Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f5.6. Various settings with shutter speed 1/640 to 1/1600, f5.6 to f9, ISO 100 to 12500.

Feel free to comment. I am beginner, all advices are useful for me.

Slightly edited jpgs with in-camera grain.

Lenses:
Nikon Z 40mm f2
Nikon Z 400mm f4.5
Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 G2

Hi Nikoneers,

I just got this lovely AF-S 70-200 VRII for my new setup (D780), and upgraded my strap to the PeakDesign Slide. I was wondering if it’s okay/safe to strap this setup like this, and if not, what is your preference/recommendation. Please note that the lens did not come with the tripod foot.

Thanks for your time. Happy photographing! :)

edit: grammar.

After my last thread asking about camera choices to upgrade from my D5300, I ended up deciding on the D7500. Nikon refurb had them for $499 and the one I got had a shutter count of 4. I'm very pleased with the camera so far! Basically every complaint I had about my D5300 this one solves. Not enough dials for fast control, not enough shortcut keys to change things like auto focus settings or metering, not enough function buttons, etc. The usability is leaps and bounds ahead.

I'm still having a bit of soft focus issue and I can't quite nail focus on things, but I still need to run the fine tune with my lenses and likely could just be my cheap lenses as well but so far I think this camera will be exactly what I was looking for

All photos taken on the D7500 with a NIKKOR AF-S 55-200 f/4.8-5.6G VR II

Recent portrait shoot on Z5ii with a few lenses. 35mm 1.8S, Minolta 50mm 1.4, Viltrox 85mm 2.0 EVO

A d750 (with 23,000 shutter conut) + nikkor 24-120mm f4g ed vr, three genuine Nikon batteries, the original box, and all the accessories. Everything for $800 usd

photos from last night’s show in Boston

Hey! I have a Nikon D5100 and want to upgrade.
I’m considering upgrading to a mirrorless body but I’m not entirely sure if I should and what to do. I want something that can handle weather and rain, although not necessarily heavy rainstorms.
I’m so far considering the Z 6ii
I also want at minimum 2 lenses, zoomable. One at around 100 and one ca 18-50 area.
I don’t have anything against buying used, and unfortunately only have about 2k to use (20 000kr).
I usually photograph archaeological sites, cats in them, landscape and friends/people in lowlight (recently some sports photography as well, football, although it’s not necessarily what I want to do most)
Some examples are added (not of friends as I’m respecting their privacy)

Nikon DF and 50mm 1.8G

My family and I had a short city break in Berlin this week, we were limited for space as flying Ryanair, so all the pictures here with my z5 and the 24-70 f4 lens; do wish I’d sacrificed some luggage space for my 180-600 though…

A lot of the animals are behind glass so always a tougher shot, but was pleased overall

D500+ 70-300mm AFP ( DX)

Not pictured, Nikon 16-35mm and Tokina 100mm from my D610 days.

Some time ago I purchased a heavily used D700 on an impulse (seller listed as very good cosmetic conditions, with basically any important button or wheel - excect the shutter release - being somewhat sticky lol) and since then fell in love with DSLRs again (main body is a Zf, used various Fujis before, but started my hobby with a D5100 and later on D7200).

Since then, I have bought some excellent F mount lenses and I am still flabbergasted how much fun this is and how capable a 20 year old cameras remains. All jokes and irony aside, this has opened my eyes on how absurd modern product launch cycles actually are and that should probably never again buy a new (e.g. less than 5 year old) camera again.

The D700 has its limitations, they are noticable but far less than I tought they will be. High ISO noise is almost always mitigatable with fast lenses (as a grown person I can finally afford the nice nanocoated FF primes) and while 12mp heavily limit the cropping options, it seldom bothers outside of cropping.

Long story short, see attached some color images collected on my dog walks. If you think any of this does not look good, it's 100% on me and my editing skills. In many cases (not these ones) I take the OOC NEF (applying the D2X Nikon image profile) with just slight curve adjustments and am mroe than happy with the result.

Inititally I was aiming to upgrade to a Z

How has your experience been like with a D800? Any tips and tricks for a beginner using a pro DSLR? Got one at a sweet deal so am trying to maximise its fullest potential :)

Some pictures i took during vacation in poland in the beautiful city of wroclaw