I went mirrorless when I wanted to get better picture of birds in flight. The new autofocus technology works really well.

Unless your gear is limiting you, why switch?

If you do, I would get something like the R7. Your lenses will work better than ever with an adaptor and the cvamera will have a familiar feel.

Don't hold your breath. It used to be that the FCC required Radio and TV Stations provide programming for the public good with high standards. TV stations could lose their license if they repeatedly reported false news of violated standards of decency.

Today those guardrails are long gone and anything that gets viewers to tune in and watch ads, or better yet pay monthly fees to watch is pushed. Today, TV is pretty much some form of nicely packaged combination of fear, greed and sex.

The supreme court is deciding on how social media companies will be coerced and which special interests will be allowed to pollute the public's mind with propaganda.

At the end of the day, somebody has to be a trustworthy gatekeeper and reject messages that are harmful and not truthful, otherwise democracy cannot work.

I have these too :-) I also have pictures of live leaves as well, and one of my favorites is a picture of where frost stayed on a leaf but burned off on the sidewalk. Leaves as a subject are awesome :-)

I use photography for two primary purposes. It augments my memory for family and travel. It is an outlet for my desire for artistic expression.

If you are happy with the tool you have, anything else is a waste of time and money. That said your justifications are IMHO simply off base.

- LIGHT!!! If too bright, good luck using the display.
Huh? The EVF shows you the actual exposure. If it's too bright, your exposure will be too.

- Eyes issue If one needs glasses all bets are off, there is no way to adjust for that but use the tiny in camera display in the 'view finder'. Go check for accuracy on that since the display is made of tiny pixels vs 'a normal light' (analog)
Huh? Mine has the same diopter wheel to adjust just the same as my old DSLR

- Weight unbalance. (Light body, heavy lens)
Huh? Are you holding the camera with one hand?

IMHO taking 3 bodies for travel photography is overkill. I have the 1.4 convertor and never use it. If you rent the R7, be sure to bring the adaptor and an extra battery. As the R7 is APS-C you'll get the reach you need without resorting to the 1.4 adaptor. Personally, if I were to rent, I'd rent the R5 as the higher resolution gives you more cropping capability which is helpful for wildlife photography.

This is the only thing that has worked for me.

His books are classics. I have them in my nightstand and read them periodically as a refresher for landscapes and composition.

As I recall, he used mostly Panatomic-X which was ASA 25 or 32 I think. He shot a lot of large format landscapes so he used slow shutter speeds on a tripod with a wide depth of field. The zone system is perfect for that.

Nowadays, you get more creative freedom and control with a mirrorless camera that provides a great preview for tough lighting situations.

If you're going to shoot film in your Hasselblad, I recommend you buy a good spot meter like an old Sekonic. Get a spot reading on the subject to expose for zone 5 (50% gray).

The Ford F-Series has maintained its spot as the best-selling vehicle in America for over four decades straight. They can and do make the vehicles americans want. The real issue is that americans want the wrong kind of vehicle. We buy monsters that are far to big. People think a bigger car is safer and that is simply not true.

I always take these with a grain of salt. I've owned many of the brands listed. The worst car I ever bought was a Honda Civic Hybrid. My Nissan Sentra decades ago fell apart after 6 years. The most reliable was a Mercury Mariner I drove for 14 years - not a single issue other than standard maintenance. I have owned Tesla since 2013 and the first I had for 8 years and was nearly maintenance and trouble free. I have had no problems whatsoever with my current Lincoln Corsair and Tesla Model 3.

User name checks out :-)

OMG, I could never live without a USA Gear Strap with pouches for an extra battery and memory cards.

Breath Mints, Apple Air Tag, Plastic Camera Rain Cover, notepad and pen

I don’t like taking my shoes off at the airport either. Bad people screw everything up for everyone. User names and passwords just aren’t secure enough anymore.

This is another false argument. Batteries almost never need to be replaced and after 250,000 might lose 20% of their range.