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<blockquote data-quote="stmv" data-source="post: 795261" data-attributes="member: 10038">Beautiful Saturday, and off to a Whale Watch! Lens will be my 80-400 on my D800. I am so glad to have this lens, and it is a great workhorse. I have the older version,,, with a kirkland collar which is a great handle. What amazes me is hoe compact this lens is,, really fits in my backpack, no issues, not that heavy, and I can hand carry this lens. I have a few of the dedicated 300 mm teles, including the 300 F4. but, they limit my choices of compsition, and I want the zoom.other too lens will be the &quot;new&quot; 35-70&quot; and the 20-35, which puts in good state for just about any options. Since this is a travel day, I won't bother with additional primes, etc.&nbsp; While often I travel with the D7000 or the D700 (for lower risk of loosing),,, this trip is with the 800 because .. welll I want PIXELS!!!&nbsp; since I can't predect how far out the whale mightbe, or other cropping situations, and the D800 just ups the range and choices.. If someone asked me if I woudl want a 60 Meg camera with same signal to noise ratio,,,, YUP so.. Hope people get out shooting today!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stmv, post: 795261, member: 10038"] Beautiful Saturday, and off to a Whale Watch! Lens will be my 80-400 on my D800. I am so glad to have this lens, and it is a great workhorse. I have the older version,,, with a kirkland collar which is a great handle. What amazes me is hoe compact this lens is,, really fits in my backpack, no issues, not that heavy, and I can hand carry this lens. I have a few of the dedicated 300 mm teles, including the 300 F4. but, they limit my choices of compsition, and I want the zoom. other too lens will be the "new" 35-70" and the 20-35, which puts in good state for just about any options. Since this is a travel day, I won't bother with additional primes, etc. While often I travel with the D7000 or the D700 (for lower risk of loosing),,, this trip is with the 800 because .. welll I want PIXELS!!! since I can't predect how far out the whale might be, or other cropping situations, and the D800 just ups the range and choices.. If someone asked me if I woudl want a 60 Meg camera with same signal to noise ratio,,,, YUP so.. Hope people get out shooting today! [/QUOTE]

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