Black Capped Chickadee

Good shot of this chickadee in its natural surroundings.

Thank you, Gregory and Verena!

You and that 80-400 continue to work well together.  There are many days when I wish I'd kept mine...  Mike

Mike,

Thanks!  There is a new version with AF-S that should be easier to work with, but it is about $2700.

I have been able to deal with the slow AF.  The glass is very good, the AF is very slow, however, with the D300, I'm getting a 600mm equivalent for about $1700.

What I would love to be using is the D800 with the Nikon 600mm f4, VRII, AF-S, but there we are looking at a $2700 body plus a lens that would set me back about $11,000.

That would take some significant marital negotiations:-)

So, maybe in the future, not yet.

Good to hear from you, always!

Dick

LOL, some things are universal (no offense to the ladies of PN).  I'm still recovering from a strap failure that resulted in $300 repair/calibration to my D700 and $600 repair/calibration to my 24-70 lens, so new equipment will have to wait until this is a memory. Have a great weekend....  Mike