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Your first explanation in your OP leaves alot to be desired. Much like reading an English instruction manual for a 3rd party Chinese grip. :) Couldn't figure out what you were asking. I'm not sure ...

Not hard to find a place in that deal where you could get ripped off.  Such as a dealer lowballing your trade-in amount by 2 or 3 hundred.

They have a real nice quality to them. I think that's part of the price tag. You'll be surprised how little difference 400-600mm actually makes when they're "dots in the distance"  Even 400-1000 is ...

I have the 300 2.8VR and the 500 f4VR and I prefer using the 300 with or without TC1.4 It has better IQ than the 500 and faster AF. The problem I have with the 500 is that 500mm is never long ...

Buy the 750.  From a fellow who swapped his 750 for a 500. I felt the 500 was better suited to me, but not so much to you.  Don't be fooled into believing the D500 is the holy grail.  It's not.

How about set the camera to BBF. Don't use BBF. Just focus manually. The lens has manual override ( or AF override ) Fire the shot with the shutter button. When you're finished with manual disable ...

Check out Lenswizard's second post here ( well as Lenswizard ) on May 30th, 2008 - you'll find it in this thread https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/27965133 The thread is about a fellow named ...

Neither my 810 with Nikon grip or 500 with Meike grip does it

That's why I went with the Meike this time. I had a DSTE for my D7100 and that flexed. I just put my 500 f4 VR on the D500, flicked it up to portrait mode where I controlled it with the grip, and ...

The late Ronnie Gaubert used that 300 as a macro lens ( or close up lens ) and certainly put up some fine images with it.  It should stand up well on a 20mp body. I have one that I've had sitting ...

I have it set to off as well. I wish I could turn A3 off too. Which is what I'm used to with the D4 9 pt.  As I pointed out in another of your threads, changed slightly here, is that there may be ...

Maybe a bit of both.  I said a couple of years ago that if AF got any better than the D4, I'd start to lose interest in BIF shooting. So far I'm not convinced the D500 AF is that much better.  If ...

I was scrolling quickly backwards from the bottom up, and hit on the images without noticing the gear list name. Said to myself, here's proof that it's not in which body you shoot with. Then I hit ...

I've heard it said that you don't buy a drill because you want a drill, you buy a drill because you want a hole. Likewise you don't buy a lens because you want a lens, you buy a lens because at ...

What country are you in, and what did you pay for it?  Is it possible to get the seller to pay for the repair or at least chip in on it?  Only thing is, if Nikon finds more damage than it would ...

I guess praying does work :)

No creep on mine either. Something is wrong.

Anyone in Canada buy either one recently?

He forgot to mention that little bit of info :)

How about D500?  That hasn't taken D5 sales?  Guess again And how much glass and bodies do you think Nikon has sold to fellows that the D700 kept or brought them, to Nikon?  D8x0 s, D750 s?