While I have had the D5100 only 3 years, I have been wondering if I am 'over-camera-ed' in that I have lugged it along on only 1 of my last 3 trips up the Lake Superior Horth Shore. The thought of downsizing for some time and the comments in this thread have been instructive and constructive. The remarks about body & lense imbalance and controls size have tilted me to keeping the D5100 for now. Lastly, I laid out $850 for the D5100 kit and $150 for the 55-200 mm extra lense, a Nikon though the number escapes me; how much I could get on a trade with Nat Cam Exch would be too painful. The D5100 is 16 Mpixels and most newer DSLRs exceed that, so any hopes of getting anything close to my outlay seems remote. My days of tramping into remote areas in search of that perfect hawk or moose scene are over. So I am degraded from amatuer picture taker to camera owner.

Richard Evans in his "Third Reich at War" chronicles at pages 628-9 the "White Rose" movement. It did not just spring up, but in part was an outgrowth of an earlier group, "League," of the Weimar Republic. I over simplify so that those with the interest will have a reference to examine.

I am thinking about trading my Nikon D5100 for the Canon Rebel SL1. Will I be sorry for what reasons. I bought an extra lens for it and wonder if it would be useable on the Canon. I am pretty much a novice when it comes to a lot of camera judging.

With suitable remote controls we can finally have a proper replacement of

"Thoughts while shaving"

with

"Shots while napping."

By the Ontario route or the Wisconsin route.

Have you ever noticed any bird of prey that looks disinterested. Your osprey seems to be studying things, like maybe food.

May I bend this thread a little bit into manufacturer or brand of memory brand. I recently ran into a dog made by Dane.

Thanks, ALKI7000. I hadn't thought that Kit. It so happens I have one. Got it to use with an iPad 1 and just discovered the memory card connector got the photos into Photo folder. No such luck with the camera connector - could be a camera fault.

Everyone knows the smartphone and tablet cameras leave an awful lot to be desired. But for sending images across to someone, most of these smart devices make that a snap. So when I take the fantabulouse picture can I grease the process (meaning no camera-computer finagling) with a whiz bang gadget. You hook it to the iPad with a USB cable and slip the camera memory card in and you can see all the images and transfer that masterpiece to the photos folder and thence to an email. Any such gadget or toy exist?

To complete the circle, can someone supply the corresponding statistics for Olympus and Sony.

I have a not small but not large box full of CF cards, because the have not fit or be compatible with any of my most recent cameras: 1st or 2nd generation Canon Rebel and Nikon D5100 and coupla point-shoots. So what kinds of cameras can take CF cards these days. I also have a bunch of Smart Media cards in the same box. My camera stuff drawer seems to be a history of me, sigh.

How does the rule of thirds work?

I keep seeing articles talking about Four Thirds. Does this refer to sensor frame size ratio? Need specialty lenses to use effectively. How does it compare to the old film standard of 36 mm by 24 mm image size?

The store should have a record of the sale, so contact them ASAP. You might not need the actual receipt. B&H has a generally good rep, yes no what.

Any word on third party refill of Epson archival ink cartridges?