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Add to SafariWhen comparing Canon EOS-1D X Mark II vs Nikon D500, the Slant community recommends Nikon D500 for most people. In the question“What are the best cameras for sports/action photography?” Nikon D500 is ranked 4th while Canon EOS-1D X Mark II is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Nikon D500 is:
The camera has a tilting screen allowing easy above the head or near the ground shots, a touchscreen for easily adjusting AF point and a joystick for adjusting it even faster.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Excellent continuous drive
The camera can shoot 14fps RAW without any limitations and 16fps with a locked up mirror. The buffer holds 170 RAW frames at 14fps while JPG buffer is unlimited.
Pro Flicker detection
The camera can detect flickering light sources and sync up with them to shoot at peak brightness in order to avoid underexposing the image by accident.
Pro Easy to use
The camera has a tilting screen allowing easy above the head or near the ground shots, a touchscreen for easily adjusting AF point and a joystick for adjusting it even faster.
Pro Good buffer
Buffer can hold 200 compressed or 71 uncompressed RAW files. To achieve the 200-shot compressed RAW speed, you'll need a XQD card.
Pro Excellent autofocus
D500 has 153 AF points of which you can select 55. 99 AF points are cross-type (of which 35 are selectable). 15 AF points work with f/8 lenses (of which 9 are selectable). The autofocus works down to LV -4.
Autofocus is fast at 10 frames per second with great accuracy - in autofocus tests performed by Tony Northrup the D500 trailed D5 just slightly by getting 16% fewer of shots in focus and 1DX Mark II by about 18%.
Pro Great AF point coverage
Pro Can automatically microadjust lens focal point for autofocusing
Pro Illuminated buttons
Makes shooting in the dark easier.
Pro Can record to an external recorder over HDMI
Cons
Con Not yet available
The camera's planned release date is April 2016.
Con Lacks mode dial for custom presets
Unlike some other Nikon cameras, D500 doesn't have a mode dial that allows quickly switching between custom presets.
Con Video has a 2.2x 35mm-equivalent crop factor
The camera has a 1.5x 35mm-equivalent crop factor and shooting video adds another 1.5x crop factor on top of that resulting in a 2.2x 35mm-equivalent crop factor. The effective sensor size is near the size of a MFT sensor. That means you would need wider lenses to achieve the same result in each situation.
