I think I am ready to purchase a Nikon D5600 but I am having issues deciding on what lens to get - I am trying to get a good all around camera to keep with me as a second camera for just general use and for my wife to use - don't need anything fancy hence the D5600 but I really want only one lens for her to mess with and I am thinking about the Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6VR but I noticed the Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6VR and even the
55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR. I have seen the camera bundled with the 18-140 mm lens and from what I can tell it seems to be a good match but I think she will want to reach out more so hence the 300mm. Any comments or other lens I should look at?

FYI - she has been using the Nikon P900 for a few years now but finds it a little to heavy and the zoom is great but she can't hold it steady so really not using it for the zoom that much hence going down to 300mm.

Thanks for any input!!!!!

I would appreciate advice from members regarding the value of upgrading the firmware that comes with the Nikon D 80. I bought the D 80 approx 10 years ago and the firmware has never been upgraded. I suspect that most of you are highly computer competent and that this is a storm in a teacup and why not "just do it". Well I would like to do that but as an 86-year-old man I cannot always follow that long sequence of steps required. So I'm left with the alternatives of either doing nothing or paying somebody to do it. Therefore the question is what is the cost benefit ratio and which is the better decision.
The camera is only used for casual family photographs, outdoor shots and documentation of a structure. I would be curious to know if they did correct the defect in the exposure calibration which was in this model Nikon. You will remember that many people used to leave the exposure compensation button set at ? to offset this problem.

If you would just let me know whether you think it is worth the cost of having somebody install it and what the advantages are.
I appreciate the considered advice of the members

In light of what just happened in Stockholm, I must return to a question I posted weeks ago. We plan to travel to Stockholm soon, but the flight will require changing planes three times (each way). I worry that airlines will expand their security to the point that camera and lenses can no longer be taken onboard as "carry on", hence up overhead in the cabin. This would mean my two camera bodies and two lenses would have to go below with luggage. I'm worried about damage.

Have any of you traveled with your camera and lenses in some kind of case that traveled safely as "checked baggage", hence under the cabin with other luggage? If so, what secrets can you share with the rest of us?

As the OP I would like to make some comments which apply not only to this thread but also to many others on the UHH site.

1st. Give the poster the benefit of the doubt. In most cases the questions they ask are sincere. Although the question may appear stupid to you because of your experience level, the poster may actually be in the dark and want help. The percentage of out and out Trolls is quite small.

2nd. Study the question asked and if you have information which seems to apply to the subject give it in a constructive manner.

3rd. If you have nothing which seems to benefit the original poster or will clarify another's post, just give it a rest. It's OK to have an unexpressed thought.

4th. Consider just what is gained by being unconscionably impolite to the other members of the Forum.

Regarding my question, I appreciate all of those who responded whether they were constructive, redundant or rude. I never imagined that a simple question might take 5 pages but, in the words of Johnny Dollar, "Everybody's gotta be somewhere".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ek38GzsEk

Thanks,

Bob