You conveniently forget that Budgets are passed by Congress. That includes the House of Representatives.
The house is controlled by the Democrats. The President presents a budget, the congress modifies it and passes it. At the end of the day, the President has very little to say in the matter.

Had we a Republican Congress, House and Senate, and either a Republican President or Democrat President, the US Federal Budget would be different. There is history to prove this.

Also remember, money is power and all politicians crave power.

for the past two months whenever I took a picture, it was immediately reviewable in the monitor.

No longer, I must select the arrow button first, to review my picture.

Page 225 of instruction book reads, if Image Review is ON in the playback menu (P249) photos are automatically displayed in the monitor Menu option f4, “menus and playback” is turned on.

been reading this book all day and simply can not understand why this option changed

UHH folks are fast and smarter than I…I had a problem earlier and it was solved in less than 5 min by UHH members…

for the past two months whenever I took a picture, it was immediately reviewable in the monitor.

No longer, I must select the arrow button first, to review my picture.

Page 225 of instruction book reads, if Image Review is ON in the playback menu (P249) photos are automatically displayed in the monitor Menu option f4, “menus and playback” is turned on.

been reading this book all day and simply can not understand why this option changed

UHH folks are fast and smarter than I…I had a problem earlier and it was solved in less than 5 min by UHH members…

I suggest you look at the Z7; similar sensor to the D850 but all of the advantages of mirrorless for product photography. And you can use your current DX lenses for 20mp images while you sort out your lens upgrades.

I recommend mirrorless because they are shooting live view all of the time; so what you see is what you get. And it's easy to run the output to an external monitor.

An alternative would be to consider an Olympus E-M1.2 and 12-40 f/2.8 lens, which has excellent close focus capability. The Olympus has a high resolution mode that can produce 80mp images with much better color stability and no moire. You need to use a very stable tripod and shooting table, but if that's how you shoot then the results are incredible.

"And why do you think you need to upgrade?"

I took a look at the catalog from the factory and I saw excellent images in there but you know that already. I have not seen those big images you mentioned. The images in the catalog have plenty of details.
I have no experience with the D850 and I am sure I will never will. I use a 24 Mp. camera and the files are not only full of details but very capable of big enlargements. You mentioned colors in your post and I seriously question if you will see a difference using the D850. A color space has so many colors and that cannot be changed by using one camera over another. sRGB is the same regardless of the camera in use.

I am sure you have the money to spend otherwise you would not be interested in a D850 so buying the camera is your prerogative.
I feel that if it is not broken I should not fix it.

HI ALL: My name is Dick Clark. I do product photography for our family business that takes me all over the world. With my camera of course! I shoot for our catalogs and websites. I Supply photos to our customers for their catalogs and websites. I provided images to Cabela's that went into 3,000,000 catalogs.

We do signs with photos that are 2ft X 4ft digital prints on Sintra plastic sheets for trade shows. They print on both sides with near perfect registration. We can put them on tall light stands so customers can see them in both directions. I do product shots of polished-shiny-chrome plated products. These are very hard to get good pictures of because the chrome draws and reflects light from everywhere. I built light tables with LED flood lights in light boxes that have diffusers on the them to provide light to surround the product top and bottom. I also use sheet gels to create color casts that go on flood light boxes to enhance the products. LED lights are great because they can go in enclosed boxes because they don't heat up as much as incandescent bulbs.

My Photography has gone from a hobby to an insanity. Here's our website:
http://online.flipbuilder.com/nvsa/fhfx/mobile/index.html I love that the folks on UglyHedgehog are nearly as insane as I am.

I shoot with a D7200. I use a Nikon Micro lens for small parts and flowers. 10-24 DX
wide angle for bigger parts and landscape shots. And a 300 DX telephoto for zoom.

So I look forward to what you think of me upgrading to the D850 for the pictures I'm taking. I'm also interested in what lenses you'll recommend. Does anybody know if Nikon is going to come out with a new version of the D850?

Hi all,

I have an F5 that is in need of repair - specifically the front wheel that controls aperture randomly selects an aperture value when spun. I've tried all of the home remedies to no avail. This is a common problem with these cameras, but I am finding it difficult to find anyone that will repair it.

Anyone have a recommendation? I have called numerous repair facilities and either they only work on DSLR's, or the F5 is not among the cameras that they will service.

Thanks!