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<blockquote data-quote="JimL" data-source="post: 845925" data-attributes="member: 69920">Hello - this is my first post. Intermediate / advanced beginner level.Advice please - i want to upgrade current equipment for bird photography. Birds often distant and in flight. Often requires walking several miles in rough terrain and all weathers.Currently I have d780 and 200-500 mm nikkor lens. I am also have 1.4 TCE iii teleconvertor and have used this.I am happy with image quality. I have experimented with AF settings and find it ok with practice, but often miss focus.I work handheld.I want to stick with dslr - although may move to mirrorless in futures. Budget - don’t want to go much over £2000 after any trade ins.My main issue is the weigh and bulk of this set up. Second issue relatively slow af.Considering mainly&nbsp; 2 options :1 stay with d780 and get 500 pf lens2 buy good used d500 and use with 300 pf and 1.4 TC - (lens cheaper, smaller, lighter - money saved on 500 pf goes towards new body?)Or various other permutations ….I’d be very grateful for your thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimL, post: 845925, member: 69920"] Hello - this is my first post. Intermediate / advanced beginner level. Advice please - i want to upgrade current equipment for bird photography. Birds often distant and in flight. Often requires walking several miles in rough terrain and all weathers. Currently I have d780 and 200-500 mm nikkor lens. I am also have 1.4 TCE iii teleconvertor and have used this. I am happy with image quality. I have experimented with AF settings and find it ok with practice, but often miss focus. I work handheld. I want to stick with dslr - although may move to mirrorless in futures. Budget - don’t want to go much over £2000 after any trade ins. My main issue is the weigh and bulk of this set up. Second issue relatively slow af. Considering mainly 2 options : 1 stay with d780 and get 500 pf lens 2 buy good used d500 and use with 300 pf and 1.4 TC - (lens cheaper, smaller, lighter - money saved on 500 pf goes towards new body?) Or various other permutations …. I’d be very grateful for your thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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