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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 95374" data-attributes="member: 9240">Stick with the OEM batteries for sure - and the grip as well.&nbsp; Some decent ones, but I see too many reports of them working with AA's but not the rechargables and vice versa.As for lens reviews, I'm with you.&nbsp; It's enough to drive you nuts.&nbsp; That said, I've found <a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx" target="_blank">this link</a> to be the most useful of sites.&nbsp; They put in a lot of time shooting a bunch of lenses at just about every conceivable setting allowing you to mouse-over and compare them side-by-side with what I'm assuming are unretouched images (outside of the cutting and pasting from the various parts of the chart).&nbsp; You can see how one lens performs against another, and how one can change from wide open to max depth of field.&nbsp; Is it razor sharp at f/8 but soft at the extremes?&nbsp; What's the CA like on the edges?&nbsp; Realize these are taken with full frame sensors, so with the D7000 some of the edge complaints will be moot thanks to the cropped sensor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 95374, member: 9240"] Stick with the OEM batteries for sure - and the grip as well. Some decent ones, but I see too many reports of them working with AA's but not the rechargables and vice versa. As for lens reviews, I'm with you. It's enough to drive you nuts. That said, I've found [URL="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx"]this link[/URL] to be the most useful of sites. They put in a lot of time shooting a bunch of lenses at just about every conceivable setting allowing you to mouse-over and compare them side-by-side with what I'm assuming are unretouched images (outside of the cutting and pasting from the various parts of the chart). You can see how one lens performs against another, and how one can change from wide open to max depth of field. Is it razor sharp at f/8 but soft at the extremes? What's the CA like on the edges? Realize these are taken with full frame sensors, so with the D7000 some of the edge complaints will be moot thanks to the cropped sensor. [/QUOTE]

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