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And the D3 is STILL a fantastic camera fir its age

Why ask?  Try it and see!

Since having the D850, I have stopped shooting RAW for personal stuff like family, kids and generalised photography, keeping my use of RAW for the important jobs.

I always thought the max shutter speed was 1/8000

My policy covers each specified item for full replacement value.

I think that's been known about for some time

All my gear worth more than £500 is listed individually and is automatically covered by my household policy.

Just tried mine to make sure and YES, it worked just fine, so you can tell whoever told you that it would not work, that they should RTFM!

It should. See this compatibility chart from Nikon https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/ni/NI_article?articleno=000001407&configured=1&lang=en_US

It's basic supply and demand.  Keep the supply short and the demand will ensure that the price remains high.  Dealers can sell every one they get therefore no need to discount the camera. I ordered ...

Probably not.  I have mixture of primes and zooms.  Unless I knew which lens was on the camera, I would be hard pressed to tell. If you are a pixel peeper, you may THINK you can tell!

Having just (3 weeks and counting) purchased a D850, I still find my D3 is the "go to" camera for most things. Bwaah!

I always keep the grip on.  It makes it much easier for vertical shooting which is probably 30% of my stuff.  Just bought one for the D850 which I purchased last week. The other major benefit with ...

It's a well-known fact that Li-Ion batteries take a few cycles to reach their maximum settings.

Mine sounds like a well oiled .303 rifle being cocked close to your ear.  Quite  noisy, but not a totally unpleasant sound in itself - just noisy!

I have just bought SANDISK Ultra Plus Class 10 SD Memory Card - 64 GB as my second card in the 850, if that helps with your decision.

As an initial start point, I would suggest a 64GBSDXC caed, the fastest you can get.  But, are you sure you don't want to go down the XQD route.  To not go XQD is to not get the best from the camera.

A D3 would be a good place to start.  It was and still is, a superb camera although limited in the pixel stakes.  See the review in this forum.  D3's are relatively inexpensive and if, after a ...

Thanks guys for the responses.  Ultimate speed is not a concern, I just dislike being forced down a certain road not of my choosing.  I will almost certainly buy a D850 as it will be a ...

I would love to buy a D850.  The only thing stopping me is the XQD card.  Why not include a CF card as in the D5. I am a "happy snapper" and do not require the speed and capacity of XQD cards and I ...