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<p>Simply beautiful shots. Had a 2.8 Planar many years ago, wonderful camera. Still ask myself why I sold it. Tri-X at 320. Can't replicate beautiful B&W with digital.</p>

<p>Whoops! Sorry, forgot the rules.</p>

<p>One more.... from a P530.</p><div></div>

<p>Well, a day late & a dollar short. But, back in the Nikon camp again. Just a test shot.</p><div></div>

<p>Both were F4's.</p>

<p>I've had two 70-200 L's. With and without IS. Both were among the best zooms I ever owned. Optics were great, build was great.</p>

<p>I appreciate everyone's responses, and yes, perhaps I've been paranoid. I finally settled on a quality camera and hopefully I'll be happy with it and can post some pics. Your opinions is what makes this site so great. Thanks to all.</p>

<p>Thanks Robin & Shun, and yes, I'm probably paranoid. Really just looking for any good & bad experiences, trying to ascertain as to what I might expect if I have an issue that the company needs to fix. Appreciate your responses.</p>

<p>I posted about a week ago re: buying a new camera. Basically decided on either a D3300 or maybe a D5300. Unfortunately, my curiosity regarding customer service from Nikon (and Canon as well) led me to nothing but a ton of complaints. Are these two merely ignoring the customer? Am I being truly paranoid? I have had an issue with both companies in the past, Canon made the repair, no problems, took it to their Atlanta facility. With Nikon, I sent the lens (85 1.8 MF) 3 times, by the third time, it seemed fixed but I sold it. Don't know if I'm over-evaluating this or not. Any experiences with either would be very helpful. Just don't want a lemon.<br> Thanks to all.<br> Mark</p>

<p>I thank everyone for their responses. Mike, in terms of IQ, looking at it from a general sense. Will be doing portraits, possible some macro work, so really nothing too specialized.</p>

<p>Been away from this fine site for a good while, had to sell my D90 outfit a good while back to pay med bills, and hopefully looking to buy a replacement in the next couple of months. Two years without a camera is crazy. Being on a budget, I've been looking at the D3200 and D3300, as well as some bridge cameras (Sony DSC-HX400v and Gasp! a Canon SX-60), and read all the specs, but still confused. I don't plan to make the investment in a large outfit again, just looking for IQ. Obviously, what I'm comparing are different animals, so was looking for feedback from anyone on these cameras and their experiences. Thanks to all.</p>