Thanks for all the information. I was thinking since I had a 300 zoom lens on a DX camera which I think gives me 450 I could have taken the shoot from 50 yards away without her knowing but I did the polite thing and asked. Next time I guessing if they are in a public park it’s ok to take candid shoots.
I like taking candid shoots of people are sometimes better than the ones I get if I ask them to pose. Especially when taking photos of my children. The shoots I get when they don’t know they are being photograph seams to give me better results and the pictures seam more natural.

In the USA can you take pictures in public without asking? I always do ask because it’s the thing to do in my opinion. Today at the park a young lady I’m guessing 19 or 20 was dressed up in a angle costume and I thought it was cute but she was being photographed by some one and she was on the other side of the creek. So I asked if I could take a picture from across the creek. I had and 55-300mm so I wasn’t invading her space. But the photographer was kind of rude and said no. So I didn’t. But I did take candid shots of people from afar. I did ask one person if I could take their photo and she said yes. So any way I’m posting a few shots from today. But not of people until I know it’s ok to post.
As far as my question? Do you legally have to ask to take candid shots at a park?

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Love the shot.

I’m not rich by a long shot. But when I bought my camera 2 years ago I got a kit lens NIKON AF S Nikkor 18-140mm 1:3.5 - 5.6 G ED. And every lens I buy I have bought used, with the intention of one day having a full frame camera.

But with what we are discussing here I might be better off sticking with the camera I have and buying DX lens. The lens I have seams to work really well on my D7100 but for the exception of the AL-s lens that I have to manually focus.

List of lens I use with my D7100

Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.3 - 5.6 G
Nikon AF Micro 60mm 1:2.8
Nikon AF 70-300mm 1:4 5.6 I use a tripod with this one
Nikon AF 50mm 1.8
Nikon 50mm 1.4 AL-s

I’ve decided to invest in glass. I have a 50mm 1.4 it’s a older lens but I’m having difficulties getting it to focus in manual at 1.4 on my D7100. I found the same lens in a 85mm, it’s a Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-s lens
For $380. Will I have the same difficulty with this lens on my D7100. Also the seller said that it had dust inside but will not affect the photos.

f/1.4
0.000625 - ( 1/1600 seconds )
50 mm
75 mm (35 mm format)
ISO 200
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
May 27,2019 01:42:18 PM
0.00 EV
Manual exposure
Manual
Auto white balance
Spot Metering mode
John Welborn Jr.
© 2019
NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D7100
Ver.1.04
31296
Manual Lens No CPU
2721446

My 50mm lens

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local seller for $380 but dust inside


Photo taken with the 50mm

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First of all I added that to the photo I thought it looked better that way. I’m just learning and appreciate any suggestions.
Here is the original

Original photo

Which lens would you recommend for portraits?
The one I use is Nikon AF Micro 60mm 1:2.8. I have a Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.3 - 5.6 G lens which is surprisingly good to be so cheap.

f/2.8
0.001250 - ( 1/800 seconds )
60 mm
90 mm (35 mm format)
ISO 400
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
May 19,2019 12:26:13 PM
0.00 Miles per hour
0.000000 feet above sea level (+/- 0.00)
0.00 EV
Manual exposure
Manual
Auto white balance
Pattern Metering mode
John Welborn Jr.
© 2019
NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D7100
Ver.1.04
30443
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8
2721446
33.536672° -86.559497°

I’ve had my D7100 for 2 years now and I really like the photos I take with it but I’m just now starting to take portraits I’ve always shot landscapes and birds and the D7100 does a great job. But was wondering if I was to upgrade to a FX camera would I gain any benefit over the DX?

When shooting portraits with the D7100 I use a older lens the Nikon AF Micro 60mm 1:2.8 and the photos are good. Would the quality be better with a FX camera?

I’m not a professional just learning as I go. This is a example of the Nikon AF Micro 60mm 1:2.8 with the D7100. Will there be a improvement using a FX over the DX when shooting portraits?

And if so which FX would you recommend?

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Thanks for the replies. All three looks good. I just need to pick one. Thanks

I’m new at taking photos in manual and I’ve think I’ve learned a lot. But still new at my Nikon D7100. I’ve downloaded lots of app and looked at videos on YouTube and ran across two app I haven’t used yet and was wondering which of these two app will give me the most benefit. So if anyone uses these app would they recommend them? I have a iPhone and iPad.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-photographers-ephemeris/id366195670?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photopills/id596026805?mt=8

https://www.amazon.com/Magnavox-ZV427MG9-Recorder-Line-Recording/dp/B0045STCS4?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_4

I’ve used this before a long time ago and it worked really well. I vave taken the dvd I made with it and used hand brake to rip to a file that I could put on a wd mycloud and use my Apple TV to stream them to my tv using a app called Infuse from the App Store.
It was the easiest way to do it at the time and I’m sure it still would work.

PhotoSync will transfer raw file I have a 2011 iMac and iPad Air 2. Works fine for me.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photosync-transfer-photos/id415850124?mt=8
This work well for me.

Question? I’m new and want to take long exposures of waterfalls and the stars. And what I found was a app called Cascable. Which you can control your camera with. Is there a advantage having a remote or using a app?