maljo@inreach.com

You are quite right about focus distance and focal length. Focal length vs focal distance and how the T Stop changes would be very interesting for all tele lens, actually. maljo

Full frame shots from the same location, D810, wide open, zoom at 500 mm. Notice the length of the end of the log, for example. 200-500Z: 500 f4 VR: The zoom is not quite 500 mm.  It is not ...

Also, had a dollar off coupon at B and H. maljo

You can help, though:  buy another lens. maljo

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Entry level models are key. That's what most of us buy. They need to make an entry level camera that competes.

Going the wrong direction for me. A pro sports photographer may find it perfect. The D500 is better for birds/wildlife. The D810 is better for landscapes. A small mirrorless camera is better for ...

I am interested in the belated D500 for birds but will use the D810 for everything else. I have several DX lenses I never use.  No more for me. maljo

Release to Beta Testers is now end of April?

Delay to build up stock or to fix bugs?

OMD EM1:  my favorite museum camera coupled with the Pan-Leica 25 f1.4. Usually shoot auto ISO, f 2.0 Floating books, Indianapolis Diego Rivera mural in San Francisco

Sony gets a lot of credit for pushing the envelope.

Inflation in Japan is very low.

Higher prices, lower sales...

as are you photography skills. maljo

You have so many wonderful choices. If weight is a major concern, check out Fuji or Olympus and with smaller sensors you won't have to crop so much. Also look into Sony. Or the smaller Nikons and ...

Spending for pleasure is a perfectly good strategy and how I got most of the stuff I have. EXIF data has too much personal info; I remove it routinely now out of concern for ID theft of sorts. maljo

Usually a bit of "overexposure" is a good thing, the so called ETTR (expose to the right) to capture all the data the sensor is capable of capturing. You adjust the camera to capture all the data ...

For me, not much. D810 is pretty terrific.  But, let's see what Nikon develops. maljo Bloodroot

I check all my lenses but very few have needed adjustment.