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  1. About 15 years ago, I was fortunate enough to goto a safari and had film SLR camera with me. I recall feeling that I lacked reach and width with the two lenses I had then (80-200/2.8 AFD, and 35-105/3.5-4.5). Today, if I were to go back here's what I would take, in terms of lenses. Since traveling, I'm not a fan of taking lots of heavy gear - both weight and bulk. With that said: - 300/4 PF and TC1.4x (or 1.7x but I don't like losing two stops) - 24-120/4 - 20/1.8 If you are taking two bodies, take a full frame, as you've noted and consider renting D500 (not D7500). I just upgraded D300 to D500 this past year and it was a seamless upgrade, in terms of controls and feel. It just felt like a turbo charging my D300 in terms of use. What you lose in terms of mp, you'll more than make up for it in terms of focus accuracy and fps. Good luck and have fun....
  2. So its not what I consider one of the best shots but its an entertaining image... Defender goes in for a slide tackle and ends up getting his shorts torn apart...
  3. I think that D90 is your weakest link at this point. If you goto D500, all of your existing lenses will AF faster. Additionally, by going to D500, you'll get 24mp, which is probably twice of your D90 - which means you can crop (effectively increasing your reach) and still get higher resolution than your current body can provided. While I don't own 200-500mm, I suspect it will focus rather slowly on D90, which will not meet one of your criteria. Just think about that a bit before you decide....
  4. Is the first image taken at Gothia Cup/Gothenburg Sweden? It looks like one of the fields my son's team played at.
  5. As an enthusiast, I use DX (D300) for sports and action, and FF (Sony a7Rii) for portrait, travel and landscapes. Occasionally, when I use FF for sports (video 4k and frame grab 8mp images at 30 fps), I set the body into 1.5 cropped mode and use 70-200 as 105-300. Recently, I bought an 300mm PF VR (instead of upgrading to D500) and it really makes a great setup for both DX and FF bodies.
  6. If you say so. I have never shot film and digital together. I did start with film using Canon A1 in early 80s...yikes, its over 35 years ago. I still have it somewhere stored in the original box with a battery removed. Couple of lenses too. I have to say that since going digital in early 2000s, never touched film again. The last film trip was a trip to Australia and New Zealand in 2000. I take far more images now than I ever did using film. Can't imaging fumbling rolls of film every 36 shots and worrying about environmental control and bulk of multiple rolls. But I don't have any vinyl records either, much less a turntable to play them on. Have some CDs collecting dust somewhere since its all now on HDD or up in the cloud....
  7. I really appreciate the old school film connoisseur but really recommend taking a digital to go along with the F100. Instead of Olympus Stylus Epic, why not a small digital camera (P&S) with a good zoom range? Anything can happen to film and while the same can be said about cards, you do get an immediate feedback (so that you can redo, if its not right on travel), and have an option to upload while you're there. I believe all battery chargers are 120/240V so all you need is just a plug adapter (no transformer required). I think you'll be happy w/24-120f/4. That's my goto travel lens, along with 55f1.8 and 70-200f/4. This combo has traveled with me near and far.
  8. Just picked up AF-S 300mm f/4 PF VR - Taken w/D300 @ 1/1250 f6.3
  9. <p>In memory of 9/11 (taken from the new WTC - Freedom Tower)</p><div></div>
  10. <p>Sorry guys, first time posting herein with images. Try again, and again...</p>
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