My local Nikon repair facility (that only does certain repairs) recommended sending my D7000 to the facility on the east coast instead of the one on the west coast. He said the west coast one took a lot longer to process repairs.

rmorrison1116, would you believe I hadn't even thought of that? There were about 10 years between those photos, and different cameras. Both used the 18-200 VR lens, though.

I am not a single-theme person, but I do favor structures over people. I also like to do flowers and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. (I used to ride, but had to quit in 1989.)

Thanks for all the welcomes. I do appreciate it. Here are a couple of my flowers:

DSC_2893-2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

DSC_2876-2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

DSC_0071.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

I know a macro lens would do them better, but I make do with what I have.

I think you will absolutely love that trip. I did the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff back in 2013 and it was a great adventure. It was part of a package that then used a coach to Jasper and Canada Rail on over to Halifax, NS. My photos of that 16 days are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections/72157635052196955/.

I had the good fortune to tour New Zealand in 2004 (20 days) and it was wonderful! The people there were very friendly and the sights were great. I'm going to tour Australia and NZ in February 2017 and looking forward to it.

Cute dog! Here are a couple of my favorites (I hope):

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When I first changed from a rangefinder 35mm (Petri 7S) to an SLR, I chose the Nikkormat (and later FT when that one was stolen) because the controls were very similar to those on rangefinder cameras (all on rings around the lens). Those were very nice cameras.

Another D7100 shooter here. It's a great camera.

Nice pics! I'm a newbie, too.

Hmmm.. The 5DSR is a full-frame camera, right? So the 28-300 is equivalent to the 18-200 on the DX format.

Hi! I'm David in Dallas (Texas, that is) and I'm a new subscriber. I'm not a professional, by any means, but I do take a lot of photos. I use a Nikon D7100 (now) and their 18-200 VR2 lens exclusively, and almost always without flash. The past couple of years I've also been post-processing with Lightroom® and then uploading to Flickr®; prior to that my uploads to Flickr had minimal or no post-processing. I have 39,000 pictures on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections and I will confess that I don't screen them too closely because they serve to re-stimulate my memories and tangentially share them with friends and relatives. A lot of my photos are taken "on the fly" while engaging in programmed tours, so time for lens changes and careful positioning is usually not available (hence the use of a "do everything" lens). I'm not ashamed of my work, but I won't try for any prizes, either. Prior to the D7100, I'd been using a D7000, but it died a couple of months ago. Earlier cameras used for pictures on Flickr include a Baby Brownie Special using 127 film (1960-1964), a Petri 7S rangefinder 35mm (1964-66), two Nikkormat FT (1967-1980s), Nikon N70 and FE (1990s-2004), Kodak DX7630 (2004--first digital), Nikon D50 w/first 18-200 VR (2005-2012, first DSLR), and beginning in 2013 the D7000. I believe my technique has improved somewhat, but my hardware has advanced by leaps and bounds!