Tom, welcome to the Hog.
I don't know anything about Nikon lenses.
But what is a Canon 50mm f1.54"G" lens?
Even if all your manual lenses DO work, why would anybody shoot Sports manually? Yes, I know that some shots can ONLY be shot on manual. Yes, I too shot some sports in the old manual days. When EOS came out, I went kicking and screaming very loudly, but that was a long time ago, in a land, far, far away. A guy with a cheap little Canon Rebel will out-shoot you at the baseball games. Just my puny opinion. ;-)
Good luck

i'm hurt, you've gotten lazy!!!
SS

when photographing moving objects it's all about FOCUS I don't care if you focus on the eyes or the ass. If your focus is off or blurry hit the delete button...... no amount of pp will help.....now how do you achieve that tack sharp focus.

1. use a 1000lb tripod...there heavy but stable.
2. use a very fast prime lens....there expensive but if you hit the lotto who cares.
3. buy a canon camera.........their focus system is second to none....and only a couple of bucks more.

let's go back to your original concern. for critical focus, and camera and lens brand really doesn't enter into it here, you want to manually focus.
now, some folks will say the action happens too fast. this is really a red herring. knowing your subject. studying the game, competition, whatever, will allow you to place yourself where your subject(s) are most likely to be and where activity hits its peak. Cartier Bresson called it "the decisive moment". for his images he used a leica rangefinder camera with a 35mm f2 summicron. sports photographers, in my youth, used 5x4 speed grahpics, and were not disadvantaged by their equipment. they knew their camera and knew their subject matter. and there really is no substitute for that.

I'm a pentax owner but it seems to me that canons lock focus and hold it much better than other brands.

I may be wrong....... opinions are welcome

I spent hours on buses today for a round trip to Jerusalem and I took over 300 shots.

What I want know from you people with big bucks invested in your photo equipment: what do you do in crowds? What do you do when there are teenagers everywhere and they all seem to be looking at your stuff? What if all of a sudden it gets very tight (too many people in a small place) and you've got the most to lose? And what do you do when they start running in all directions, making tremendous amounts of noise?

plain old black camera strap. rangefinder camera with name taped over in black. 35mm lens is perfect for using close up. one camera body, one lens, both insured. the faddish dslr with the 28-200mm lens is terribly out of place in such a situation. dress in gray or brown - dark neutral colours. nothing fancy. do not draw attention to yourself, whatever you do. if no one is wearing a jacket or hat, then don't wear one either. blend in and look like everyone else.

I never had expensive camera equipment before? What do you do?

Perhaps someone out there in the ether can point me in the right direction. Not long ago I tried some Arista ASA400 120 film & I had a difficult time threading it onto the reel to develop. The film base was very thin & flimsy, & it was like trying to feed cellophane onto the reel. Well, not that bad, but you get the picture. Does anybody know of a B/W film, ASA100, both 35mm & 120, that has a film base that would be similar to Kodak Plus-X film? (I use older cameras & the higher speed films are not suitable.) Thanks.

I'm not bashing, but it just seems like b&w is the fad of the year already. I see many pics that I wish were in color, or that I feel don't 'need' the b&w treatment. I can understand if you're going for an old photo look, or your subject is something that is, or can be interpreted as an older item (Like an antique), but most of the time it just seems unnecessary to me.

Again, I'm not bashing anyone, I'm just asking why so many people are converting pics to black and white. What do you see in your pic that makes you say "It needs to be converted to B&W"? This is an honest question, not sarcasm or meant in a derogatory way.

Thanks for your time,

~Ace

I have a Nikon D70 camera that I used for a back up to my D200. I put a bad memory card in the camera and broke some pins in the reader. The camera now gets the CHA error message because it needs a new card reader. The camera has less than 3K actuations. It's a great little back up camera but it doesn't have high value now because of its age. I would like to get it fixed. Nikon factory repair is totally outrageous in cost and turn around time. If anyone knows of a place that could repair it for a reasonable fee, I will get it fixed. Thanks for any leads.

For the most part, a true statement, although it may be a little out of historical context.

"In manufacturing the "Hansa Canon," Nippon Kogaku was responsible for the lens, the lens mount, the optical system of viewfinder and the rangefinder mechanism, while Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory was responsible for the main body including the focal-plane-shutter, the rangefinder cover as well as the assembly of the camera body." (Citation available on request)

and these days, worth a ton o money. also, for the early zenza bronicas, nikon made all the lenses. later on, komura and finally zenzanon were making lenses for those cameras. that would include the s, c, s2, s2a, ec and ectl bronicas. i still have a great love for the s2 and s2as, my first 6x6 slr.

It was, indeed, a joint venture which was to everyone's benefit.