The 200mm should work just fine. My Tokina 100mm works great in auto and manual focus. It's just the focus shift (stacking) feature that is disabled. Unless the body recognizes an AF-S or AF-P lens attached, the menu to activate the focus shifting is greyed-out.

Indeed, the signature was out of date. I'll take a look at the Sigma. It's about $400 off retail I noticed, and it appears to be compliant. I'll drop Sigma a line. Thanks!

I received my new D850 today (ordered directly from Nikon on Oct 8th, for those tracking the delivery times), and was excited to try out the new Focus Shift feature with my trusted Tokina 100mm. Unfortunately, the D850 will not allow that particular lens to access the Focus Shift feature. The manual indicates only AF-S and AF-P lenses will work, and it does work just fine with a variety of my Nikon and Tamron lens.

But, I only have one macro lens, which is the Tokina. It works superbly with the D850, just not with the new stacking feature. So, before I jump the gun and purchase a replacement macro lens, I'm curious if anyone has found a work-around?

Based on the info in the manual, the Nikkor 200mm f/4 D may not work either. So, I'm probably left with the Nikkor 105mm - budget wise, anyway.

Anyone tried focus shift with a non- AF-S or AF-P lens with success? I suspect Nikon is relying on the internal lens motor for a precise shift from image to image. But, it doesn't hurt to ask.

Thanks.

Might be a good use for Fro Knows Foto’s MyGearVault app. I just downloaded it yesterday. It tracks all your gear, including receipts, all on your smartphone. The app appears to be free. They make their money on optional insurance.

The advantage I see with managing the files/folders yourself, vs using Lightroom, is you won't go through what I went through when Apple ditched Aperture. I preferred Aperture's photo management to Lightroom, but made the move when Apple announced they were abandoning the product. Now that I've moved to LR, and observing Adobe play games with CC / Classic, it may only be a matter of time when I'm forced to seek another software solution for the management my images. I think I'll go to system files and folders next time. Thanks.

Thanks everyone for your input. You've been a great help.

Way back when I purchased my first digital camera, I followed a recommendation to keep every image; no matter how blurry, bad, dark, or blown-out. Storage is cheap, and you never know when you might need one of those old images. Well, I've never really needed any of those images (yet). Today, I still keep everything. However, my shooting volume is beginning to outpace my storage growth, so I'm considering dumping the low quality shots, at least moving forward. Especially, considering my new d850 I'm getting tomorrow stores (up to) 100mb images. If my math is correct, and I shoot and keep 100 shots, I'll need 10gb to store it. For me, that's going to be about 75gb to 100gb per week.

I currently have everything in LR, and none of it is archived (or whatever the nomenclature is for offline storage in LR). Cataloging (sic) photos with images stored somewhere else (offline, but physically available) is something worth considering. I'm not a proponent of using the cloud for my primary method of storage, for at least 100 reasons. So, I keep everything (except backups of course) in-house.

I'm curious what you keep. I do understand this is a personal decision that depends on my particular circumstances - so please hold off on that lecture. As I make my decision moving forward, I'd like to include the perspective of others.


Thanks for your time.

Are you sure you didn't accidentally apply a filter from a program like Photoshop? The second one looks similar to Photoshop's half-tone distort filter.

How about a feature that tracks your eye, then maintains focus on the same point in the viewfinder you are focusing on. Would be great for action sports and birds in flight. As long as you are looking at the bird's eye, the camera maintains focus on that point. The technology exists, it would just need to be made a bit more precise with quicker response.

Great photos.

Is there any particular time of the day you are likely to capture shots with the greatest amount of reflection?

Promise, I will. The focus stacking feature, as Nikon calls it, is the first thing I plan on testing. I can’t wait. I should get my camera by Friday.

I'll test that feature out on the d850 I expect to receive this week.

I have mine all reprogrammed. What I want is more buttons to program, and have a few of them right next to each other. I tend to over-customize things, especially when my OCD kicks in. I'm sure if they gave me five buttons, I'd probably want eight.

My tripod (as many do) has a leg that twists off and converts to a monopod, so I have have in the field. If I need to be extra still, I use the tripod, otherwise, I find the mono easier to manage. It also takes some of the stress (weight) off with heavier lenses.

I'd like to see an array, maybe of three, buttons located about where the ae/af lock is on the d750, all of which can be programmed to my liking. With the d750, there are three buttons I can program, but they're all over the camera. I want a few in one area, then I can simply move my thumb a bit to the left or right. But, keep the two programmables on the front as well. This will give me a total of five buttons.