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I was surpised how comfortable of a walk about lens the 80-400 VR was using the Kirk colar as a hand grip. The range was wonderful, gave so many composition options, and even though the light was not high, sharpness was pretty good.

Got the lens back from the deep scrub session, and it came out beautiful. super clean glass, no mold, no dust, and no scratches or smudges, great to see an old lens restored to almost new condition. I grabed a quick test shot, ISO 600, F 5.6, 1/200th of a second.. using a D700.. Hand held...

almost xmas full moon, test shot with my new 80-400 lens, I attached it to the ancient TCII for manual focus, which on that lens is real nice.

I find the D800 takes very low noise shots, here is one at ISO 400.

The writing is on the wall, as Nikon continues to phase into the G series lens, more and more of the ED versions are fading to the wayside, Yes, I understand that many of the entry cameras don't drive the ED version, but the size of the ED lens alone for me makes the ED versions desirable...

newest entry at bottom... of the stream was thinking of the what if ...... Nikon came out with a new FX camera Translucent mirror (so no mirror shake) shutterless (no mechnical parts) FX sensor (for dof) single lens from 15mm to 200 (with a 2x optical add on if needed) variable...

quality for the dollar I was taking a close look at the 300 mm F4 ED I bought used and received yesterday, The purchase price was 375 dollars! The lens is clean, shiny, and well, a tank. focused quickly, tack sharp. I have to thank another Nikonite to raising my attention on this lens...

wow,, check out this link Amazon.com: Nikon D3000 10.2 MP Digital SLR 6 Piece Bundle with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX & 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lenses: Camera & Photo 3000 with a 18-55 and 55-200, bag, and goodies for 409 dollars! essentially the camera is free! Crazy, sold...

Sweet, I have been looking for a long reach zoom, my 80-200 2.8 runs out of steam, and my old 300 mm lens have never really been that great, so, I just won a 80-400 VR for under 700 dollars! I am so excited, to try this lens, I ordered an Kirk Lens Collar based on my research, on my D7000...

wow Nikon Zoom Nikkor 14 24mm F 2 8 AF s VR If Ed G Lens No Reserve Auction 0018208021635 | eBay I was thinking that since this example clearly took a hard blow, enough to break the shade, and the focus is stiff, that just perhaps, the price would be reasonable. It started out nice and...

Sometimes I do photo mine my portfolio, and was mining fom shots taken with a D700 and D7000, often the exact same spot/conditions. The Clear winner -> The D700! sometimes shockingly so. Many of the D700 shots were simply amazing in the clarity, and details, and light control. Maybe, it is the...

Yea! won a 85 1.4 for 350 dollars, has some mold, so,, it will go to my pro shop for a cleaning, so, total investment will be around 450, which is still a great deal for a 85 1.4 legend lens. Not a bad way,, to afford an exotic lens, if you are willing to put some repair into it. Heard...

I just checked, and still an extensive full Manual lens from Nikkor still available at BH,, which I find so so cool, I almost bought a brand new 50mm 1.2, but ended up with a used copy. I get a kick that the old 35-70 manual lens is still made for the FM10, how quaint. I picture this old...

First, I keep adding material at the bottom, so, to read the most current entry, scroll down, blog 6 is now too long, so onto blog 7. I got my pictures hung at a local shop for first 2 weeks of December. Good timing for the holidays. On a good year, maybe sell 300 dollars or so, not a lot, but...

So,, I have begun watching the Great Courses class on Photography, by the National Geographic guy Overall, well done, Anyone new to photography would greatly benefit. The first disk for me was too basic, but as he demos his use of light and composition thoughts in later disks, my persona...

Great price,, essentially get the 18-105 lens for free,, so for anyone thinking about picking up a D7000, a good deal. I have no regrets owning a D7000.

bet some of you seen those learning courses where they create DVD classes from college professors, well, one is on sale this year from of the primary National Geographic photographers for around 60 dollars for 34 lesson DVD set. I teach, and alway like to see how others present the material...

I see the price of the Nikkor D800 grip has reduced to the less insane price of 389 from the ridulous price of 650, still high, but closer to reality. Now, I still can't see myself getting one. In the old film days, I used to get some grips for the motor drive, still hardly used them, but they...

exerpt from blog 6: well after 10 years, of backing up photos, one of my current external drives failed, and even my local repair shop can not recover the disk. So a reminder to keep dual drives setups. Current drives are now 2 TeraBytes, these hold over a year of photos per drive, so a lot of...