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<p>Such wonderful pictures today.</p><div></div>

<p>And trying out my new 10mm pancake on J1. Seems a wonderful lens.</p>

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<p>Congratulations to your father Rich. That is quite a feat.<br>

My D2H has developed the first-frame-blank syndrome but it continues to take wonderful pictures from little files.</p>

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<p>Lastly, a swan with Nikon J1 + 30-110mm</p><div></div>

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<p>Good day everyone. Some really cool images today. A bit more flowers from my side and a swan.</p><div></div>

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<p>Happy Nikon Wednesday.</p><div></div>

<p>There must be a reason why you have hung on to your D200(10MP) for so long. Is it the ergonomics? Do you not care much for MP? I have had all three cameras together very recently. The D200 was first to go, followed by the D5100, now the D7000+Grip is about to go and be replaced by a D300s. I miss the ergonomics of the D200, a lot. The D7000 has superior image quality but you get the same IQ with the D5100.<br>

What I am trying to say in a roundabout way is get the lens. For the times that you want low light action, continue to borrow the the wife's D5100. </p>

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<p>Happy Wednesday! Felt like shooting the D2H today. The most wonderful ergonomics I have owned.</p><div></div>

<p>I have a D2h that I bought used in 2010. It has a wonderful AF module and speed for shooting my toddler. The little raw files are great to work with. Relatively low mileage at around 29000. I'm trying to get a D300s right now as I miss the ergonomics of the D200 I was using in church until recently. Also let go of my 2006 vintage D70s recently. One of Nikon's best but the viewfinder became too hard to work with. So, yeah I'm a bit of a sucker for "old tech".</p>

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<p>Good Wednesday all. It's been a while.<br /> <img src="http://www.cimeza.com/stuff/netpic/20130404_D2H_29779.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="678" /><br>

D2H + 50 1.4G at F2.0</p>

<p>Certainly an interesting camera for the DXXXX crowd. I would like to go out on a limb though and suggest there is still hope for DXXX shooters. This camera doesn't cover everything that a D300 user used to have. I have recently let go of my D7000 for other reasons and am back shooting with my ancient D200 in good light. The ergonomics and buffer size just do not compare plus a D800 costs almost double the price of a D300s. I think it would be short-sighted of Nikon to discontinue the DXXX line.<br>

From where I am standing, it seems the DX line is being upgraded from the bottom up unlike the FF line. So, we are just missing a D400 with less than 24MP and 8-10fps and Nikon would be done for the next while. I hope.</p>

<p>Hi Reuben. The photos appear too small for me to be able to judge focus. On first look, I prefered the first shot and only after I read the captions then I relooked at the pictures. From what I am seeing, it seems like without AF FT you might have had a bit of miss focus as the #13-#15 balls up top although not sharp seemed more in focus than on the second shot. The bottom row balls are more in focus on the second shot, suggesting your -17 adjustment has had an effect but perhaps a bit too much as the #7 ball that you claimed to have focused on seems a tad soft on the second shot.<br>

I had a brief fling with a D7000 recently and although it is a wonderful camera, I found the AF a bit frustrating so much that I let it go and kept my D5100. All my lenses required adjustment and even with that sometimes I still found more badly focused shots than I expected. It's a shame as from a feature-set point of view, it was a solid improvement to the D70s and D80 I had owned before. I found this thread elsewhere very helpful in terms of how to perform AF Fine-Tune, look in page 2 for the methodology and a link to the Siemens Focus Test Chart. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3366339?page=2</p>

 

<p>As a hobbyist, I find old kit good enough unless shooting in bad light and for that I have a D5100. For everything else there's D2H (cool small files and best ergonomics) and lately D200(better resolution to ergonomics compromise).</p>

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<p>Hello everybody. Here's to a great 2013. Been using the J1 +30-110 VR lately, a surprisingly decent combination.</p><div></div>

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<p>Good day world. It's been a while but the standard here is still just as high. Here are my contributions for this week.</p><div></div>

<p>I am guessing your Powershot had an equivalent 28-1XX lens. If that is the case, you might find the kit lens(i.e. the 18-55) a bit too short than what you are used to. In this case, John's advice above would be the one to take. The 18-105 will cover your needs nicely.<br /><br />Is there something you found lacking with the Powershot? The D5100 will provide the jump in image quality but you will soon find you also need to step up on other things, e.g. lens quality, good support(tripod comment above applies) as well as on your technique.</p>

<p>And over the weekend I had an Iris</p><div></div>

<p>And morning fog and a curious monkey(center-left)</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday morning everybody. Had morning fog in front of the camera yesterday. Lovely fall colours Jose. Garcia, your garden looks nothing like it was raining. Good stuff.</p><div></div>