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<p>another vote for my tamron 7-200 w/ VC used on my d7100.<br> Does great indoors sports for poor lit high school gyms.<br> Works even better in college gyms!</p> <p>I read tons of reviews and for the majority of us, the lens is right up there with the nikon vrII, and about $1,000 less!<br> No focus issues, pic quality is very good, and build quality is great too, image stabilization seems to work w/o issue too.</p>

<p>Thanks again guys for everything. I think I pretty much have it figured out!<br> Few Questions now:<br> ......now on tracking. Does the 9/21pt work on only on on axis. Say left & right to the original focal point or will it work if the original focal point moves towards or away from camera? AF-C<br> I assume the 3D will work on both axis's?<br> For landscape pic? Does single point or multi point like 21 or 51 make more sense given a lot of detail you'd want in focus? Or would not matter as the camera will still focus on same point (box) yet nothing would move to re focus?</p>

<p>Thanks guys.<br> Camera is D7100</p>

<p>I think I get single point focus and say f/3.5.....Will focus on what is "in" the box and shallow depth of field. Aperture Priority<br> However say you have 9pt or 21pt/51pt, f/3.5, & Aperture Prioroty...<br> you pick a small object like a bird he makes up most of the center point, but say a fence rail or tree or even another bird or something is (next to him in frame) but like 15 (feet) behind him. <br> -Does the camera "decide" where to focus based on what it sees in the 9 points?<br />-Does the camera average the focal point between what all it sees in the 9 points especially since f/3.5 won't have both birds in focus as they are so far away.<br />-Or what exactly does it do....<br> Thanks,</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Thanks for the responses. I plan to get the a 1 aw, </p> <p>Not sure if i should get the 12mm f/2.8 for the underwater and AW capabilities OR the other kit lens 11-27 f3.6-5.6. The 2.8 would probably be nice under water for the lower light as well as maybe indoors.<br> I would be ok with the regular 1 series lenses used outdoors off the beach areas etc. As they are a bit cheaper Than the fx lenses and D7100 body and if one did go bad, i would feel a bit better losing one.<br> DO you know which of the Nikon 1 lenses are their top performers? Can't seem to find many testes on the 1 series.</p> <p>Plan to have a:<br />-Low light 10mm F/2.8 AW<br />-Zoom that doesn't need to be AW for off the beach and around the way:<br />10-100 f/4.0-5.6 VR ~$550 OR<br />10-100 f/4.5-5.6 PD VR $750??</p>

<p>I don't feel comfy with my d7100 and lens to be around the ocean. after seeing how much "spray" comes off the ocean and all even when inland a bit. Plus the sand and water and what not... Would plan to use the kit lens 11-27.5 f/3.5-5.6 most of the time outdoors around beach.<br> I have used the simple aw 100 around the ocean and pool in past and love it, just not real great pics. But good and good video. <br /> Anyway...Dominican and Hawaii coming up and thinking of getting the nikon 1 aw. Plus i like that any of my regular nikon lenses can mount on here if needed for super extended reach :-)<br> Currently Have:<br /> -tamron 70-200/f2.8 VC indoor sports<br />-nikon 70-300 f4.5-5.6 vr outdoor sports and travel<br />-nikon 18-140 f3.5-5.6 vr everyday do most stuff<br /><br /><br /> So i like that the nikon 1 has f2.8 and f1.8 lens options for pretty cheap to fill my missing gap for indoor shooting when the 70-200 is to long. (looked at 24-70 f/2.8) Plus it would be a small companion and easy to whip out. Plus don't have to spend more money on another DSLR body and bulk to carry. So the nikon 1 aw can serve double duty....<br /> BUT are the image quality up to par (or close) with the nikkor 1 lenses....<br> I am just a dad with a family and trips to photo that loves the hobby!</p>

<p>Perfect! Makes sense now<br> Thanks again</p>

<p>Shun, you kind of lost me.<br> Are you saying don't worry about the sweet spot aperture. Just go with what works for the situation. So maybe more like f/5.6 with this lens.<br> Thanks again Michael, great pic too!</p>

<p>The camera is automatically adjusting shutter speed. I figure best to put the aperture in a sweet spot for this lens as well since i get plenty of shutter speed to freeze the action.... Which I believe if ~f/8?</p> <p>Right thought??</p>

<p>Thanks,<br /> I have played around, just not sure if it would be better to go with a larger aperture or if spot focus is better or if 51 point and say f11 would be better for clearer shots.</p> <p>Plus wanted to be sure I wasn't making an obvious mistake to those more experienced!</p>

<p>Given equipment: --Nikon d7100 & AFS 70-300 VR<br />Given Outdoor usually sunny:<br />Given soccer or football:</p> <p>I usually set to aperture priority of like 8. <br> I usually set ISO to about 200<br> Shutter usually ends up around 1/1200 or faster, so plenty there<br> AF continuous and I usually pick the 9 point<br> I use the weighted center metering<br> WB set to direct sunlight.</p> <p>Should i adjust something or would you say looks good?<br> Thanks,</p>

<p>Anyone know of a decent (free preferably) prgram where I can take a few photo's and put them into one.</p> <p>I am not looking for anything special:</p> <p>Say I have four pics of my daughter from a copetition and just want to have a single print of 4 pics 2 row & 2 columns...etc...</p> <p>Or if I wanted to do 5. 2 x2 and one in the middle. </p> <p>Make sense??</p>