David Lal

I'd not touch a D7000 with a bargepole. Good that the AF system works fine for you but right from the beginning this model seemed to have a remarkable propensity for eliciting 'user error' [ sic ] ...

Yes, what matters is the light incident on the bird, so meter off something convenient and set the camera manually.

I have virtually no interest in videography and no DSLR that does video. However, I was looking very recently for a free video editor (for handling files recorded on a satellite TV receiver). You ...

@Baileybut You've stated that your main photographic interest is for family and travel. So, I think the decision to stay with DX is a wise one. We are all different but personally, for these two ...

.. the sepia effect! ;-)

.. I'd have had your #2 juvenile as the main entry. Very nice image!

Here is the classic test for back/front focus with a row of AA batteries. Very short focal length lens to get the field of view I wanted: D300; Nik 16-85mm @16mm; F11; ISO=400; some fill flash. ...

Absolutely agree with you about the loupe but I use a jeweller's loupe that is a fraction of the price of yours (GBP£ 5). See: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-21569-Magnification-Jewellers-Eyeglass ...

For me $49 is just way too high a price. I make my own swabs by cutting a Pec Pad in half and wrapping and taping it around a piece of plastic. Onto this I drip just two drops of Eclipse fluid. ...

I think there two, at least two, methods of connecting a telescope to a camera: one in which the original telescope eyepiece is retained and the other in which it is removed and replaced by a T- ...

Actually, I rather like composites!

Oh yes, it was not my intention to imply that Instamatics were (anywhere near) as good as today's smartphones and I too appreciate the technology of the 'phones. In their day though the ...

There is nothing new about touch screens which have been around either as a capacitative or resistive technology since the late 1960s (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen) indeed I ...

Levers are nice as well. ;-)

First a bowl of nuts D300; Nik 16-85 @ about 18mm and then a refreshing cold drink and a good read: D300; Nik 16-85 @ about 18mm

I am pleased for you that you are enjoying your camera but for me a touch screen is absolutely worthless. Give me external wheels, buttons, knobs and switches every time. I'm very old school IT ...

Dust spots and DSLRs go hand in hand. I would not have thought they'd be covered by a Nikon warranty and besides there have been plenty of reports of new cameras right out of the box that come ...

.. He only posted twice and that was 7 years ago. I suggest a factory reset of the camera then reformat the cards, or maybe even get new cards - but I don't have a D7000 so can't try this out ...

What about maintaining a back up bag, with cards, to reduce the probability of taking out an empty bag? ;-)

Such an expensive camera and even after exchanging it twice you are still hoping for luck? I usually wait a few years before buying a 'new' camera - much cheaper and less reliance on luck.