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I went to a small local car show today. There were some interesting cars there and the weather was perfect. I'll post various collages over the next few days for the gear-heads and car-lovers. I'll just start with the Long Merc.

Nikon D800 with the Nikon 24-85mm VR lens.

For a general, walk-around, vacation, prepared for almost anything, lens....... I'm very pleased with the 24-85.

If you have round knobs on your ballhead, they're generally small and can be a pain to tighten. Well, in anticipation of my new tripod, I decided to do something about that problem. One of the knurreled rubber wraps came off one of the knobs and I epoxied it back on. Just to be sure everything...

The last time I was out with my D800/80-200 combo, I wasn't real confident in the stability of my current tripod. The main reason was because I had to extend the center pole to reach eye-level. This resulted in a little wobble. Didn't like it. I decided to get a new tripod that was taller so...

I notice a lot of folks asking about a good wide-angle lens for the DX format. I use a Tokina 12-24 that seldom leaves its mount on my D5100. I believe it is an excellent lens. I will be posting various photos in this thread specifically taken with that combo. More to come.

Went back today with my D5100 Tokina 12-24/f4

........... not so much here. This was taken about 10 minutes before the Sun popped up.

This is from my $600 Nikon 80-200/2.8 (@ 5.6) and D800. This lens was intended for a tripod and the VR feature is not a requirement in my case. Frankly, it is just too heavy to hand hold for any length of time. And, the price difference compared to the 70-200VR isn't small change. This is a...

That's the Gulf of Mexico in the background. Nowhere is void of the selfish.