I have the P900 and a few Nikons from the D850 back through the 750, 800e, 7000 70 and a few Coolpixs yada, yada, yada. I am also old. The focus shift with focus stacking in Photoshop makes the 850 the best camera in the world for landscapes etc.
I bought the P900 and sold it to a very good friend who loved it. He showed me his work and I bought another P900.
I always shot RAW/NEF. Nevertheless, I now shoot almost everything with the Coolpix P900 24-2000mm fixed lens camera in JPEG.
If there was only one camera this is it. Get it and do not give it to anyone unless you can get another. I bought refurbished from Nikon and B&H for $450--not $3295 plus the thousands more for a lens.
Oh great. I saw the Coolpix S9900 and bought it. I already have many Nikon cameras and lenses including the S7000, but with 750mm telephoto, GPS, etc. I just did it. I give cameras away to grand kids all the time. One will get my S7000. Maybe soon B&H will get my Full-frames.
Oh yeah, I'm wealthy so I also bought the Coolpix A for $129 (+).
It shoots raw (NEF) (+), but has a fixed lens (25mm) (-).
Two pluses one minus.
I have the Coolpix S7000 and let me summarize: two plusses, one minus.
#1 It's by far lighter than my D800e and D750 full-frames and my D7000
It's in my pocket always. (+)
#2 I shoot raw (NEF) the D7000 only jpeg. (-)
#3 The lens zooms to 500mm. (+)
As a Nikonian (gold) I gave away my small Sony ($800+) because I am more comfortable with the Nikon menus.
One more plus: It was $100 refurbished.
As an NPS member with a Ph.D. Do as I say. Buy it!
Different strokes for different folks, I say use the one I use
I've been using Adobe Photography (LRCC & PSCC) for $9.99/mo since its release. Sometimes we are uncomfortable with changes as they happen in each of the upgrades every few weeks. At first I did not care for the latest LRCC, but I've adjusted and all is well.
It seems as though the images are being evaluated not the software.
Jim Bob, you can only see limited data on the web. jpeg is limited data and is what a web image is. Even the camera converts RAW data on the LED screen to jpeg, Raw image data can only be seen by computers not people.
A person can manipulate RAW data in post processing an image to improve it over jpeg captured data which does not have as much data to work with.
Your request is naive and in time you will understand this.
I worked at Bryce for 7 weeks and Zion for 5 weeks as an AstroVIP. Most people stop for a day or so. Go and stay as long as you can. You will seee more. There are many State Parks and much more that can only be discovered by exploring. I experienced hurricanes and monsoons that I did not even know existed in Utah. They created waterfalls and creeks (floods) that only lasted a day or so. I tried to photograph pronghorns but only got close on one late morning, You will miss so much by not being there longer.
One conversion happens in the camera so you can see the image and data in the LED. FastStone converts RAW files from your hard drive after they are imported. LR and Adobe Bridge convert the raw data as does iPhoto on Macs. Anytime and anywhere you see an image instead of 1's and 0'S it is converted.
What is so bad about telling a novice that to capture a sharper image of a bird in flight use shutter priority at a faster shutterspeed? And if you need more light increase the aperture or ISO or both.
I'm old and use my tripod while siting in a rocking chair; works as intended.
Oh _ _ _ _! I think I left my putter on the last green.
I never forget where my tripod is; it's always with me and my camera.
I can give up golf, but not photography.
It is my understanding that my camera (Nikon D800e) does no processing before I load my SD card images to LightRoom 5.3.
I adjust exposure (WB and other raw data), Clarity and Detail (Sharpen but not too much. All by my eye for each image--no preset.
Release priority is for shooting may images quickly in burst mode (CH or CL shutter setting). You might get one good image and can delete the rest. The sequence does not waste time refocusing between captures.