October Goals Update

 

D7500, AF-S Nikkor 10-20mm VR G DX

This is a late year update on my Goals for 2026.

I have 3, namely:

1. Reach 10,000 images shot on one camera system without a system change

2. Take 7 major photographic outings

3. Get my post/like percentage up to 75% on Fred Miranda

Goal #1 is on not failed, but not succeeded. I'm about 50% of the way there, but I'll probably not tick over to 10,000 images on Nikon without a system change until 2027 barring a massive increase in shooting. What I think is realistic is reaching at least 1,500 shots per body by end of year (which would put my overall count at 6700+ towards the 10,000 image goal). I've now hit that point on the D7500, which is my most used body now since I spent some time shooting RC Car racing on Thanksgiving Weekend (coming home with a little under 1700 shots to go through). That makes the 6700+ goal much less of a stretch, I'm at 6300-ish now towards the 10,000 goal and 3500-ish for the year, but with some serious fall shooting I might even stretch closer to 8,000 images by end of year.  

Goal #2 is on track, I need one more to call it done for the year, and I expect to do that in October. 

Goal #3 is going to fail hard, for the simple reason that my post count is high enough (13,000+) and the rate of likes on the Nikon forum on FM is low enough that I'm simply unlikely to be able to get the 600 or so extra likes in the 90-ish days left in the year. The reality is I get 3 likes per photo post on average, and can do maybe one of those a day to avoid flooding the photo threads. In short, I did not do the math on this one and it wasn't ever achievable. In reality, 72% is achievable, but 75% is not. Note I'm at 71.1% today. I based this goal too closely on the like behaviour of the Canon and Sony forums, where I'd get 2-3x the likes per photo compared to the far pickier Nikon forum on FM. 

So I'm likely going to go 1, 1, and 1 for 2026 goals.