ddetloff Loc: Fair Haven, MI

Oh yeah, after getting the D7100 and a few assorted odds and ends, I won't be getting any new lenses for a while. Retirement tightens things just a little. But it does give me more time to spend on my new toy.

I like to take photos of the Great Lakes ships along the St. Clair River, so a larger lens comes in handy. I have a Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR on the D7100. I've had this lens for a few years and it works great for me. On my D5100, I have the Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR that came with my semi-retired D200. I also have a 50mm f/1.8D that is great for family shots. One lens that I never used is the Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR that was part of my D5100 kit. I think I will put that on the D5100 in place of the 18-200 now that I have the D7100 with the bigger lens on it to eliminate all the overlap. I'm good for a while on equipment, but it doesn't hurt to dream about that 70-200 2.8.

Last year I gave Lightroom a try with a 30 day trial just because I always like to try new things. It just didn't make any sense at the time especially the organizing of photos so I removed it from my Mac. Now that Aperture is going away, I gave Lightroom another try. This time, I did some reading about transitioning from Aperture to Lightroom. Now the light bulb came on and it's making sense. I figure over the next few months I should become comfortable enough to decide if I want to stick with Lightroom or go with Apple's Photos when it comes out... IF Photos does what I need. My fear is Photos will end up closer to iPhoto than Aperture.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

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dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I used to hunt valley quail but the past few years I haven't found any in the usual places.

Dennis