LENSES ARE EXPENSIVE. A CLEAR FILTER IS CHEAP. PROTECT.

I AM VERY SCARED OF COMPUTER MEMORY. I NEED TO HAVE A "HARD" COPY IN FROM OF ME. THAT I TRUST, NOT ONLY WHAT I CAN SEE, BUT WHAT I CAN FEEL AS WELL. ONE SLIP OF THE FINGER AND THATS IT. GONE. I HAVE DONE IT.

MY POLICY IS "DON`T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT".

I LOVE THAT QUOTE ABOUT BIRTH, DEATH CERTIFICATE AND PHOTOGRAPHY, I AM GOING TO BORROW IT, THANKS.

I WILL NEVER LET GO OF MY NIKON F FOR ANY NEW ELECTRONIC GADGET. MY "NORMAL" LENS IS A 50MM - NIKKOR-S AUTO THAT GOES F16 - F1.4. THATS QUITE A RANGE. I ALSO CARRY A 90 -270 THAT GOES F22M - F4.5 AND A SHORTER WIDE ANGLE. WITH THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER BY BYPASSING THE LIGHT SENSOR. ONE INITIAL INVESTMENT THAT LAST FOREVER. (OH, AND A COUPLE OF FILTERS) . I ANTICIPATE WHAT I AM AFTER AND MAY NOT NEED TO CARRY THE HEAVIER 90 -270. MANUAL IS FUN. YOU CAN CREATE.

I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS LEARNING TO RELATE LIGHT, ISO, f STOP AND SPEED. TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT. NOW I JUST COMPOSE AND THE GADGET DOES EVERYTHING FOR ME. HOW NICE. BUT, I CAN STILL HANDLE MY "OLD" NIKON PHOTOMATIC WITH WHATEVER LENS. NEW "PHOTOGRAPHERS" WISH.

I AM AN ARTIST, TOO. I HAVE A VISION AND A CONCEPT ALREADY IN MY MIND, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT, I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE SCIENCE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MATERIALIZE MY DREAM. THEY JUST KEEP ON MAKING IT MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED. ANSEL ADAMS IS SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE. TOO MANY OPTIONS. (WHO NEEDS SO MANY SHOES??) WHAT DID MR ADAMS HAVE FOR EQUIPMENT?? AN f64 BOX; AND LOOK AT HIS WORK. ARTIST. DEFINITELY.

PHOTOGRAPHER JIM; YOU SAID IT VERY CLEARLY. THANK YOU.

BACK TO THE DAY, WHEN CAMERAS WERE SIMPLE MECHANICAL CEVICES, IT WAS ART . COMPOSITION. THESE DAYS , IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE CAMERA, THE SCIENCE, YOU ARE OUT. IT IS BOTH. ART THROU SCIENCE.

MT SHOOTER. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU FIT WELL IN MONTANA. NOT ME. HAPPY FROZEN CHRISTMAS , (AND CAMERA). HA HA.

THAT`S WHY I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. NO A PROB.

FORGET THE "LONG" LENSES, YOU NEED WIDE ANGLE AND THE FLASH UNIT