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<blockquote data-quote="Bikerbrent_RIP" data-source="post: 753643" data-attributes="member: 42081">I started photography with my father’s Argus C3 in high school (manual&nbsp; everything, did not even have built in light meter). During college&nbsp; bought a Mamiya Sekor 500 TL SLR with 50mm f1.8 lens, and later&nbsp; purchased a 35mm and 200mm lens. I really wanted a Nikon SLR, but it was beyond my college budget. Also, while attending college in&nbsp; Fresno, CA, I got the opportunity to go on a Photography club field trip&nbsp; to Yosemite and meet Ansel Adams, what a thrill that was!Many years later got back into serious photography and could now afford a low budget Nikon, so I bought a Nikon F60 with&nbsp; Tamron 28-200mm lens, followed by an F100. Along the way, I acquired&nbsp; the Nikon 50mm F1.8, Tokina 28-70mm f2.6-2.8, Tokina 24-200mm, and Nikon&nbsp; 80-200 f2.8 lenses.Later I obtained a Nikon D70 with 18-70 mm kit lens for my first foray&nbsp; into Digital. Then I purchased a Tamron 200-400mm lens. I then upgraded&nbsp; to a D200 with Nikon 18-200mm kit lens. I passed on the D300, thinking&nbsp; it was not enough of a step up to justify replacing my D200 and I waited&nbsp; and waited for a suitable D200 replacement. While waiting I purchased a&nbsp; Tokina 12-24mm f4 lens and a Sigma 150-600mm lens with dock. Finally,&nbsp; giving up on a real D200 replacement, I purchased a D7200 (just before&nbsp; the D500 was announced, but I am not unhappy I got the D7200 as it is a&nbsp; very impressive camera and suits my needs just fine). My latest purchase&nbsp; was a Tokina 100mm f2.8 Macro lens.I currently have a two kit setup, my Walk-around kit and my Serious kit.&nbsp; The Walk-around kit consists of my D7200 with Nikon 18-200mm and Tokina&nbsp; 12-24mm plus a small bag, extra batteries and SD cards. My Serious kit&nbsp; is the D7200 with Tokina 12-24mm, Tokina 28-70mm, Nikon 80-200mm, Tokina&nbsp; 100mm Macro, SB800 flash, and larger bag. In addition, with either kit I&nbsp; carry the Sigma 150-600mm and a mono pod as needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bikerbrent_RIP, post: 753643, member: 42081"] I started photography with my father’s Argus C3 in high school (manual everything, did not even have built in light meter). During college bought a Mamiya Sekor 500 TL SLR with 50mm f1.8 lens, and later purchased a 35mm and 200mm lens. I really wanted a Nikon SLR, but it was beyond my college budget. Also, while attending college in Fresno, CA, I got the opportunity to go on a Photography club field trip to Yosemite and meet Ansel Adams, what a thrill that was! Many years later got back into serious photography and could now afford a low budget Nikon, so I bought a Nikon F60 with Tamron 28-200mm lens, followed by an F100. Along the way, I acquired the Nikon 50mm F1.8, Tokina 28-70mm f2.6-2.8, Tokina 24-200mm, and Nikon 80-200 f2.8 lenses. Later I obtained a Nikon D70 with 18-70 mm kit lens for my first foray into Digital. Then I purchased a Tamron 200-400mm lens. I then upgraded to a D200 with Nikon 18-200mm kit lens. I passed on the D300, thinking it was not enough of a step up to justify replacing my D200 and I waited and waited for a suitable D200 replacement. While waiting I purchased a Tokina 12-24mm f4 lens and a Sigma 150-600mm lens with dock. Finally, giving up on a real D200 replacement, I purchased a D7200 (just before the D500 was announced, but I am not unhappy I got the D7200 as it is a very impressive camera and suits my needs just fine). My latest purchase was a Tokina 100mm f2.8 Macro lens. I currently have a two kit setup, my Walk-around kit and my Serious kit. The Walk-around kit consists of my D7200 with Nikon 18-200mm and Tokina 12-24mm plus a small bag, extra batteries and SD cards. My Serious kit is the D7200 with Tokina 12-24mm, Tokina 28-70mm, Nikon 80-200mm, Tokina 100mm Macro, SB800 flash, and larger bag. In addition, with either kit I carry the Sigma 150-600mm and a mono pod as needed. [/QUOTE]

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