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<p>Thanks Shun! That made me feel better if it is still within specs although I am still within the 30-day exchange period.</p> <p>Another topic. With the availability of 20MP, I compared the 16-85mm with three older primes, 20mm/2.8D, 35mm/2.0D and 50mm/1.8, at F8 at the same focus lengths. The 16-85 is almost the same as the 20mm and 50mm in terms of resolution and contrast. But it is NO comparison to the wonderful 35/2.0D!!</p> <p>I was a bit surprised that 20mm and 50mm are not better.</p>

<p>I found some problems with the new D500 AF. I tried test several Nikon lenses using both this method, <br />https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/51633/~/how-to-use-the-af-fine-tune-function<br />and the on-board method, <br /><a href="http://nps.nikonimaging.com/technical_solutions/d5_tips/af/auto_af_fine-tuning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nps.nikonimaging.com/technical_solutions/d5_tips/af/auto_af_fine-tuning/</a>.</p> <p>Consistently, only the 16-85mm AF-S needs no adjustment. Some older ones, 50mm/f1.8, 35mm/f2D, 80-200/f2.8D, all need to adjust to about "-10".</p> <p>These lenses all focus dead-on on the good old D300.</p> <p>However, shooting soccer using the same 80-200 on D500 produced a lot more keepers than on the D300.</p> <p>So, no questions about the power and speed of the D500 AF. But it's accuracy shooting static object is problematic.</p> <p>Did I get a bad sample???</p>

<p>I found some problems with the new D500 AF. I tried test several Nikon lenses using both this method, <br> https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/51633/~/how-to-use-the-af-fine-tune-function<br> and the on-board method, <br> http://nps.nikonimaging.com/technical_solutions/d5_tips/af/auto_af_fine-tuning/.</p> <p>Consistently, only the 16-85mm AF-S needs no adjustment. Some older ones, 50mm/f1.8, 35mm/f2D, 80-200/f2.8D, all need to adjust to about "-10". </p> <p>These lenses all focus dead-on on the good old D300.</p> <p>However, shooting soccer using the same 80-200 on D500 produced a lot more keepers than on the D300.</p> <p>So, no questions about the power and speed of the D500 AF. But it's accuracy shooting static object is problematic. </p> <p>Did I get a bad sample???</p>

<p>After the Nikon codec update on my Windows 10, both File Explorer thumbnails and MS Photo Viewer work for NEFs.</p>

<p>Nikon claims that one can extract 8MP JPEG (Fine) from the 4K video.</p> <p>Anyone knows what software is needed for doing that? The quality of still frames from ffmpeg is not that good.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Thank you!</p> <p>Oh boy! Why you need a buffer if you can empty faster than you capture images?</p> <p>LoL</p>

<p>Is it correct that the LCD display for "shots remaining before buffer fills" is only 2-digit, like "r99", even it could be 200?</p> <p>It only shows "r99" for basic jpeg.</p> <p>It shows "r29" for RAW. That is 14 bit, no compression. I did verify that I could only get about 50 pictures in the CH burst. So, that "r29" did mean 29.</p> <p>For these two settings, I did turn off the ADL, other noise reductions and other distortion corrections.</p> <p>Any idea the buffer size I have seen is so much lower than the 200 in the spec?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Steve</p>

<p>Thanks!</p> <p>It works like a charm now.</p> <p>Just a bit surprise that the download is more than 170 MB! :-)</p>

<p>Hello,<br /> <br />My setup is, D500 (firmware: C 1.01, LD 2.013) + Windows 10.</p> <p>In MS File Explorer, preview thumbnails don't display properly for the NEF files. I tried associating NEF files with either the default MS Photo viewer or Irfanview. That doesn't help.</p> <p>Also the camera info and shooting info are blank when I right-click on an NEF files and look at Details.</p> <p>NEF file icons from the good old D300 work as expected in File Explorer.</p> <p>Just wondering it is only me.</p> <p>Do D500 NEF thumbnails/icons work correctly in Mac world?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Steve</p>

<p>My MB-D10 Battery Pack was working well with my D300 before. I switched to using the internal battery and left the MB-D10 on the shelf for the last few month. Now I'm ready to put the MB-D10 on for the soccer season.<br> However, the D300 just refuses to recognize the batteries from the MB-D10, regardless I use regular AA size or rechargeable. When the internal battery is there, the dials on the Battery Pack do work. But the batteries on the Battery Pack don't. The only thing I can think of is that the electric contacts on the D300 got dirty. I didn't use the D300 in a rough environment the last few months and I did clean the electric contacts. Any ideas??</p>