If you mean the soft release that screws into the shutter release button then I don't use them. I do use the mechanical shutter release cable as well as the electric ones.

Thank you for your advice and I only check out the Sony because someone said that the Sony is fully electronic and doesn't wear out. Initially I was looking only in the Nikon digital SLR line up and I have decided to stay that way because using adapter isn't going to work well as I see you and others have pointed out. I am happy with the performance of the old lenses that I have and putting them on a Nikon digital SLR wouldn't make them perform any worse. The fact that I now have decided to buy the Nikon Df because it has the type of controls I like plus the fact that it has only 16MP so my not so sharp lenses would be fine with it. I want to switch to digital only because I don't have a darkroom any more and I am looking forward to use my digital camera as much the same way as my film cameras as possible. The only feature I look for in digital besides that is the ability to photograph in low light.

Your lens is capable of maximum f/3.5 to f/5.6 depending on the zoom setting. If you set the zoom to 55mm then it would only go down to f/5.6. For whatever reason you need a larger aperture than this than you would have to buy a new lens. Buying a new camera will not let you open to a larger aperture (smaller number) with the same lens.

Well that would exclude a number of my AF-D lenses. You said you prefer the SLR viewfinder and me too but besides the viewfinder what are the advantages of the Sony vs the Nikon?

No I don't.

I am not sure about arms and legs as I paid about $3000 in early 1997 for my F5.

Well Chris,
After a while they switched me to shoot copies of prints. Still using a macro lens all day. You worked for Olan Mills right Chris? You guys must do a good job as I copied so many of prints from Olan Mills. Sh...eesh! Don't tell anyone Okay? Well when I was promoted to manager of the place I stopped taking those types of orders. After graduation I worked as a controls engineer to design control system for production machinery. I designed control system for new machines as well as retrofitting old machines. I've worked for several employers since then but basically the same type of work.

Thank you for all the replies. I was only checking out the Nikon line but since I made this post http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-507703-1.html there are people who recommended that I should investigate on the Sony because I can use my Nikon lenses and someone said that the Sony doesn't have mechanical parts to wear out.
I don't really have a budget and initially thought about the D5 but then I thought that since I got much older I also take much more care of my camera so there is no need for the toughness of the D5. Also the D5 is supposed to be very fast but I have since determined not doing sport or wild life so the speed isn't needed. I did considered the D750, D810, D850 and Df. I looked only in the full frame line because I don't want to deal with the crop factor and I want my lenses to work just like they always did. I think I will get the Df before this weekend because I like its controls (of my film cameras I like the controls of the F3 a lot better than the F5) and still consider the D850 but that's for later. The reason I put off the D850 right now because I haven't seen one in real life. I heard that my lenses which most of them are old aren't sharp enough to make full use of the D850. Also I think perhaps the price of the D850 would get a bit lower in the near future.

Oh I am sorry that adapter is for the Sony A mount and I don't think it will work on the A7 or A9.

Since I've been looking to buy my first digital camera and I have a good number of Nikon F mount lenses to use I have a question regarding the use of Nikon lenses on the Sony A7 and A9 cameras.
I have lenses that are AI, AF-D and AF-S lenses. Is there any adapter that would allow for AF on the AF-D and or AF-S lenses? For manual focusing the Nikon would have the lens always at maximum aperture and automatically stops it down to the set aperture during the actual exposure. With an adapter would the Sony do that or I have to stop the lens down before taking the picture or can I leave the lens at set aperture all the time including while focusing? With the G lens how can I control the aperture? What kind of exposure mode is possible with an adapter? M, A, S, P? My local store doesn't have any adapter that I can try.
Thanks for any information you can give. I know I can ask Mr. Google but may be it's faster asking here?
PS: I am content to get a Nikon digital SLR but I have suggestions to consider the Sony.

Oh I forgot I have seen one from Hasselblad as well.

I've been shopping for digital camera as I don't have one yet right now. I have seen mirrorless from Sony, Fuji, Olympus and Panasonic. Nikon and Canon do have some too. But as of right now I decided not getting a mirrorless.

Oh OK thanks. I respond to his thread asking about strap. I gave him my honest answer and respectfully ask him for his answer. I hope he doesn't put me on his list.

How much do you get for the image?

But how do we do that? I am new here.