u/67Macavelli91

I've gotten into wildlife photography recently. I'm on a budget so most of the Z's are out of my price range. I purchased a D7500 with a 200-500mm f/5.6 refurbished from Nikon. I then decided to upgrade to the D500. I purchased one from MPB used that had a shutter count of 3,122.

Unfortunately, it arrived and was sitting on firmware v1.00. I think that with v1.00 i can't even use CFexpress type B cards, I would need to update the firmware to use them. Unfortunately, this camera will not update. I called Nikon and they walked me through some things and when none worked they said I would need to send it in for repair. I opted to just return it to MPB, but they have no D500's in stock with a similar shutter count.

Now, I'm stuck with either keeping it or just getting a refund. I opted for a refund, but now I don't know when I may find a decent D500.

What would you recommend me do? Z8/Z9's are out of the question. I could buy a Z6III with an FTZII adapter, which puts me at the top end of my budget. But I've heard about a glitch that Z6III's may have. I won't know until I get it and it starts glitching which would probably be after the 14 day return period.

Thanks for your responses. Happy shooting!