You may want to switch to Windows Live Mail. It's about as close to Outlook Express as you can find these days. It's a freebee and is available on the MS website. Once you've loaded it, go to your Settings app and switch preferred e-mail to Windows Live Mail. It should be included in a pick-list. Good luck - JRH

I still use my trusty Nikon F100 and a few rolls of film!!! If it ain't broke - DON'T FIX IT!

Newton Minnow may have been premature in describing TV as a vast wasteland back in the 1970s - but it surely is today. Ditto for most, if not all, movies. Who is our generation going to be remembered for? Tom Cruise, Robert Downy, and a few others. Where are the Bacalls, Bogeys, and other great actors of our youth? Today's crop just doesn't measure up.

Ditto on too much TV and movies, too! I missed 7.

Might I suggest the Nikon D5500 with the 18-140 kit lens. It offers so many features not found in the FX cameras you've been discussing - it's the latest technology - and it's far less expensive than the D750 or D810. I prefer it to the D7000 I previously used.

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I concur. Have bought Busch manuals for every Nikon camera since D3100. His books provide very clear and usable info not found in the Nikon manual. I have both the book and the Field Guide. Cheers - JRH

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I think you just provided the answer to why I'm having problems with PP. I've bought into the stance that is so strongly pushed here on the UHH Forum that if you want to produce really good photographs, you have to shoot in RAW. I'm going to switch to JPEG files and see if that makes a difference. That way, I can try various camera settings without getting bogged down and frustrated trying to PP RAW files. I sure am glad I read your post a second time. Thanks - JRH

That may be an option - but, all my old lenses are FX(AF or AFD). I want to take full advantage of the D7000 capabilities - not sure I can using those lenses.

I really do regret allowing so many years to pass when I seldom took out the cameras for a morning or evening of shooting. I'm afraid I've lost my touch. I also now wear glasses and contacts which further complicates the situation. Maybe I should try stamp collecting :wink:

Couldn't agree more - I ran both a color and B&W darkroom. Computer-based PP is nothing like using the darkroom. Also, I'm not looking for a way to cut the setup on the camera down to 5 steps. I was using a Nikon L120 P&S and I was not satisfied with the results. I bought a D3100 and tried it for about 6 months. I bought David Busch's D3100 book and his Field Guide. Results just weren't what I expected.

This forum has been pushing the D7000/7100/7200 on anyone who asks what they should buy. I got a new one at Best Buy with the Nikkor 18-140 DX lens for $675. I also bought Busch's guides. I tried loading Ken Rockwell's setup file. The D7000 did not like the file. Unfortunately, I couldn't deduce the settings from the file so I couldn't do a manual setup.

I've been on the UHH Forum now for over a year. At least once a week someone reports a "glitch" that cripples their D7XXX. Honestly, I think I made a mistake buying the D7000. I've got at least 2 dozen Nikkor lenses from my film days (Nikon N50 and F100) that I could use with the D7000 - but I'm not going to waste my time trying them until the Nikkor 18-140 produces acceptable photographs.

I retired in Jan 2013 after 42 years as an IT Guru in the AF. The basic problem I have with the PP software is how to apply the many sliders and settings in a consistent way that produces consistent results.

Another member (PeterFF) asked a series of questions. I think the one about sheer complexity pretty much hit the nail squarely on the head. I had a process in the darkroom. I can find no way of translating that process to digital PP. Maybe being 69 years old is the problem. I just can't keep all the balls in the air like I used to. And I just can't remember everything I've tried to learn over the past 2 years.

I bought my son a Nikon L830 that he no longer uses. Maybe I need to set the D7000 aside and see what the L830 can do for me.

This has turned out to be a very stimulating thread. Let's not let it die too quickly. Cheers - JRH

I had an outstanding lab a few miles away that gave me 1 hour turn-around. I then did my own printing in my darkroom - B&W, color, and Cibachrome. My prints won photo competitions but probably never approached "professional" quality.

There are other complicating factors involving family that I chose not to mention. Retired life has not turned out the way I had planned it.

For a veteran of film photography over the past 40 years, digital photography is still difficult to learn. My film cameras had, at most, 4 settings that you needed to know how to use. My D7000 has upwards of 100 menu options - not all required to be proficient - but a lot more than the 5 on my film cameras. When you add in the need to learn at least basic PP, the task becomes daunting. And, quite honestly, after viewing the many member photos on UHH, I am questioning why I should expend any more effort on it. My son has the required "eye for composition". He makes very good photos with minimal PP. My film-based photos were almost always better than the digital photos I've taken over the past 3 years. I have yet to post a photo on UHH because I'm just not satisfied with any of the ones I've produced. I'm going to keep trying - and I hope to eventually produce photos worthy of posting. Cheers

Concur. I've gotten better deals thru Cameta than direct from Nikon.

If you end up buying a body, suggest you go with the Nikkor DX 18-140mm lens. It covers all the ranges you are likely to need since it is 27-210 FX equivalent. I have one and seldom mount any other lens.

Concur. Nikons asking price on e-bay is usually above Nikon Reconditioned and Nikon warranties are not transferable to new owner. The additional items add at least $300 to the body price.