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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 621625" data-attributes="member: 43545">I read the whole thread and still did not see a compelling reason to get any new camera. The D610 is an excellent IQ camera for portraits, the only weakness is shutter speed and flash sync speed for those daylight low key light images no one is going to tell an image from a D800 or D610 unless cropped a great deal. The only camera in the list that is departure is the D500 due to its Expeed 5 processor and AF. If you shoot jpg, the image processor would make a difference but if shooting raw with good glass, the D800 is still the best for serious work, it is rugged and has excellent DR and better effective low light results when downsizing to equal image size. Neither of the cameras you have limit you in your preferred subjects. I would invest in things that make more of a difference, such as a really good portrait lens(105 1.4 for example or the 58 1.4 ) but the 85 1.8G is good enough. Lighting is the difference between a wall worthy portrait and a snapshot.&nbsp; No camera difference will trump any lighting improvement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 621625, member: 43545"] I read the whole thread and still did not see a compelling reason to get any new camera. The D610 is an excellent IQ camera for portraits, the only weakness is shutter speed and flash sync speed for those daylight low key light images no one is going to tell an image from a D800 or D610 unless cropped a great deal. The only camera in the list that is departure is the D500 due to its Expeed 5 processor and AF. If you shoot jpg, the image processor would make a difference but if shooting raw with good glass, the D800 is still the best for serious work, it is rugged and has excellent DR and better effective low light results when downsizing to equal image size. Neither of the cameras you have limit you in your preferred subjects. I would invest in things that make more of a difference, such as a really good portrait lens(105 1.4 for example or the 58 1.4 ) but the 85 1.8G is good enough. Lighting is the difference between a wall worthy portrait and a snapshot. No camera difference will trump any lighting improvement. [/QUOTE]

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