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What we spend on this stuff is equal to the depth of our pockets squared ($²) times (x) what we justify in our minds as to what we expect to do with our pictures plus (+) the enjoyment we...

You are 100% correct! ... so I carry a tiny $50 WD 1TB passport ... it's durable and works great, but I have to have my XQD reader and a laptop ... or use a guest hotel computer to transfer image...

Once you have a feel for where all the buttons are, it is fairly easy to press the exp comp button and rotate the rear command dial.  That's what I do, though there is a setting (b4) called "easy ...

Yeah, happens all the time! ... Just noticed your home was listed as Long Island, before moving to SC.  I grew up in Lynbrook, and lived in Huntington for one year before military service.  Have ...

Hi Sean, My personal preference is to NOT use the Menu Banks. With my setup, I only have to spin the shutter speed dial (rear) to change from perched or wading (or terrestrial), to BIF. Focus area ...

Cute doggie! ... I feel your "smitteness"!

Greetings from bayou country! Nice picture ... pretty sure that's a crawfish ... (crawdaddy, crayfish) And Yep ... it's missing a claw. Arnie

I have one 32gb Sony G and a 32gb 80mbs Sandisk SD.  Both have been used in my D500 since April 2016 without any problems. I always format in camera after uploading pictures to computer and backups. ...

Hi Kris! I love them all! ... The eyes are SOOOO fiercely penetrating, especially on the ones where you were "too close" for the 500 f4. Arnie

Outstanding and artful images George! Well, at least there will be a few of us left here on the Pro DX forum ... LOL! Arnie

Impressive skills ... outstanding photographs!

Yep! Big Brother IS watching! ... Cameras everywhere ya'know ...

Well, it's arguably the cheapest Nikon Pro DX SLR Body you can buy that has 51 point 3d tracking ... and this is the "Nikon Pro DX SLR Forum" (afterall) where you are asking ... right? ... You go ...

A Wi-Fi card may be the best solution. Recent ones will transfer raw files. You would then open with NX-i or NX-D on your laptop. Thom Hogan has a chapter in his D500 book devoted to using Eye-Fi ...

Unless you just must have a new camera, you may want to consider a used D300 for between $200 and $300 US $ ... Amazon or Ebay.

I have the PV button programed to set and unset bracketing on my D300. Once programed, press and hold the button while you set 5 frames with the main command wheel and set the exposure adjustment ...

Free Download from Nikon ... NX-i and NX-D ... for viewing and processing NEF's. Both use you camera settings (picture control, exposure, exposure comp, active D lighting, noise reduction, etc) to ...

Yep ... stuff happens! ... And Thanks for that reply. I'm sure I'll be thinking at least twice about this thread the next time I inadvertently rip off a half dozen foot or sky shots and go for the ...

Apples and Oranges JC ... though unintentionally, we all have done that as well. But the delete button on your camera is there for the same reason as the one on your computer, phone, tablet, or any ...

I have never , in the 17+ years of shooting digital, had a problem deleting images from any card ... CF, SD or XQD ... via camera OR computer, and I often do it.  I"m guessing you want to delete ...