gnawbone Loc: Southern Indiana

If Nikon put all of their developed tech into the next camera release then Canon, Oly, Sony, etc. would have to do the same thing or lose all market share. You know what would happen then - everyone would start b!tching at the camera manufacturers for not caring about keeping us current or what is the matter with the OEMs that they only came up with this one piddly little feature in the last 12 months ..... etc. The OEMs can either release small upgrades every 12-18 months or a big bang every 5-6 years, if they could do a big bang every 12-18 months they would already do that.

You can accomplish the same thing by buying a new camera every 5-6 years - if you think you need to.

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rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

We both knew all along that your comments were a non sequitur

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

You are 100% correct. Why someone would want to turn good cameras into a disposable item - would want to spend $$$$ every year - is beyond me.

Besides, Nikon cameras tend to use Sony sensors, so Nikon has only so much control in this area anyway.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Yes, really!

If all you aspire to is a display at 8 MP, why bother with a camera that captures more than 16 MP? Get yourself a D7000 (about $600 used) and be done with it.

Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown

I would like to see Nikon upgrade the 200-400 to an F4.0E or a 400 F4.0E like the 300 E.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

I don't know about genesis and the bible because science counts as proof of a lot of things. As for government scams there are too many to count or there are too many imaginative invented scams like no matter how it is processed there was no second gunmen on the knoll just one in a building window. A lot of people wanted the Kennedy's dead. There is the latest that Hillary and Bill are killing off their rivals... To many to take stock in just like the bible a great story book with great morality teachings. All written by many a man's hands. I trust in science without it we would not have photography.

whitewolfowner

You are showing how closed minded you are.

whitewolfowner

I guess you need to have comprehension lessons. The verse clearly states that the Earth's surface was set below a layer of water.

whitewolfowner

And if you have kept track of science; it keeps slowly proving one thing after another in the Bible to be true. I am a scientist myself and science only proves the wonders God has given us.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I did considerable additional research before my first comment - scholars {i.e., people who actually know things}, Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant, agree that

(1) actual meaning of the Hebrew word translated here as "firmament" is unclear

(2) this arrangement did exist in the Beginning, but it may have been changed by the Flood {in fact, that water above the earth may have been the source of the Flood}, so we cannot use our knowledge about the earth we live on to understand it.

So only a closed-minded individual would claim that the meaning of this passage is clear.

And in any case, neither your non sequitur nor this off-topic adventure has any relevance to the OP's issues, so you may continue to make comments about me, but I shall ignore them.

whitewolfowner

Good, it would be better if you did that in the beginning. If you did proper research, you would find that the scholars claim that the Bible is loaded with references to the Earth being flat. The one in Genesis is the clearest one in my book. Also, keep in mind that I am not making this claim, only bringing it to your attention. I neither agree or disagree with the subject but am at least open to the idea and to be able to explore it with an open mind. Also, for your information; many organizations teach this to be true and the flat Earth map is on the UN's flag.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Now, your reading comprehension is showing weakness. I did do my research "in the beginning" - i.e., before I posted my first reply in this thread. Your words completely differ from what I'm seeing from respected Christian scholars. You may continue to babble - I will say nothing further off topic here.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Getting back on topic - I currently use Pentax equipment and spend a lot of time around Pentax users ... who are very jealous of the D500.

Personally, I believe that the D500's ability to handle high ISO settings gracefully is showing the way to what many cameras will be in the future. Pentax's K-70 {initial list price $650} appears to be an attempt to provide some of the same capabilities to those of us with smaller wallets, but of course it gives less because we pay less. Right now, if someone posts here at the UHH asking how to take better pictures of indoor sports {usually a related child is participating}, s/he is pointed to a constant f/2.8 long lens - and you can almost hear the OP wailing after seeing the price; in the future, I believe the answer will consist of a less pricey lens mounted on a relatively inexpensive camera which can handle high ISO settings gracefully as the D500 currently does.

But your question applies to the very near future. The D500 is known for high ISO settings and for high burst rates. Going to a sensor with more MP will require advances in sensor technology to keep the former, and advances in processor technology to keep the latter. Those advances will come, but having worked in R&D settings, I'm expecting that they will have to overcome several non-trivial obstacles, and it won't happen tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy the equipment you have today.

whitewolfowner

Blah, blah.....blah, blah, blah..............

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

An additional issue is that AFIK all current Nikon and Pentax cameras use Sony sensors; in fact, AFIK only Sony, Samsung, and Canon make sensors, and the latter two make them only for their own products, so getting a better sensor might be an issue right now, especially since Nikon isn't exactly loaded with money to commission a new "for us only" design.