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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 744822" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>My brother is a Canon pro rep. I've played with his cameras. They are pretty incredible. Which is precisely why I still have two D500's that live with the 300mm and 500mm PF lenses on them. Because as good as what's out there is, if I am dead honest with myself and try to cost justify all the times I've been pissed off because I missed a shot between two shots taken 1/10s apart or that I couldn't track the critter with the mirror flopping or just didn't get that focus locked on a lifer kind of shot, well, I'd realize just how ridiculous I sound thinking that dumping nearly $10K worth of gear (plus all my other Nikon stuff) so I can switch to something else that will prove to me that it's the shooter that needed the fixing more than anything is something worth considering.</p><p></p><p>I make money shooting wildlife (more correctly, I defray some of my equipment costs by selling my photographs), but unless my entire income depended on it I'm happy to wait for Nikon to eventually catch up with a pro sports/wildlife mirrorless. I think they will have one next year. And if they don't I'll still be saving money for when they do instead of fretting over FPS and focus systems.</p><p></p><p>And yes, my brother is still pissed after 4 years on the job that he hasn't been able to get me to his side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 744822, member: 9240"] My brother is a Canon pro rep. I've played with his cameras. They are pretty incredible. Which is precisely why I still have two D500's that live with the 300mm and 500mm PF lenses on them. Because as good as what's out there is, if I am dead honest with myself and try to cost justify all the times I've been pissed off because I missed a shot between two shots taken 1/10s apart or that I couldn't track the critter with the mirror flopping or just didn't get that focus locked on a lifer kind of shot, well, I'd realize just how ridiculous I sound thinking that dumping nearly $10K worth of gear (plus all my other Nikon stuff) so I can switch to something else that will prove to me that it's the shooter that needed the fixing more than anything is something worth considering. I make money shooting wildlife (more correctly, I defray some of my equipment costs by selling my photographs), but unless my entire income depended on it I'm happy to wait for Nikon to eventually catch up with a pro sports/wildlife mirrorless. I think they will have one next year. And if they don't I'll still be saving money for when they do instead of fretting over FPS and focus systems. And yes, my brother is still pissed after 4 years on the job that he hasn't been able to get me to his side. [/QUOTE]
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