try b&h photo or adorama. they are both reputable and sell used and refurbished equipment. stay away from gray market as there will be no warrenty and they will not support you if you have a problem with the product you buy. also, if you are having a hard time deciding on a lens, you may want to check out renting the lens you want to purchase and use it before you buy.
Nice photos, thanks for the advice
thank you, the flash box will be looked into in the future, but right now I am doing mostly bugs in nature.
Thank you, this is helpful
I am new to macro photography. I am not interested in professional level macro photography, just as a hobby. I have a Nikon d750 camera and am using a micro 105mm lens. what I am looking for is a ring flash or ring light to introduce more lighting to my photographs. in my research I am finding a large range of items, such as a bolt vm-110 led for $79.00 to a Nikon close-up speedlight for $460.00, plus a multitude of lights in between, and a multitude of lights priced much higher. my question is what is the difference and what would the more experienced in this area recommend?
you are correct in the manual focus issue, but as we all know, if you are unable to manually focus at times, you will not get the photographs you desire from time to time. if you are to rely on the auto focus 100% of the time, possibly because your eyes just do not focus the way they used to, then by all means, buy only auto focus equipment, but if you are able to manually focus, then there is an abundance of used lenses, that are great lenses, out there at a great price.
no, Nikon has not changed their "f" mount for lenses in their cameras while canon has changed their mount several times.
ford or chevy, it's all a mind set. they are both great cameras. the only reason I would go with Nikon is that the old lenses will fit any modern camera, meaning you could save a lot of money buying used lenses. what ever you choose, looking at your long term goals, always buy full frame lenses (FX), they will work great on a cropped camera, but when you decide to upgrade to a full frame camera, such a the Nikon d750, you will not need to reinvest in lenses. fx lenses will work on dx cameras, but dx lenses will not work the same on full frame cameras. check with your local camera shop and hold the cameras and see if one feels better in your hands than the other. whatever you purchase, have fun.
another thing to consider is checking out b&h photo and adorama online. they sell quality used refurbished equipment at a reduced price.
also check out b&h photo and adorama for used equipment. the d7100 is a much better camera for her action shots when photographing her horses.
the d7200 will give you a larger buffer and will work better with high ISO. if you are not shooting action or very high ISO, the d7100 will work great. actually, the d7100 is better with low ISO than the d7200.
what ever you purchase, always consider ff lenses when you buy lenses, as you may want to upgrade to a full frame camera in the future, such as the d750, and you will not need to upgrade your lenses as well when you do.
you would be better off buying used at b&h or adorama. buyer beware in the grey market.
i have the tamron 150-600 and use it on a nikon d750 with no problems.