David Lal

The combination of flash and auto-ISO is idiosyncratic - and the idiosyncracy varies from camera model to camera model. You'll have a more reliable  and predictable set up if you turn auto-ISO off ...

I understand better now from your other responses what your situation is. Clearly, a normal flashgun is not a viable option for you. My  IR camera is a (secondhand) D90  with the internal hot ...

Too much thinking. Just plug the damn thing in. Nikon has done all the thinking for you.

I agree absolutely - but the OP said he went backstage so I suggest you read that bit again! Another possibility is to shoot in Infrared. I have modified a Nik SB400 to transmit only infrared light ...

Suitably dialled down, bounced, softened etc. etc.

Great pictures Herby.

Err... No thank you! ;-)

Yes. I should think so. My main DSLR is a D300 (though I have a D90 and D70 too). It is quite bulky enough, thank you, and I am not a spray-and-pray merchant either so grips of any kind are ...

.. don't fix it! What was it you hoped to gain from the 'update'? I'm an old time IT person and never update anything without a clear reason and, crucially, a restore path. All that said, Sigma ...

Good Heavens! You would carry all this extra weight and spend all that extra money just on a trip to the zoo? What's so special about the zoo you have in mind? Unique animals that can't be found ...

How awful. Poor you. Real photographers nearly always use flash. A flashgun used well sorts the men out from the boys. ;-)

Indeed, not picky enough. The rules as to weight and dimensions are clearly stated. In Europe I fly cabin-baggage only quite often and several times have been inconvenienced by selfish passengers ...

The question of using FX lenses on DX bodies was debated in this forum a few months ago. Personally I have owned and used Nikon DX cameras since 2004 but until relatively recently used only FX ...

Nice picture Seanie. I have a few similar ones. I live in a rural area and look after the foxes that come into my garden, especially during the winter. Killing animals for food is one thing, ...

The mountain is quite steep so be sure to bring some low gears. ;-) I would carry only one lens and that would be my Nik 16-85mm.

No. As far as I know, Nikon does not make batteries so they sell batteries made by other battery manufacturers.

..Define 'third party'?

Szhorvat, yes I agree with you completely. I enjoy macrophotography, usually extreme (reproduction ratio >> 1:1). I don't think I've ever used depth of field preview. Instead, I have tables that ...

They (Nikon batteries) therefore are all generic too. Just rebadged. The "third party" [sic] batteries I bought on Amazon were labelled 'BPS' and seem to perform just as well as, and possibly ...

Just do it! I don't read anything in your original post that screams D500 at me. Quite the contrary in fact  - and personally, for me, the lack of the popup flash is a real deal breaker,