I have always been afraid of electricity Steve, but I hope my problem has been fixed and think that may be the case because now that they replaced the service entry cable, the microwave isn't smoking any more.

My house is 108 years old, all renovated just before I bought it. My first thought was that they must have done something wrong, but all seems well after the new line was put up.

I really appreciate all the input, advice and suggestions I got from this geat hedgehog family.

I wanted to replace the Nikon 200-500 in the kit with the 180-600 but Nikon isn't releasing many of them. I put my name on a waiting list for some of the better known retailers like Unique, Midwest Photo, etc. When I contacted Hunts I was told their waiting list was up to 103 so I skipped that list. Anyway, B&H came through after only a few weeks.

As much as I'd heard about the scarcity of this lens, I had already decided the F lens with the adaptor would be traveling north. Now I will be taking a z6ii in place of the D500 as a backup camera. Although the 500 with the f-lens would reach out to 750, my guess is the z8 at 45 Mpx at 600 mm will give me equal or better shots than the 500 at 750.

The couple of shots I took with the new lens are amazingly sharp -- great product. If I could give the lens a 4.75 rating, I would. It deserves better than a 4.5 but due to the one thing that many people have complained about, a little has to come off the rating because Nikon continues to put a foot on their lenses that is not compatible with Arca-Swiss standards. It doesn't make sense that we have to add another piece of hardware to the lens before we can quick mount it to a tripod.