Nikon D7500 Full Review

The Nikon D7500 features the 20.9 megapixel APS-C (DX) sensor from the Nikon D500 and offers 8fps continuous shooting, a 51-point AF system, 4K UHD video recording, and a tilting 3.2inch touch-screen.

Excellent image quality (particularly with prime lenses; Excellent noise performance; In-camera raw processing; Bluetooth image transfer; Dual-axis electronic level; 8fps continuous shooting; Improved ergonomics; 3.2inch tilting touch-screen; 4K UHD video recording

Single SD card slot; No white priority AWB option; Limited remote shooting app; Live view focus slower than some competition; Slow to transfer full-size images via Bluetooth

Nikon D7500 gives a little to get a lot

It's been a while since Nikon made any substantive changes to this enthusiast-focused series of dSLRs. The D7100 was the last major update, and that was in 2013; the subsequent D7200 pretty much rested on the D7100's laurels. But with the D7500, the every-other-year pendulum swings back to deliver some notable enhancements, many of which are inherited from last year's D500 -- hence the model number jump.

Nikon finally adds a tilting screen to its dSLR for shooting action on a budget but made a couple sacrifices along the way.

Nikon D7500

With Nikon's Expeed 5 processor on board, the D7500 offers a standard sensitivity range of ISO 100-51,200, which is expandable up to ISO 1,640,000. As we'll see, these hugely extended ISOs don't give great results, but that shouldn't mask the fact that this sensor delivers excellent high-ISO image...

Excellent control layout and handling; Great image quality up to very high ISO settings; Excellent autofocus using the viewfinder; Tilting screen a big improvement on previous D7000-series models

Slow Live View autofocus; SnapBridge connectivity lacking in features; Only a single SD card slot; where previous D7000-series models had two