On our trip to Disney World this past December, I took only my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I got good shots, but I found it was quite limiting. I would usually take my Nikon 850 with 2 lenses. A 70-200 f4 and a 16-35 r4.
I will be going back to that set-up when we return in August. The weight doesn’t bother me too much, I’ve been carrying heavy Nikons cameras and lenses for 50+ years

A few photos from The Herd’s game with Toledo.
Shot with a Nikon D850, Nikon 70-200 f 4 lens, ISO 5000, 1/1250 sec at f4.

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Oh, I can’t thank you enough! I didn’t realize that’s all it takes to make me better! I spent a lot of wasted time learning photography. I guess that’s why I have people say, “that’s a good picture, you must have a good camera.”
Silly me, I thought that I had at least something to do with it.

I have 2 Nikon 850s and 8 lenses that work just fine. I see no need to switch to mirror less just for the sake of switching. I’ve been a professional photographer since 1978 when I took the job at Marshall University. I retired in 2020 but still do several freelance jobs, with pay, a month. Including still shooting sports for Marshall. I have used a couple of friends mirrorless and I could not see much difference in the final results. Some day, I may have to switch, but for now I will stay with what I have and may try to pick up another D850. By the way, I haven’t had to have any service on my camera bodies since the 1980s.

My wife and I both have the 200-500 lens. We shot football last season coupled with Nikon 850s
It performed exceptionally well. Sharp and fast autofocus. The only thing we had to get use to was the long turn necessary to go from 200-500. But we soon got the hang of it.

I have used, both the D5, the year after if was introducing until 2020. Since then I have used , and have two D850s. The D5 was a university camera that was one of many I used as the university photographer. A position I held for 41 years.
In my use, the D850s low light performance is as good as the D5. I have not noticed any more noise. I still shoot university football and basketball games. The D850 shooting rate is not as fast as the D5, but still does the job. The extra MPs of the 850 are a plus. I can shoot from one end of the field to the other and still be able to crop close to the action. I use a Nikon 200-500 for sports. Sorry I have never used the D6

I have 2 D850 bodies. It is an exceptionally good camera. I have used 20+ years old Nikon lenses and have never had any problems. The images were sharp, color great, and fast auto-focus. The lenses I used most shooting football were the Nikon 400 f2.8 and the Nikon 80-200 f 2.8. Never a problem when used on the D850.

Sadly, I think you are right. In the 1970s as a student at Marshall University, the other student photographers and I, would look forward to the photo spreads in Look and Life and other publications. We shot for the student newspaper and every couple of weeks we would get a two page spread to do a photo story. Working for the yearbook one year, we did a 16 page One Day in the Life of Marshall University. We had 30+ students taking photos, each with a specific area or person and the university. It was a lot of work developing film, looking at contact sheets to chose the photos to use, but it was a great time. Don’t see that much anymore.

I bought the same camera in 1971 also. It’s still in good working condition.

Sorry it was a 400 2.8 lens

Thanks! These were taken with a Nikon D850 with a Nikon 500 f2.8 lens.

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Thanks! I like to get get close ups like that to see the emotion and concentration on the faces.