Ok take it easy there, let's not get carried away















YET!!!!!! :unibrow:

I believe it's spelled Leibowitz???

Of corse that's how Google spelled it when I looked up her name :rofl: :rofl: :unibrow:

Man UP! It's the one chance you may have to make GW envious. :rofl:


On a serious note..............I'd spend big money on a good 2.8 lens before shelling out the big money on a pro body. There's a reason good glass is so expensive. The lens gathers the data so the garbage in garbage out theory applies.

A yah not even gona try that one :lol:

Yes that is next on list, good lens!! I really want to do a lot of action stuff with my kids sports. I've done a lot already with my point & shot but as you know that doesn't work well at all. :(

I think I'm going to step up and get the D7000, I think in the end I will be happier stepping up and get a better start.

I will post up once I make the final purchase!

Well -- It's actually Annie LeiboVitz...


So we both got it wrong --- But you had to look her up!! :lol:


I agree with what Sieg just said about the lens! Faster and better light gathering makes better photos.

Before I went to the Monaco GP - I bought a good lens with fast autofocus. I think it made all the difference I paid for it...


http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70-200mm-ii.htm

Carried Away?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5dMGFdysnM...sigma_lens.jpg

f/2.8 is the magic number.

Things that will make you mad as your skills improve:

1) Not enough light to achieve the shutter and aperture settings you need whether it's a low light museum or a fast sporting event and a flash isn't an option or doesn't have the range.

2) Auto-focus that doesn't or is slow and you miss a killer shot because of it.

3) Running out of battery or card capacity........Murphy makes sure it only happens at the worst of times.

^^^^^^^ What he said!



I like the dual card in my D7000....


You can NEVER have a fast enough lens!


Good pics don't hang around waiting for you to figure it out... Thus the beauty of digital you snap like crazy and hope to get one or two worth looking at.

Rick, I think I'm going to get a D7000 too, great deal at Costco with a do everything lens for a couple more days:

http://www.costco.com/Nikon-D7000-DS....11767397.html

This truly is more camera than "you need" -- but if you like photography then you can and will want to learn to use it's pro features.

At least buying the D7000 to start with - you won't be wishin' you'd have stepped up and bought a full feature camera. And you'll LOVE the 6 frames per second in continuous mode especially if you like action!

The 18-200 lens that comes on this "kit" from Costco is a killer combo.. just good all around lens. Not the best lens - but way more than adequate. It's also a VR lens (Vibration Reduction) and that really helps when you're hand holding and zooming.