Leonard Shepherd

I have not read the whole thread. When you want narrow depth of field 105mm has an advantage. Going from 85mm to 105mm at the same focus distance and aperture increases "depth of field background ...

If the rumour is true it will have taken Nikon 2 years (ignoring delays due to Covid) to come up with minor though important to some upgrades.

You might be right - though my speculation is the extra brightness after the DX crop is unlikely to make more than 30% difference to screen brightness.

Getting around 75% of images to a decent standard indicates your equipment is good - given a fair chance. As others are suggesting there could be a high probability that the around 25% of failures ...

I have not had an issue with dust getting into this lens - and I change lenses frequently. Regularly cleaning the rear (and front) element of a lens and the inside the body cap and rear lens cap I ...

NXD has had local area adjustment tools for quite some time.

If you test with an appropriate test subject for accurate AF for the particular camera with a test target target which also incorporates high resolution detail - and you get the highest image ...

Generally plus 1. There are "better" options for those who regularly post process - but they all cost money.

All other factors ignored (and sometimes there are other factors) going from 45 MP to 90 MP should increase sensor resolution tested in isolation by 42% (square root of 2). Image resolution is made ...

I would not use the word "trouble" - though ML I find more prone to attracting dust than a DSLR. This is something I have to manage, I am currently experimenting with an adhesive stick product. So ...

There is no need to feel a little stupid :-) There are this who perhaps unfortunately post to the effect that whatever they own is best for everything - rather than making side by side comparisons ...

A lot depends on what you mean by "mushy". With wide angles circles in the centre of the frame are stretch into larger ovals in the corners - meaning corner detail is spread out more thinly over ...

As I said before I consider it an issue with limited depth of field or heat haze - or maybe both. Depending on where you photograph haze issues can be rare - or unavoidable;e. Irrespective of how ...

I am satisfied this is not true. At 200mm you do not usually get unlimited front to back sharpness (depth of field) between a relatively close subject and the far distance. The most likely cause of ...

That is likely correct between a D7500 (which I have never used) and a D850. The point I made was a D500 viewfinder is the brightest in Nikon DX DSLR line up - and is around 1 stop brighter than a ...

This may be because Canon initially used a different type of card to XQD.

As you describe yourself as relatively inexperienced - lets look at basics. To some extent Nikon use IBIS and VR interchangeably - which does not help a "newbie". IBIS in Nikon Z6 and 7 produces up to

A Nikon lens with electric contacts fits directly to the camera body when using the ES-2 - so in theory the 105 AF-D and VR lenses could be made to work with no general loss of optical quality. Nik ...

The D6 is compatible with CFe (type B) and XQD. My understanding (which may not be 100% accurate) is cameras with CFe compatibility are also compatible with XQD. What seems not to be compatible ...

Possibly "upsetting" some FX fanatics - if you had a D500 you should notice the viewfinder is a full stop brighter than the D850 - even though the D850 has the brightest viewfinder of any current ...