How are you transfering your photos? If you use Nikon Transfer it allows you to rename your photos during the transfer before they get to your computer. You can also choose a primary folder destination and a secondary (or backup) folder destination. You can create these folders on your computer and backup destination prior to transfer.

I need to correct myself. Lexar cards are no longer made in the U.S. Now a product of china.

Just upgraded from an Epson 2200 to the new Epson R3000. Couldn't be happier!

Nikon's Nikkor 24mm f1.4 is one of Nikon's sharpest lenses and would be excellent for your landscape photography. Also, rememebr the Zeiss is manual focus only!

Please read the many reviews on the Nikon D800 and which lenses are the most appropriate. (Nikon.com is a good starting point) Because of the high pixel count if you don't purchase an appropraite lense you will be defeating the whole benefit of the D800! The D800 is not a camera body for the feint-of-heart. There is a real learning curve to get the most out of this excellent camera.

To me "Best Buy" is a misnomer! I remember when Best Buy stores first opened. There prices were quite reasonable. Now when I go into a Best Buy the vast majority of items are priced at manufacturers suggested retail price. Most independent retail outlets will sell items at very competitive prices. (for example Sears will match a price on any item you find from anywhere in the U.S.) If you are looking to purchase just about anything to do with photography, you can get much better prices through Amazon.com, B&H, Adorama, or any of the big camera outlets.

I generally tend to support US made items as best I can. Lexar is one of the top manufacturers of memory cards and one of the few that are made in the U.S.A.

Have not had luck with the Zeiss Lens Cleaning Wipes - very smeary. There is only one thing to use:

ROR = Residual Oil Remover

A couple of drops on a Kimiwipe and you won't believe the results.

How many pictures are there on the memory card? I had a similar experience with a Canon G11. I was using a 32 GB SD card, thinking I would just leave all pictures on the card. When the card was filled I would save the card as a backup. I just transfered untransfered pictures to my computer and left all others on the SD card. At about 2800 pictures on the SD card it, was not recognised by the Canon software on my computer. Canon said this was a limitation of the software. So to get new pictures from the SD card, I had to delete older pictures.

I am generally a nature photographer. I have to do some staff portraits. Most of the staff will be wearing white shirts and ties. What recomendations are there for the color of background I should use? The results will be framed 8X10's.

I purchased one many years ago and it is probably very difficult to find now in the days of digital. A little device used to be available that you could slide into the film canister and hook onto the film ratches and pull the film leader out of the canister. Worked perfectly 100% of the time. Good luck in finding one.

Eunice,

There are hundreds of good "How-To" photography books pertaining to many various types of photography: nature, wedding, macro, and the list goes on. Google "best beginning photography books" and you will get many good choices. I also recommend searching for "Famous photographers". You can often learn quite a little by studying the greats like, Ansel Adams, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Edward Weston, just to name a few.

I have read most of the other replies to your question. I take a different stance. You can never have enough RAM. It all depends on how long you plan on keeping your computer. Someone mentioned that Adobe says 4 GB RAM will run CS6. Generally when a software company indicates a particular amount of RAM it is usually the minimum RAM that is necessary to run the program doing the basic things the progams does. When you get into multitasking and/or pushing programs to their limits that's when you need more RAM. As I mentioned if you are planning to keep your computer for only a couple of years then 8 GB RAM may be enough. But if you are planning to keep the computer and do upgrades to software, be aware, that generally each time software such as Photoshop is upgraded, it requires more RAM to run "efficiently".