chlamchowder

I don't think the D600 autofocus will be a big problem. I regularly use it with fast action sports using a really old lens (300/2.8 AF-I), and even on a 2x teleconverter, it does a decent job. I...

The D5100 sounds like a beautiful body, with enough of the features that I want to make it a decent backup camera. But what puts me off is the lack of an in-body screw drive motor, which means it...

There are many free/open source raw conversion software, and some of those (like DCRaw which quite a bit of stuff is based off) read the DNG format too.

Check the rear element of the lens. When stuff shows up in the bokeh circles, it's usually something on the lens's rear element.

I can't imagine using a f/4.5 lens with a 2x teleconverter. The effective f/9 aperture just sounds painful in anything except bright light. But the bare 50-300 lens sounds pretty good even today....

When I spend money, I want to get something I can own and feel reasonably secure about, and can reliably use. I'm not paying for time-bombed software, and I'm definitely not paying for software...

Sorry for the rather poor image quality, but this should at least give a rough idea of what shading would look like.  With AF point illumination turned on, you get a solid black border instead of...

Turn off AF point illumination (custom setting a4). Then, DX crop mode will shade out the unused part in the viewfinder.

What the D600's behavior means is that G-type lenses are essentially crippled once in live view or movie mode. Aperture changes are not reflected unless you exit or re-enter live view. I guess the...

Consider that modern FX cameras with high pixel counts often remain usable in DX crop mode, meaning that you're not losing much (if any) reach. The D800 maintains 16 MP in DX crop mode, and the...

Hmm, time to take a serious look at some other stuff
I've heard good things about Darktable
And UFRaw...it will even try to read files from newly released "unsupported" cameras and do a good job...

Geez, I wish I could afford that. I'm a college student, and even with several jobs, buying a really old 300/2.8 AF-I still took a pretty nasty bite out of my savings. The 200-400 seems like a...

You don't have to put the D600 into DX crop mode to use the 17-70. It probably won't cover the entire frame at all focal lengths (especially at the wide end), but at some settings, it probably...

We're not just talking about telephotos here. Moreover, I don't think your statement that most tele lenses are just as good on DX as FX. DX can be thought of as a 1.5x teleconverter - it places a...

Haha, I guess I win the pixels-on-subject war (although honestly his burst rate and "real" lens vs. my 300/2.8 + TC combo would more than make up for that) But he also has a 200-400/4 on the ground...

However, when you're merely talking about getting to a certain focal length and throw equivalent image quality out the window, one of FX's biggest advantages is having a huge selection of used...

What do you think of the image quality? I think it's not bad for an almost 20 year old lens on a teleconverter. And while $2100 isn't going to get me top of the line supertelephoto image quality,...

At base ISO, I'd expect it to be a wash between the D7100 and D600, assuming the D7100 gets a magnificent lens that can deliver enough resolution to that 24 MP DX sensor (which would be over 50 MP...

If we're going to be so unfair, how about: Tamron 19-35/3.5-4.5: $100 DX price advantage: -$350 Tamron 28-80/3.5-5.6: $25 DX price advantage: -$85 Nikon 24-120/3.5-5.6 D: $150 DX price...

Exactly. Read the first sentence of my post.