I could not agree with you more. If you took my comments to mean that I was suggesting that "one size fits all", it was not intended that way. Cameras provides you with a set of tools. As photographers we select the tools we need and leave the others in the tool box. DSLRs have features that can be applied in various ways and Mirrorless features in other ways. A photographer invests in his camera for what tools he needs or thinks he needs. In your case, you would need a different set of tools than I would. I would never pretend to know what camera fits your needs and I am sure you would do the same. What I am tired of is that some posters on this site seem to think that their way is the only way and build there cases around their own needs and biases clearly trying to imply that they know something that the rest of us don't know, and it applies equally to the DSLR users as well as the Mirrorless. The same thing occurs with brands of cameras and you see it all the time on the posts. I have found from many years of experience that when you project absolutes like "Mirrorless has more features than DSLR "handsdown", the statement is generally false for everyone but the poster. The same can be said for Nikon vs Canon vs Sony, etc. We all have are needs and our biases, but as long as we project those as our opinions and not state them as absolute facts, the posts on UHH would be far better and open to much friendlier discussion rather than "rants," in my opinion. We all know what we personally need, want or desire, but that does not make it so for the universe outside of our own experience. Thanks for your comments and for you contributions to UHH.

Did you ever consider that maybe it's your ability to write rather than my ability to comprehend. This is the post that I responded to: Quote: "Mirrorless beats DSLRS as far as features hands down. I can’t believe you even wrote that. Lag? We are in late 2017, when was the last time you played with a mirrorless camera?"Unqoute. I did not look at any of your other posts after I saw this one. Shame on me!!! As I said your post is your opinion and not fact. Features are features and if you don't use them, they are totally useless. If your strictly counting features, you may be right. However, if you have 100 features and only use or care about 5, the other 95 are not relevant!!! I shoot wildlife and landscape mostly. I care about autofocus, big lenses, frame speed, low light capability and resolution and I don't do video. I own a Sony A7R11 mirrorless, so don't proceed to lecture me about my experience with mirrorless. My D500 and D850 are far superior to any mirrorless currently available for what I shoot, in my opinion. Here is a 2017 review of dslr vs. mirrorless features that you might what to try to read: http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/mirrorless-vs-dslr-1304910. Basically, it says that currently some features of the Dslr are better and some of the features of mirrorless are better. We all agree that mirrorless is probably the future, but it ain't here yet, bub. I repeat my statement that your Quote above is your opinion and nothing more. Your statement that Mirrorless features beat Dslr features handsdown is just not true unless you are just counting the number of features and that, in my opinion is not the least bit relevant to the discussion; but may well be your opinion. If so, go for it. Hope this response meets your expectations, but alas, I suspect it won't and I will have to wade through even more gibberish about how I can't comprehend your musings. I will make it easy on you and me as I won't be reading your expected response. Have a great weekend.

Just your opinion and not much more. We all have our own likes and dislikes and the fact that you believe that mirrorless has become the holy grail, has no impact on me or anyone else. Everyone is entitled to their opinion as it relates to them, but your comment seems to be a little on the "cheeky" side. Until a mirroless comes along that will out-perform my D850 and D500 in the field, i will stick with what I have.

Sorry, but I doubt you are correct in your lifetime or mine. Nikon isn't going anywhere except to continue to offer quality photo equipment. Same with Canon.

Steve
As always, very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

John Rupley

I believe the magic number is whether the package is insured for over $1,000. Over $1,000 and a signature is required; under and no signature is required. You can take comfort in the fact that it is insured and if you don't get it, the insurance kicks in. I have shipped a number of items and that seems to be the requirement by the insurance company at least for UPS. Adorama and B&H insure their camera deliveries no matter the cost and with UPS, I think the base level is $500, but the insurance is always the value of the contents. I would not lose any sleep over it. You should be fine.

Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I clearly meant tilting LCD as a fixed LCD does not solve the problem that was described.

As to the other, you are entitled to your opinion.

What's your problem? You post a graph that you think proves a point that you want to make, but you fail to read the underlying analysis of what the data really means and look like a dweeb. You want to shoot medium format film, knock yourself out. I frankly got real tired of buying film, storing it, developing it, blah, blah, blah. Your statement about putting a zoom on and only getting 24 mp, is totally without foundation and just your opinion. So, please don't try to insult the rest of us who love what digital brings to the table. Also, don't make statements you can't possibly back up like "How many lenses do you have that can match the resolution? None!" There are a lot of us on here who can prove you dead wrong on that question alone. Advice: Offer your opinion, but don't preach, or you are liable not to like the results.

Yea, but bites from ants, scorpions, spiders, etc. don't come out in the wash, nor does poison ivy. Furthermore, do you know what focus stacking is. In case you don't, it's the process of making the foreground, middle ground and background tack sharp particularly important in some landscape and macro photography. Go a head and try it with out an LCD. If you don't shoot that type of photography, then you may not need it. But don't speculate that because you don't need it, nobody needs it. If you ask most pros, they will tell you that it is a very important tool that they would not be without. Please don't try to imply that no one needs it and any type of photography can create the same quality images with a camera that does not have an LCD, because that my friend is "fake news".

Bruce
I did the same thing with a credit card. I contacted Customer Service by chat, and the customer service rep indicated that B&H sent an authorization through to check the validity of the account. He indicated that it would be released within 48 hours and that my CC would not be charged until the time the item was set to ship. Sure enough two days later and it was gone. Can't speak to PayPal, but I do know that my PayPal is direct deposit and that is why I never use it unless circumstance dictate. You might want to contact B&H to see if you can get your funds returned until the item ships. Probably worth a try.

That probably works as long as your camera equipment is in the safe. What happens when you actually use it and it gets stolen. Could be stolen out of your hotel room, car, boat, train, etc. The safe isn't going to be of much help in recouping your investment. Just saying...

With all due respect, I will stick with my Nikon guy. Besides, whoever made it, it works great and in the end that is all that matters.

Sony, but Nikon has some proprietary design improvements and markets them as a private label Nikon sensor. I have a friend who works for Nikon USA and he told me that, so I have no reason to doubt it.

Spent about 3 hrs and the preserve with D500 and 200mm - 500mm. Beautiful day. Would appreciate any comments, criticisms, etc. I suggest downloading for best view of images. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them.

John

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Very funny. I couldn't stop laughing. Very well done.

John