Thank you! will do.

Thank you very much! This is the first time posting, will do it next time.

The flowers are blooming around my house, this one is special to me!

I am too waiting for the D400 to replace my reliable aging D200. The D7100 is attractive, but I want a replacement has the same button arrangement as the D200 or the D300 plus the built quality. I will be very patient to wait for it's coming.

Photography is not the tool only for recording event of time anymore, It actually is tool of art. My images may not be accepted by everyone, but that's from the different point of view of others. I will just do what I like to do with my own way, that's art!

I have been reading the P.P. magazine for years that I love it.

Wow! good to know that, I will have to tell all my family members to be careful!

Thank you so much!

Projected 24mp and $2000.

D-400.

Scott, I Agree with you 100 percent! On those good old day, Vivitar Series-1 lenses were the best amount all third party lens makers.
I have the 100mm f-2.8 MF marco and the 70-210mm f3.5 MF marco zoom for my Nikon D200. I love both. I use them mostly on flower and still-life shooting. I bought them both used with little money.
I prefer using true macro lens over extension tube or reverse lens, because true macro lens especially from 85-200mm lens, they give you more working distance between your camera and the object, especially on the insects.
I don't use macro filter lens, because you add more glass on the lens, it will degrade the image.

I have a Vivitar series-1 100mm f2.8 MF macro lens on my Nikon D-200, it's a very good 1:1 true macro lens for it's price. I bought it at the price of $100 used at B&H.

Why don't you get an ILC (Interchangeable-Lens Compact).

Very nice ideal, I have three enlarger lenses, will give it a try.
Thank you for sharing!

You absolutely need fast glass in the Canyon, because you may not permitted to use flash in some area, or don't want to disturb the other people. The picture comes out more natural without flash.

Good luck, have fun!

We share knowledge and make each other a better photographer!

Happy Shooting, and Good Luck!

On the D200 body, I just set it on aperture mode and set the aperture what ever I want and still can focus with the lens full open, the aperture will close automatically to the preset setting while I press the shutter and the camera adjusts it's shutter for the right exposure.
Because the D200 and the other more expensive bodies have built-in aperture linkage to detect the setting of the aperture on the lens, and can be used on A-mode. The other cheaper entry-level bodies like the D-5000 series; D-3000 series; even the D-90 can not be metering with the AI or AIS lens, except stopping down!