PatMann

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,...

All-around means meeting both action (primarily birds and performance, not sports) and high resolution requirements (architecture and interiors, landscape, urban scenes, detail still life). 12 mp...

Somehow you have gathered up all this equipment without the right lenses for travel, which is why you are asking for help - none of what you have seems appropriate to you. It isn't - it's too big,...

The 7100 is a step up for resolution and low light, and a step back for ruggedness, weather resistance and action shooting. Take your pick. The two action cameras Nikon has in their lineup now are...

The D300 and D300s users have begun to splinter off as their camera has become less optimal for various specializations in relation to the competition from full frame and mirrorless. I bought my...

The D300/s folks like me are not looking for a camera between the D7100 and the D600. We are looking for a D300 level camera with an updated sensor/buffer/AF system (and screw-in pro finder...

Both the face (corner of eye) and the globe clearly show more pronounced moire in the 7100. On the other hand, the much greater contrast in small dark features (where the 5200's filter puts light...

It looks like a moire pattern from the relation of the frequency of the printing screen used in printing the globe to the sensor frequency of the camera. It's just more subtly rendered with the...

The camera phone does just fine with simple form, color, pattern and texture images in which some of the qualities like dynamic range, resolution, vignetting, etc. that occupy most of the tech...

As many of us keep saying, with few paying attention, the gap to fill is the gap between the D7xxx and the D3/D4 - a DX camera with performance as near to the D4 as a DX camera can get within the...

It's not the gap between the D7100 and the D600 that leaves space for the D400, it's the gap between the D7100 and the D4. The D7100 is a more advanced DX camera than the D600 is as an FX camera -...