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No, I outgrew my pixel-phobia, and generally prefer my D810 for better resolution and DR. That said I still use my D700, though not as often as in the past, and looking at my old D700 shots I ...

Try Fuji native raw converter, it is free. In my experience highlight recovery is generally very good, and you will get all the “film” options as well. Capture One works very well as a raw ...

In everything you've written this snippet caught my eye. I gather you're young enough to have no choice but to transition to mirrorless eventually, so may as well start with it sooner rather than ...

To be fair, you already know the answer, and so do I. It boils down not to so much to IQ but to specific features, i.e. IBIS, live preview, some manual focus advantages, -- but at the cost of ...

I haven’t used Sony or Canon, but Fujifilm has something about color that Nikons just don’t have. I love this special sauce for things like flowers, often not so much for people. But more to the ...

From the IQ perspective, all three lenses are very good, and AF is perfectly suitable for fast sports too. In addition, if you get Sigma's excellent 1.4x TC, you'll also have a close 200-400/4 ...

From my experience shooting indoor sports, I can tell you that f/4 is too slow for indoors. The 200-400 is also known to have the T-stop close to f/5, so it will let in even less light than one ...

I wish I could do it, but I can't. I tend to go places I'm often unlikely to visit again, even before Covid, -- there is simply too little time and too much to see. Now, of course, much of the ...

Just curious why do you guys try to use your F lenses on Z cameras, why not keep using them with the mount they were designed for? Did you get rid of your F-mount bodies already?

Love it! Mine is already finished with his lunch, so I didn't make it into the picture

And while you are at it, get a cat too, very rewarding.

Skip D7000, this camera had a lot issues including AF, and skin tones it produced were pretty awful IIRC. Go for D7200 instead, it is dramatically better in every way.

Not sure what is your problem with AF, the camera works quite well even for wildlife. As for  handling, I found D7200 a bit small for my hands, so I permanently attached vertical grip, and ...

I did a fair amount of shooting with 300/4 and 200-400/4 with the TC 1.4 II, and neither lens felt compromised in IQ in a way that I could easily discern, and not particularly significantly in AF. ...

With long telephotos there are at least five variables at play: reach, cost, portability, IQ and speed. I'm familiar with three zooms which go to 400mm or beyond without a TC: 200-400/4G, 80-400G, ...

One has to, otherwise dropping many a grand to “transition” is not a rational thing to do. Therefore it has to be rationalized by convincing oneself of all the benefits, real or imaginary. It is ...

Nobody might have made this claim explicitly because it is patently absurd, but every time one upgrades beyond certain gear quality level, one makes this assumption implicitly, perhaps not for the ...

It is relevant because of the referenced point in time when none of the S lenses yet existed, or had even been conceived. I find the notion that before the latest tech no one could take a decent ...

Let me insert here Thom's point because I happen to agree with him on this issue entirely, https://bythom.com/newsviews/why-choose-brand-a-over.html: We pretty much reached the "basically ...

Well, it so happens that I use old, film era MF lenses on ML too, only on a Fuji. Those retro-ish Fuji bodies fit well with the genuine retro lenses. Yes, APS-C sensor, but smaller, lighter, ...