mark_gonda

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....

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...

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....

Is the first image taken at Gothia Cup/Gothenburg Sweden? It looks like one of the fields my son's team played at.

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.

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....

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.

Just picked up AF-S 300mm f/4 PF VR - Taken w/D300 @ 1/1250 f6.3

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<p>In memory of 9/11 (taken from the new WTC - Freedom Tower)</p><div></div>

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<p>Sorry guys, first time posting herein with images. Try again, and again...</p>

<p>Sony A7RII + SEL55Z18</p>

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<p>I find that the image quality of modern smartphones are very good. While its not dedicated camera quality and no raw files, it can be sooo much more convenient.<br> <br /> If you have an iPhone 6 or later, why not just get a lens adapter? Much lighter and compact than any camera. You probably are already carrying it anyway. Why add more weight and bulk by adding another thing to carry around.<br> <br /> Take a look at Zeiss lens adapter (http://lenspire.zeiss.com/en/zeiss-and-fellowes-brands-launch/) as an example. Just think about it bit differently....</p>

<p>This maybe a common sense or knowledge but I recently found that, since I've used AF for the past 20+ years, that I need to calibrate the diopter by using AF lens.</p> <p>Few months ago, I switched to Sony a7Rii and to use my Nikkors (since no reliable AF adapter is readily available yet - waiting for Commlite to workout its bugs), I have to manual focus, when not using FE lenses.</p> <p>After several wide angle images resulting in out of focus (though it looked focused when I shot it), I had to re -adjust diopter using AF lens. For long lenses, focus peaking was sufficient to get it right, but on wide angles, the focus peaking aide did not do a sufficient job (I suspect AF focus ring is nowhere as good as MF lens ring, lacking precision movement). After using AF and adjusting the diopter, its all good now with manual lenses.</p>

<p>I used to think that a7 line needed a sports version with higher fps, but maybe I'm thinking like a DSLRer and not mirrorlesser. With 4k video, if the shutter speed (say 1/1000 sec) could be increased for short bursts, then a7Rii can capture 3860x2160 at 30fps and that would be a great sports camera. The electronic shutter should be able to do more than currently doing.<br> The idea of lower line a5 is an interesting one as a step up from A6000 but not have the near $3k cost of a7Rii or Sii. I would not take video out and keep the sensor at the current level of a7. It would be simple to rebadge the a7 in a updated package and call it a5.<br> As for a9, its more likely to find a99ii with a7Rii sensor in a DSLR body with A-mount to satisfy those users and compete with Nikon/Canon directly, as long as we're all speculating anyways.</p>

<p>Nine months later, we now have very interesting capabilities from Samsung and Sony in terms of mirror less high end cameras - and more on the way.</p> <p>Is Nikon so entrenched in DSLR that they cannot think outside the box? What if we could have a smaller, lighter full frame nikon mirror less with F-mount? Think of possibilities...</p>