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How much do you want to spend?Do you plan to use Arca-Swiss compatible plate etc.? Do you need traction or do you mind the whole assembly going flop once you loosen the main knob?

I have the Manfrotto/Bogen 468mgrc2 and it's ok for my purposes/lenses but i'd probably buy some RRS/Kirk/Arca-Swiss ballhead if i had to choose again.The price ia almost the same and the connection between clamp and plate is SO much better with an Arca-Swiss style set-up.I don't think there's a big difference between the abovementioned A-S.-ballheads, so it comes down to taste:The Markins is supposed to be quite 'soft'on lock-down of the main control. I've heard about dirt issues with the RRS-BH.

The old B1 from Arca had problems with 'freeze' i.e. you couldn't move the ball due to its elliptical form.I'd buy the Kirk myself if i could justify it for my wife...

Thank you ,Mark.

I'm planning to buy the Wimberley macro flash bracket and i wonder if it is

necessary to purchase the M-8 perpendicular plate as well. I have the RRS plate

(not L-bracket) on my D300 and photograph with the Tamron 90/2,8. I have about

a centimeter leeway on both sides of the lens and i wonder if that's enough

for the bracket to function.Thanks for any help! A.

Thank you, Jeff! Happy New Year to you and your family!! Andi

Does this combo work well and what is the achieved magnification?I'll be using

tripod and focusing rail.Thank you in advance.

Thanx Ric, it's nice to read some general impressions on the new camera..

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As far as i know it's produced in Japan, so:No.

I'd get those lenses.They're all fairly wide-angled,so you'll use them for landscape,people and so on, not small birds 50m away:manual focusing ought not be a problem.I use the D40 myself and believe i can even learn something by being forced to focus manually with 2/3 of my lenses;)

Thankee all! I was aware of the fact that i'm loosing light, i.e. max. aperture with a TC.What got me asking was the fact that both instruction manuals stated that this combination is not to be used in AF-mode. I wonder if i can do some kind of damage to TC and/or lens by using them in AF-mode.

I bought a AF-S Nikkor 300/4 and the 'new' x1,7 teleconverter from Nikon. Now

i read in both manuals that you're not supposed to use this converter/lens

combination in autofocus. I'm using it on a D40 ,biggest f is 6,7 and it works

like a charm.Any reasons why i shouldn't use AF-mode?Thanks for a quick

answer,A.

Thank you very much, Frank.I'll do exactly that!Much obliged:Andi

I inherited an old BRAUN 2000/28 BVC flashunit and i wonder if it's safe to

use with my Nikon D40.Thank you for advice.

Thank you all! I''l try an d borrow a TC first, as my tele-lens isn't that great.If it's just darkness or i can brew a cup of tea while exposing, i'll save the money. Best regards A.

I'm planning to get a teleconverter, now i wonder:1,4X or 2X.I thought i was

going for the 1,4X because it chews up less light(about one stop, right?)and i

only own a telezoom lens with f5,6 at the long end.

I want to use it for outdoors photography as well as in macro photography.

I got my eye on the Soligor 1,4X Pro Digital.Has anyone used this converter?

Thanx y'all!Macro lens it'll be, when i saved enough money. Big thanx to all who took the time to answer!!

@rainer: the telezoom i have is chipped, so the metering is fine. I can't autofocus, but that's not a problem.I read that using extension rings will interfere with the metering and consider that a big minus but then i don,t have the money for a truely good macrolens.I'd buy the cheapest nikon macrolens, the 60/2,8.

Hi

i'm an enthusistic amateur with a shoestring budget and i wonder if extension

tubes deliver similar results as a cheap macro lens. I'm using a D40 and got a

Tamron

70-300/4-5,6 telezoom lens with macro function (as you can see,i'm cheap..)

Now i'm contemplating buying a set of Kenko ext. tubes(or are Nikons better?).

Would you recommend that, given i've started photographing only 6 weeks ago

and plan not to spend more than 500$ on a macro lens?

Thanx for the prompt answer, Michael!

Dumb question: Is this lens chipped?

Hi all,

i recently bought a Nikon D40 and now i'm planning to buy a Tamron NAF 70-300

4-5,6 DI lens. Now i wonder if these are compatible?I am aware of the fact

that the autofocus wont work.