I bought a Nikon D7000 in 2011. I am now ready to make another purchase. I have a limited budget and have saved up $1200. I have both DX and FX lenses. My two plans are as follows. All lenses aside from the 24-70 are Nikon.

#1 Buy a refurbished D500 and have the ability to use all my lenses.

#2 Buy a new or refurbished D750 to go along with (50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 105mm 2.8, Sigma 24-70 2.8, 70-300 4.5-5.6 VR. Give the D7000 along with (35mm 1.8 DX, 18-140 DX to an aspiring photographer)

I will be left with a Nikon 12-24 f4 that I may attempt to sell in an attempt to gather money for a new FX lens purchase.

The D750 is available new for $1295 and $1050 refurbished. D750 is available refurbished for $1350.

Lastly, Rumor is a new D760 is on the way. Will the prices for the D750 drop further?

I know that a lot of talented and intelligent photographers use this site and are willing to help in a constructive way. In advance Thank You.

For the past 5 years I have been printing at home with a Canon Pro 100 printer using Canon's Print Studio Pro plugin for Photoshop with outstanding results. Last week there was a discussion about which paper is the best. Someone mentioned using Costco (Kirkland) paper. They make great hot dogs and pizza so I gave it a try. To my surprise the results were stunning, no difference between Canon and Costco papers --- except for cost: 20 sheet pack Canon 8 1/2 x 11 glossy from Amazon = $7.99 > $.40/sheet; 150 sheet pack Kirkland 8 1/2 x 11 glossy from Costco = $24.95 > $.17/sheet. Don't know about durability, but I'm sure they will outlast me. BTW, I did do a comparison of the two papers using the "Print" mode for Photoshop. The prints came out the same, but not as vibrant as with Print Studio Pro.

I have also wrestled with the problem as have many with getting prints just right. For what its worth my print settings for Print Studio Pro using Relative Colorimetric Intent: Brightness = +20, Contrast = +10, Cyan =+10, Magenta = -5, Yellow = -5. Note: Have not seen much difference between Relative Colormetric and Perspective Intents.

Intent Definitions - Per the Photoshop Print Dialog

Perceptual - Aims to preserve the visual relationship between color so it's perceived as natural to the human eye, even though the color values themselves may change. This intent is suitable for photographic images with out-of-gamut colors.

Relative Colorimetric - Compares the white of the source color space to that of the destination color space and shifts all color accordingly. Out-of-gamut colors are shifted to the closest reproducible color in the destination color space. Relative colorimetric preserves more of the original colors in an image than Perceptual.

I have a Canon 7D which has an APS-C camera sensor and gives a crop factor of 1.6. Some literature I read says that as a consequence, a standard lens will provide a perceived zoom. So for example, if I have a 100mm lens, the camera sensor will provide the equivalent to a 160mm lens (100x1.6 = 160 mm). Other literature just says that it just provides a reduced image from that which a full sensor would provide. In other words a reduced image.

I can't see how a standard lens will provide a perceived zoom. I think it will just in essence crop the picture that would be provided by a standard lens. A lens will just do what it is designed to do and cannot zoom beyond its normal range ... or have I got it wrong?

In short - help!!!