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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 834758" data-attributes="member: 48483">A few thoughts. As I read your story I really hear a lot of desire for zooming in to long telephoto focal length. I do not detect any concern for shooting a wider focal for things like group photos or a landscape. I am guessing that is not the case and you are taking that ability for granted?So if you primarily are wanting the long telephoto shots for nature subjects and that is mostly what you going to take pictures of, then A D500 is about the best of your choices and by all means get the 200-500mm lens. But you may want a have another lens of the 18-55mm range for those other photos. I generally recommend a full-frame camera when you are desiring to photograph scenes with a wide field and also have the more pleasing background blur to isolate subjects better. This is something you compromise when choosing a DX format camera, but with the camera cropping out already what you were going to cut out in post.Now if a full-frame sensor is going to make more sense to you, a D5 is not my first choice. It is large and Nikon really had photo-journalism and sports photography as the primary purpose of the "flagship" bodies. The Z9 today is of that mold also. For nature photos I am going to say the best F-mount tool is the D850. And if that looks like too much, a D760 has much of the important stuff in common.And I am going to drop in a crop-sensor curveball to this. Check out the price for a Z50II and then the Z180-600mm lens.<s> I am not going to fully endorse this because the combination would have no vibration-reduction at all. You are really going to want that.</s> I am corrected here. Now I would endorse this option. Better autofocus system by miles and the lens gives better reach.</blockquote>

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