I recently posted my desire to move from a crop sensor and bridge camera to a reasonably priced FX model. My post asked for help from fellow UHH’s as to models that were decent and would stay within my modest budget.
I had four pages of responses. All helpful and many highly and strongly varied.

Then I received a response wherein the UHH asked me to PM him. And I did so. He replied that he would be sending me a Nikon D700 no longer needed as he had more advanced bodies as well as a mirrorless. All he asked for was my address.

I was blown away and gushed my thanks!

Many had suggested that I save up additional funds and bump up to a D610, D750, etc. so that was my plan. However this generous gentleman has now allowed me to learn with a still sound body at no expense. I will buy a used lens and begin honing my skills. If I decide to move on to a later model FX, I shall pay forward this D700 and my FZ1000 bridge camera.

It is highly refreshing and heart lifting (in this time of such great divisiveness) to be a part of such a helpful and generous group of folks.

I have kept this donor’s identity to myself as I am thinking that would be his desire.
Kudos to all of you!

One last thing before you go off buying additional memory or a new graphics card.
Please try the following to see if this will point a finger at the real reason that you are taking >1 minute /file to process.

Please let us know if this works for you. . . For Windoze folks, that is.

Another hint. Close all programs not in use as this will allow your computer to perform at its best.
After doing this, open "Task Manager" (Control-ALT-Delete) then select "Performance" and watch the graphs as the program processes the file to see if you have enough Memory/CPU, etc.
Also: DO NOT select "Auto-Update Preview" Edit: Now known as "Compare"!!
It may be handy for making small changes but it will REALLY ADD to your processing times!

Best wishes and hopes for a . . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

I expect some to say that this is not necessary. This isn't about that debate. I bought this camera and wanted to try the automatic feature on some of my lenses, and I was very disappointed with the results.

I followed the directions carefully. The condensed version is that you focus in Live View and then press two buttons simultaneously for the camera to do the job for you without the usual trial and error. The camera "clicks", the mirror goes down, and it the camera comes up with a value anywhere from -20 to +20 for a given lens.

I spent an hour doing this with four lenses, two of them G lenses and two D (screw drive) lenses. The values returned were not consistent and were all over the place. I tried using 4 different high contrast targets that I printed out from the internet. Different targets produced different results, and they weren't even close to one another. I'd reposition the camera a bit and the results would change. I'd get results from -13 to +4 on one lens in particular. I put a 50mm f/1.4 AF-D on the camera, and the first result was -20. At that point, I decided to forget the whole thing and turn off the AF Fine Tune feature. I can't trust these results. I'm not even sure I needed to do this. I took pictures with all three lenses after getting the camera and didn't see any problems.

Did I do anything wrong? I don't think so. I followed the directions to the letter.

When in the Library Module of LR, look for the Sort pull down menu in the Tool Bar, which is immediately below the image window. If Tool Bar is not visible, press the keyboard "t" to toggle this toolbar on and off. By changing the sort order (also note ascending or descending icon beside the Sort tool), you can change how the filmstrip is organized. I've noticed that third party plugins sometimes alter previous sort settings and place modified images at the end of the filmstrip.

Hope this helps.