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No second card slot is a deal breaker for me. I have been shooting with a DX camera lately--a D5300. I'm using it as a back up camera and also for long hikes where I'm trying to cut weight. It doens't have two cards either, but I'm not using it as a primary camera. Kent in SD

What I was hoping for was something that reflected their history. How about a rangefinder styled mirrorless camera that takes Nikon S lenses? That could have been something cool. I don't really have much interest in upgraded D5 etc.--those will come anyway and are nothing special. Kent in SD

All they can come up with is a special color? Yawn. Kent in SD

You really don't have the lenses for it, unless you are using an iOptron etc. The best low cost choice is a Samyang 14mm f2.8. I use the Nikon 20mm f1.8G (for now.) Another good choice is the Samyang 24mm f1.4, depending on what you want to do. Kent in SD

Astonishing revival of a dead camera! Kent in SD

I look at camera gear as a system, not just a pile of pieces. All the pieces must have a "job" to do and work well together as an efficient system. After re-reading what your goals are, here's my recommendations: N90 35mm--keep. Won't bring much $$ anyway. D70s DSLR--keep. If you are shooting weddings for pay, very foolish to not have a back up camera. AF 50mm 1.8D--keep or replace with Nikon 35mm f1.8 DX. AF 28-80mm 3.5-5.6D--sell. Not a good lens for weddings AF 70-300mm 4-5.6G--keep. A much better choice would be the new Nikon 70-300mm AF-P with VR ($150 to $200.) AF 85mm 1.8D--keep. It's fast and OK. AF-S ED 18-70mm 3.5-4.5G--sell. Has no VR. You are far better off with a used Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 HSM OS. No-brainer. SB-600 Speedlight--keep. SB-50 DX Speedlight--replace with Nikon SB-700 (or another SB-600). Easier to use, compatible with Nikon CLS, and you need a better back up flash. D7200 (used)--add. You will wonder why you didn't buy one earlier. Doing the above would better align your system with your needs, and be a much more efficient use of the money you have tied up. If you are shooting weddings for pay, your next big advance will come from replacing 70-300mm with a used 70-200mm f2.8 type lens (Tamron, Nikon, Sigma.) Huge advance, budget ~$500. Don't be so hung up on cameras--your lens selection is also weak. Kent in SD

Find a used D7200 on ebay. Virtually everything I own (thousands of $$) has come from ebay and I've had no problems over the past 14 years. The past month I bought a used Nikon D5300 for $325, used Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS for $210, used Nikon 70-300mm AF-P VR for $140. The Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS is EXCELLENT! It's better than the Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 I used to own and use for weddings. My advice, based on my own personal experience, is to sell your 28-80 and 18-70mm and buy a used Sigma 17-50mm f2.8. You will gain three things. First, the lens is f2.8 and is faster. Second, the lens has OS, which is their version of VR. Third, the lens is just flat out sharper than anything you currently have! I mean noticeably sharper here. Oh, and fourth the Sigma has HSM which is their version of AFS. This gives the lens pretty much instant focus. On a D7200 this lens will be a killer--it will have the speed for low light, sharpness beats anything you have, and the focus is rocket fast. No-brainer here. I see used D7200 sometimes selling for ~$650 on ebay. body only (no lens.) That is the way to go--again no-brainer for what you want. I think you'll be stunned by just how much better a D7200 + Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 HSM OS is than what you have. Be advised that prices on used gear is still close to a seasonal low right now but will quickly start to rise as people begin to think more about spring and summer photography. Kent in SD

One of my favorite posters--I was missing his contributions. Great guy with much insight. Kent in SD

Why are you reinventing the wheel here? Just get a Rolliecord. It,s square and will give better quality. Kent in SD

If looking for a square format camera, always take a look at the photos of the viewfinder. If it isn't square in the photo, it won't be square on the film. :-) Kent in SD

My solution was to buy a Nikon D5300, a very compact & capable camera. I put a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS lens on it. If I need a longer lens I can pull those out of my D800E bag when on a trip. Kent in SD

Nikon 24-120mm f4 VR and the new yet to be released Sigma 100-400mm OS. It's a very compact telezoom, takes 67mm filters. I don't see 200mm or 300mm enough for birds. https://www.sigmaphoto.com/100-400mm-f5-63-dg-os-hsm-c Kent in SD

Looks like someone dumped a Nikon 16-80mm on ebay for $400. I would have paid that. I'll add the lens to my watch list. Kent in SD

Have not seen any reviews that include metrics such as resolution. And anyway, I just can't justify spending over $1K on a lens that is basically a back up. In a year or two there will be used ones available, and I'll see how it compares to the Sigma 17-50mm f2.8. That lens seems to be second best only to the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8. After 50mm I will just use the longer lenses I have for the D800E. Kent in SD

Rebates were never an incentive for me. I almost always buy used. I save a lot more money. Just bought a Nikon D5300 for $290, and it's essentially the same as the latest D5600 at $700. Unfortunately, Nikon doesn't make a really first rate travel zoom for it, so I am buying a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8. (Also from ebay.) Kent in SD

This is a long read, but worth it. I think it explains why the rebates of the past really weren't a good idea. https://petapixel.com/2017/03/02/another-big-camera-store-fails-many-closing/ Kent inSD

I never knew about the Petri. That Canonet looks like a nice little camera! Kent in SD

No, this is not a good choice at all. Nowhere near wide enough. Probably the best choice is a Tokina 11-16mm f2.8, or maybe the Tokina 11-20mm f2.8. Tokina also makes a 14-20mm f2 which is even faster, but again barely wide enough at 14mm. Sigma is coming out with a 14mm f1.8 and that will almost certainly be my next lens. There is a Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f2.8 that is popular for this, but on DX it too is barely wide enough (but would work.) Kent in SD

I have a couple of Barnack Leicas, and the one you show doesn't seem to have the fit & finish of Leica. It likely is a post war Russian copy. Kent in SD

Huh? What posts. As for Brownies-I love them! I had a box camera collection that at its peak a couple of years ago numbered about 30. Maybe I should go out and shoot some more with a couple, especially the Kodak Panoram No.1.:)

I use SB-25 flash (up to eight of them) all the time with my D800E. I am using manual radio triggers (CyberSyncs) and have no problem. I chose the SB-25 because they are inexpensive, reliable, and plentiful. Considering you can buy SB-25 on ebay for something like $30, my box full of eight of them would cost under $250. That's a lot of light for the money! They will work in the hot shoe in either M or A mode too. Kent in SD

I don't really consider -15F "extreme" cold. I start having trouble with film somewhere around -40: I've had rolls simply snap and break. I use lithuim batteries, and keep two spares in an inner pocket. As for cold affecting exposure, shooting in -30 & -40 temps I haven't seen that. If your shutters are recently cleaned and lubed they could be slow though. Kent in SD

Shooting over a dozen weddings (maybe 15-18), and using the D7100 for hundreds of night photos and "street" photos, never once saw banding. You worry too much about stuff on internet, I think. If cost is a big consideration here, you will be better off with a less expensive camera (D7100) and a more expensive lens (17-50mm f2.8). That is generally the case anyway. The camera I use is worth maybe $1,200 on ebay but my lenses are worth $8,000. I buy the very best lenses that are available. With the money leftover, I buy a used camera. To put more money into a camera than a lens is exactly backwards. Kent in SD

Again, for weddings, you need a 17-50mm f2.8 type zoom. Period. If you really aren't shooting weddings, or not doing it for money, it doesn't matter. The problem with keeping the 50mm is that would prevent you from buying an f2.8 zoom that is far, far more useful for weddings. Not even close. If not shooting weddings, doesn't matter. As for banding, I've never seen it in either of the D7100 cameras I owned and used. I typically shoot D7100 at ISO 800 and would go to ISO 2000 when needed. The D7100 is fully capable of that. Kent in SD

For weddings, f2.8 zoom still trumps everything else. Never ran into a buffer issue shooting weddings with D7100. I speak from experience. Kent in SD