.

Wouter Bollen · Apr 18, 2017

romfordbluenose said:
Wouter Bollen said:

romfordbluenose said:

If you have pre-ordered then you need to ask who you bought it from, they should know the answer.

As far as SD cards are concerned, then yes its a standard size SD. You should be able to get this info and more from Nikon's web site.

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Nikon's website is lacking this info, which is why I was asking here...

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http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/d7500#tech_specs

The part I knew was what was indeed mentioned on many spec sites

"SD, SDHC (UHS-I compliant), SDXC (UHS-I compliant)"

I was looking for capacity, storage space, max GBs, which they have answered now

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scubajunkie · Apr 19, 2017

I traded in my D80 quite a while ago. The D7500 is an upgrade in every way imaginable. I think you will really enjoy the new camera, when you do finally get it.

Keep in mind that Nikon can only test with cards that are available when it determines which cards are "approved". Also, they do not test every card of every brand. they generally only test cards from the top three or four brands. For example, the D80 only lists up to 2GB cards for Sandisk and I think I was using Sandisk 16GB cards in the D80 by the time I sold it, and many people were using Kingston cards, which is a brand that Nikon did NOT list in the D80 manual. Likewise, the D7500 should be able to take other brands and, at least theoretically, up to the max capacity specified by the SDXC capacity.

Also, if Nikon were to switch to the smaller SD cards, they'd say "microSD" or "miniSD" in their literature.

I think you are in for a treat with the D7500 (I currently have a D500, with the same sensor and metering module).

Wouter Bollen · Apr 19, 2017

scubajunkie said:
I traded in my D80 quite a while ago. The D7500 is an upgrade in every way imaginable. I think you will really enjoy the new camera, when you do finally get it.

Keep in mind that Nikon can only test with cards that are available when it determines which cards are "approved". Also, they do not test every card of every brand. they generally only test cards from the top three or four brands. For example, the D80 only lists up to 2GB cards for Sandisk and I think I was using Sandisk 16GB cards in the D80 by the time I sold it, and many people were using Kingston cards, which is a brand that Nikon did NOT list in the D80 manual. Likewise, the D7500 should be able to take other brands and, at least theoretically, up to the max capacity specified by the SDXC capacity.

Also, if Nikon were to switch to the smaller SD cards, they'd say "microSD" or "miniSD" in their literature.

I think you are in for a treat with the D7500 (I currently have a D500, with the same sensor and metering module).

flee2010 · Apr 19, 2017

Wouter Bollen said:
I understand the SD slot supports SD, SDHC, SDXC, so I assume this is the standard size SD slot and not one of the miniature sizes typically seen in mobile devices. I was not able to find any data on what the GB limit would be.

The SD Card slot on the D7500 would be identical to that on the D7200 and support UHS-I (104MB/s ), SDHC and SDXC cards. The D500's SD Card slot requires a higher spec UHS-II (312MB/s), SDHC and SDXC card.

Persumably, anyone who has a D7200 and users high end cards like the Sandisk Extreme Pro will not need to get new spec cards to achieve full performance on the D7500.

flee2010 · Apr 19, 2017

Wouter Bollen said:
There will always be people who will complain about things, about things missing, things removed/changed, but I guess this way you will never find that one perfect device. I know this will be an incredible upgrade, and with any camera, from the moment it is a few years old, it really is dated when it comes to features. Sure, any good photographer can do great things with an old camera, but it's nice to have upgraded features that were not available yet a few years ago.

Human beings generally dislike change - so when the D7500 removed some useful features that some of the D7xxx users use all the time, it is a shock to their system. These are the people who would complain because the loss of such features will impact them.

On the other hand people like yourself (who uses a D80 at the moment) will not suffer any loss of functionality when you move to the D7500. It will be a big upgrade for you. Congratulations and enjoy your new camera!

Wouter Bollen · Apr 20, 2017

flee2010 said:
Wouter Bollen said:

I understand the SD slot supports SD, SDHC, SDXC, so I assume this is the standard size SD slot and not one of the miniature sizes typically seen in mobile devices. I was not able to find any data on what the GB limit would be.

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The SD Card slot on the D7500 would be identical to that on the D7200 and support UHS-I (104MB/s ), SDHC and SDXC cards. The D500's SD Card slot requires a higher spec UHS-II (312MB/s), SDHC and SDXC card.

Persumably, anyone who has a D7200 and users high end cards like the Sandisk Extreme Pro will not need to get new spec cards to achieve full performance on the D7500.

flee2010 · Apr 20, 2017

Wouter Bollen said:
But even if one were to shoot RAW, just curious if 512 would make sense, or if that would hit performance issues at some point.
Could always have several on hand too, with maybe a dedicated large one for video, since there is now only one SD slot.

Cost aside of these cards, is there a recommended size to shoot for, no pun intended , or just go for the max since we can?

I am no expert on video because I don't shoot video very much on my DSLRs.

For stills, I am currently using 64 GB cards for RAW and old 1, 2, 4, 8 and16 GB cards for JPEG. I shoot RAW in slot 1 of my camera and JPEG on slot 2. I find that I can get through a day's shooting with 64 GB RAW and 16 GB JPEG without needing to change cards.

When making a decision to buy cards, cost per GB does play a part in what size I buy. Sometimes I buy a larger card than necessary because it costs less per GB. My reasoning was that it was more "future proof" as new cameras usually are higher resolution and require more card space.

One last thing - some of my memory cards go all the way back to 2004 - these cards do last a long, long time - but two cards did fail me in that time.

scubajunkie · Apr 20, 2017

flee2010 said:
Wouter Bollen said:

But even if one were to shoot RAW, just curious if 512 would make sense, or if that would hit performance issues at some point.
Could always have several on hand too, with maybe a dedicated large one for video, since there is now only one SD slot.

Cost aside of these cards, is there a recommended size to shoot for, no pun intended , or just go for the max since we can?

Click to expand...

I am no expert on video because I don't shoot video very much on my DSLRs.

For stills, I am currently using 64 GB cards for RAW and old 1, 2, 4, 8 and16 GB cards for JPEG. I shoot RAW in slot 1 of my camera and JPEG on slot 2. I find that I can get through a day's shooting with 64 GB RAW and 16 GB JPEG without needing to change cards.

When making a decision to buy cards, cost per GB does play a part in what size I buy. Sometimes I buy a larger card than necessary because it costs less per GB. My reasoning was that it was more "future proof" as new cameras usually are higher resolution and require more card space.

One last thing - some of my memory cards go all the way back to 2004 - these cards do last a long, long time - but two cards did fail me in that time.

Wouter Bollen · Apr 20, 2017

scubajunkie said:
flee2010 said:

Wouter Bollen said:

But even if one were to shoot RAW, just curious if 512 would make sense, or if that would hit performance issues at some point.
Could always have several on hand too, with maybe a dedicated large one for video, since there is now only one SD slot.

Cost aside of these cards, is there a recommended size to shoot for, no pun intended , or just go for the max since we can?

Click to expand...

I am no expert on video because I don't shoot video very much on my DSLRs.

For stills, I am currently using 64 GB cards for RAW and old 1, 2, 4, 8 and16 GB cards for JPEG. I shoot RAW in slot 1 of my camera and JPEG on slot 2. I find that I can get through a day's shooting with 64 GB RAW and 16 GB JPEG without needing to change cards.

When making a decision to buy cards, cost per GB does play a part in what size I buy. Sometimes I buy a larger card than necessary because it costs less per GB. My reasoning was that it was more "future proof" as new cameras usually are higher resolution and require more card space.

One last thing - some of my memory cards go all the way back to 2004 - these cards do last a long, long time - but two cards did fail me in that time.

Click to expand...

Wouter Bollen · Apr 20, 2017

scubajunkie said:
flee2010 said:

Wouter Bollen said:

But even if one were to shoot RAW, just curious if 512 would make sense, or if that would hit performance issues at some point.
Could always have several on hand too, with maybe a dedicated large one for video, since there is now only one SD slot.

Cost aside of these cards, is there a recommended size to shoot for, no pun intended , or just go for the max since we can?

Click to expand...

I am no expert on video because I don't shoot video very much on my DSLRs.

For stills, I am currently using 64 GB cards for RAW and old 1, 2, 4, 8 and16 GB cards for JPEG. I shoot RAW in slot 1 of my camera and JPEG on slot 2. I find that I can get through a day's shooting with 64 GB RAW and 16 GB JPEG without needing to change cards.

When making a decision to buy cards, cost per GB does play a part in what size I buy. Sometimes I buy a larger card than necessary because it costs less per GB. My reasoning was that it was more "future proof" as new cameras usually are higher resolution and require more card space.

One last thing - some of my memory cards go all the way back to 2004 - these cards do last a long, long time - but two cards did fail me in that time.

Click to expand...

flee2010 · Apr 20, 2017

Wouter Bollen said:
I see Sandisk now has cards at 300MB/s compared to 90MB/s for their standard range ones. Pricey, but that's some speed.

The D7500 does not support UHS-II cards - so you won't achieve those speeds. Just get the 95 MB/s Sandisk Extreme Pro.

Wouter Bollen · Apr 20, 2017

flee2010 said:
Wouter Bollen said:

I see Sandisk now has cards at 300MB/s compared to 90MB/s for their standard range ones. Pricey, but that's some speed.

Click to expand...

The D7500 does not support UHS-II cards - so you won't achieve those speeds. Just get the 95 MB/s Sandisk Extreme Pro.

ericbowles · Apr 21, 2017

flee2010 said:
Wouter Bollen said:

I see Sandisk now has cards at 300MB/s compared to 90MB/s for their standard range ones. Pricey, but that's some speed.

Click to expand...

The D7500 does not support UHS-II cards - so you won't achieve those speeds. Just get the 95 MB/s Sandisk Extreme Pro.

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