Slideshow Bob

That first shot you posted is just about the best shot I've seen from the 500PF so far. It's quite difficult to form an opinion about this lens from all the samples I've seen, but your processing ...

Nice shot! This isn't a competition, so there's no need to "retaliate". It's just a subjective evaluation. To me, NR ALWAYS leaves tell tail signs, and I'm just not a big fan of that. I'm fine with ...

I've used most of the NR solutions, although admittedly not the DxO one you mentioned. Usually I find that the noise that i want to get rid of is of roughly the same frequency as the detail I want ...

There is quite a bit of sharpening on these shots, and that adds quite a bit to the noise effect. But as a general principal, I hate the use of NR on bird shots, it just ruins feather detail, and ...

At no point does an X-pro 2 make a D610 look like "garbage". Come on, be realistic here. It's almost like you think that physics is voodoo.

Must be why all the professional sports shooters use them.

You really can't apply that "legacy design restrictions" thing to the Nikon and Canon super tele lenses. It just doesn't work. They're FANTASTIC!

This looks like a nice 200mm option for Fuji...

That's so funny! If I put up four of the cameras (on DPRs studio shot comparison) you listed there and look how good they are at actually producing images, the exact opposite of what you said is...

I think the Z cameras are just "O.K". I don't see much to get excited about there, but they look competent. Not bad for a first shot. I guess it's rather telling that of the announcements on that ...

While I'm inclined to agree, I don't think there's much point in pidgeonholing these cameras before they're either available to test for yourself, or have been written about by someone like Thom ...

You might be right. Or not. Moose and others might show great results, but then there are plenty of great results from and D5 and D850. That's the problem here, I think. There's not going to be a ...

Why? You press one button (which raises the flash), and set everything related to the flash without having to go anywhere else on the camera at all. Why would you *want* to have to press multiple ...

I wouldn't call fine tuning a fix "to some extent". It's just a fix, end of story. I don't disagree that mirrorless is better in the regard IF your lenses are all out of whack, but how often is ...

No, you see that's not so much of a problem. Pros just dial in their lenses (which very often don't need adjustment), and get the best out of them. There's been a continual, collective whine about ...

Pains? Well, really that just comes down to whether the lenses you use are available in the native mount, or work 100% via an adapter. If the answer is yes to either of those, and you want an EVF, ...

Who cares what YOUR interested in? I'm talking about NIKON's interests, as were you (supposedly) when you started this nonsense. Is Nikon not supposed to care about the biggest part of their business?

Actually, the market will decide the future of all dedicated cameras. And since phones are continuing to steal huge amounts of market share from cameras, I don't think anything is safe from market ...

Well considering that you're the one that said "Fujifilm now own that sector and Nikon have lost it permanently imho." about DX, it would seem that it's you who is most confused. Nikon sell more ...

Well, I usually use FX lenses on my DX cameras, so in principal, I don't have much of a problem with Z mount for DX. I actually prefer larger cameras and lenses. But there is this continual thing ...

Also, the D850 (despite being the more recent camera) cropped down to DX doesn't quite have the noise performance of a D500. It's close, but not equal. It's good to have the choice.