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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 804144" data-attributes="member: 48483">A lot of good points presented so far. While the D850 is considered by many to be the best F-mount camera, that does not have to mean it is the best for you.Looking at your lenses, you basically have 2 full-frame lenses. Of course the DX lenses will work on a D850, but there is a cost/penalty for doing that. They will bring the performance of the D850 down to the level of the lens used. The sensor of the D850 is detailed enough to reveal issues with less expensive glass. And you will only see a small frame in the viewfinder for what will be recorded in DX mode. Less autofocus points available that way, lower-resolution photos, and the list goes on. The right way to do this is to make a shopping list of new glass to add, whether it be new or used. F-mount lenses on the used market are becoming more available all the time, bringing down prices.Now the reason all that F-mount glass is out there to buy is because the market is shifting to mirrorless (Z-mount or other brand). Are you an older person who would be foolish to reinvest in a new system at advanced age? Maybe sticking with crop-sensor F-mount is the answer. Are you younger and expect to buy other new camera bodies in the future? Why invest in yesterday's system when Nikon is slowly phasing it out.So to change the way to look at this: I bought a new vehicle in recent months. It has a gas engine and I am locked into buying gasoline for the next 10-11 years by my estimate now. That is when I figure to retire and buy a replacement car like so many retirees do. Will gasoline be yesterday's news by then and I buy electric? It could well be. So don't be so locked in on what is the best of the past that you lose sight of what will come in the future.</blockquote>

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