PatMann

How wide do you want? What subjects are you shooting? A 12mm lens on an APS-C camera will provide just under 90 degrees horizontal image width. That's enough to shoot almost all of a room from one...

My travel kit from film days: 1. Low-distortion ultrawide, for architecture and interiors, tight urban spaces: 21mm Super-Angulon. The 18-35 should cover this nicely, though much bigger than the...

On closer examination, what seemed like a finder window is just the inside of the box above what looks like the contents. Wishful thinking on my part.

I'm in a similar situation with a D300s (because my D200 died), waiting for a D400. Nikon just doesn't provide DX equivalents of the key lenses needed for action, portrait, landscape and event...

The new opening in the box appears to reveal a finder. Whether it's an X with an optical or hybrid finder, or full-frame digltal CL, that's certainly more what I'd like to see than what's shown in...

No, this is not what's in the box.

The extra wide end (16mm gives 25% more image area than 18mm) is much more important to me than the tele end, particularly for tight urban spaces and interiors when traveling, and this lens has...

As one of your commenters noted, it was the "fit to frame" setting that caused the size reduction. Reinstalling the driver probably cleared that setting, or you didn't set it this time. Glad you...

I would definitely avoid direct flash - it's generally pretty ghastly. For events like this, I would use a flash diffuser like the Lumiquest Promax 80-20 or Gary Fong Lumisphere Half Cloud, and...

Extenders and zooms both make compromises, often significant compromises, in some aspect of image quality (resolution, distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, contrast) compared to quality...

With the 28 f/2.8, there are a number of different versions, but the AI-S version (still manufactured) is quite good, likely pricier than other versions. Mine's not for sale - waiting in my closet...

I can't imagine carrying gear I may want to get to quickly in a backpack. I've always used a compact waist pack with integrated belt, latest a ThinkTank Speed Freak. These are very comfortable and...

(to OP - sorry) For low distortion, least vignetting and high resolution over the full frame needed for product photography, a macro lens is your best bet. I would look at the Nikon 40mm, 60mm and...

I have both zoom lenses and use them both regularly. For travel, I take the 16-85, usually with the 12-24, because even though 16 is a lot better than 18, it's still not wide enough for a lot of...

I finally gave up waiting and got a refurb D300s from KEH about a year ago to replace my failing D200. It must feel like a D90 on steroids. Love my D300s, it's WAY better than the D200 for low...

This sounds like it might be normal behavior with a long lens on small subjects. I'd keep working at it to find out the limits of the camera and lens combination. The AF system on the D7000 has...

Remember that most of the support recommendations you will read were made in the days of 12-megapixel cameras. Camera movement on the D800 is almost twice as many pixels as on a D3, so you might...

My most demanding shooting is wildlife, and I don't want to be doing that with half the image area on my retina. I don't know if you've ever tried to shoot or focus anything in the DX crop area of...

Wrong forum for 7100 users, but I strongly recommend the 16-85 as the best all-around lens for the DX system. While it doesn't have the lightning-fast AF of the pro zooms, it's the best of the...

I agree that the D200 and D300 are about as small as you can make a camera to get ergonomic direct controls you can use with gloves on, all the inputs and outputs to a digital camera with flash,...