Welcome to the forum Destair. Lots to learn.
Welcome Lyle. Enjoy the forum
While it is very important to protect your lens, every photographer worth his salt knows the more you put in front of that lens detracts from the image. No one has yet to recommend the product that came with the camera lens and that is the lens cap.
Welcome Earl. Nice to see you here.
Love the moon pictures. Be for warned, if you hang around this group you will learn about the "F" stop thing. Welcome.
One of my favorite places to visit. Come on in, have a cup of tea and sit a spell.
Welcome to the group. Semper Fi
Welcome from Port Orchard. Lets see some of your work.
Not a problem. I kind of thought that.
I have just come back from living in japan. The Japanese are very precise and professional with there photography. As in this country, there is a distinct difference between a tourist taking pictures and a professional photographer working his trade. By the way, a great many of the Japanese Photographers do speak English and some speak many languages. If they were to join this forum I do not think they would use kanji, hiragana or katakana.
My wife uses a monopod. They collapse and are very light. The cost are from $25 to $200. When crashing through the woods, you have no time for a tripod set up. Don't worry about how many time anyone has asked the question. Continue until you have the info you are satisfied with.
What great information. Since I am a Cannon fan, I use a Canon EF-100mm/2.8 for normal work but when it comes to insects that can sting me (hypersensitive) I use a Tamron 180 mm/3.5 Micro. Someone let me know if I'm out of the ball park (in error) with these lenses.
Thank you all for the replies.