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Since this will be a family camera with emphasis on stills, definitely A6600. (1) Better build and weather sealed (2) Longer battery life - battery lasts forever!

Please take care of yourself.  Time heals all.  You WILL get back into the saddle again!  It just takes times.  But in that journey don't ignore yourself!

I agree with JC as they will clean and check the entire camera over, whether it needs it or not.  Every time I have sent a Nikon in under warranty it always come back looking like new. Can you not ...

Many great stories and tips.  But what about the hotel rooms?  Say you bring more than a single body/lens combo and you are going to different places for the day and don't want to bring ...

Well, it can be and the few times where it was severe enough to ingrain it into my head. I've been on cruises before in my life (5 so far) and usually I fly on planes with no need for motion ...

You from Brooklyn???  :D :D :D

Thank you for the info and as I suspected about the Drake Passage.  I'm just afraid even with scopolamine patches, they are not enough for me!  Ugh!

How was the Drake Passage?  What outfit did you use? Antarctica is on my bucket list and the past few years we've come to the status of "having the time and money" as we are realizing we ain't ...

Was about to chime in with similar thoughts to the OP (and others). What is the A6600 missing that is impacting your photography? Would the (speculating) upcoming A7xxx give your photos a xx% ...

My father passed away at age 97 this year.  No illness, no high blood pressure, no diabetes, no cancer, nothing.  It was just old age  The few days before he died the nurse took his blood pressure ...

What brand/capacity of card was it?

So sorry to hear about your house but at least you have some remnants of pictures up in the cloud. So what's up with this picture?  Is it an optical illusion?  Looks like some street shenanigans ...

Mike, you put everything so succinct in words.  We are in the same boat, though different target places.  As we get older we start looking towards the "future".  Life is fragile and how much time ...

True!  My son goes to college in Winston-Salem.  And NC is one possibility for us to retire to from NJ.  :-)

Possible but I doubt it because if its advantageous to the OP, e.g., brand new refurbished camera, I would think Nikon might want it to be known that they act on good faith to the OP.  Sort of ...

I noticed the same.  Maybe the squeaky wheel has been oiled.  :)

LOL!  And we like to visit the "South".  In quotes because depending on who you talk to, North Carolina and Tennessee is not the South.  LOL!!!!

6k clicks for a D300s is nothing!  Enjoy your new camera.

Those are lovely...from the city where I grew up in!

I'm having great results with the Tamron 10-24 on my D500. Unfortunately Tamron stopped making it fairly recently so you might see if you can find a used copy at around $375 or so. I'm not sure if ...