Recent content by daveward

I just missed an opportunity to buy a local pre-owned D700. Not that I was in the market for one, but.... I own a great little D90 and have fancied moving over to full frame to see the difference myself. When I saw that D700 I started thinking that alternative would be a lower cost entry to...

I have spent quite a bit of time scanning page after page through most of the subforums. Usually I am guided by the list of most recent posts, and then I browse further from there. As an example, today, I ended up going to Danno's 365 and bounced around a bit looking at new pictures and some...

It seems like a Nikonite rating system would be helpful. If you GOOGLE D750 and get the full list of sellers (body only) and then rank them by best price (for new camera) the list looks like this: Tie: Jet Camera and PowerSellerDigital Lots to Save Delta Closeouts Deals All Year KEH Camera...

@RocketCowboy would you comment on the idea of disabling VR...when would you want to do that? Thanks.

I'm hoping this might help others when buying used from private parties. Can someone chime in with comments re: the following questions: 1. Assume you find a Nikon camera body of interest with most common accessories but the ad says "no box". Is this a red flag? Can't you verify the camera...

Picture this scene: a youngster says to Grandpa (or Grandma): "Can I take a picture?" What opportunities like this have happened to you and did you get a chance to teach about photography in addition to letting them snap a few shots? If so, what approach did you take: 1. Let's go buy a 35mm...

I am one of those folks who over-analyze stuff...and in the case of cameras...it gets even worse. I got back into the hobby after a kids-growing-up-hiatus and decided after extensive research in 2014 to get a used but nearly new D90 with 800 shutter actuations. Three years later, I have been...

I was looking at the lens categories but I feel this topic belongs here...so... Many suggestions throughout this forum deal with spending money on better and better lenses, rather than bodies. Let's assume you have your favorite Nikon DX body but find yourself missing all your lenses...

Today there are four body-only d7200's on my Craigslist: Price and shutter count: $625........13,000 $725.........1 yr old used very few times $650......... 2,876 $700......... 9,773 This doesn't count the more expensive choices with lenses of different sorts in the range of $950-1,000+ One...

I have a d90 (with a 50mm 1.4) that I really enjoy that will be traded in for a d7200 when my wife is away at her sister's house sometime in the future. These statements are general ones about third party lenses in particular (for DX). 1. I read elsewhere to be cautious about the...

I have tried to make sense out of the Ken Rockwell D90 user guide and generally it is helpful, however, he describes a step he takes like this: After assigning two unique camera settings, say C1 and C2 (like with more or less saturation and more or less white balance) what he says is that he...