Sounds good!

Hope for low usage and enjoy it, but if you research Canon's website it should tell you how to determine the cameras shutter count.

You are putting yourself in a tough position to produce decent photography my friend. Most pro rated Nikon cameras don't have a built-in flash unit. You have high ISO capability and a fast lens, but because you are not using a flash to stop the action your camera is going to have to work twice as hard to produce what it can without using a flash. Stay away from using a polarizer filter. You will lose another F Stop or two if you use it.

If I where you I would make every last minute effort to obtain a flash. Some that you can attach a mini softbox to.

The only good thing about this situation is that you can arrive early, take photos and try to set your camera to what you are seeing and punt. With a flash you could bounce the light off the ceiling or shoot threw a mini softbox but you're not giving yourself this option. If you are going to shoot in these conditions you need the gear so you can pull it off successfully.

Sounds like you got a good deal. I have only one question. Being a rental camera how's the shutter count? The 80D was replaced with the 90D about a year ago or so. Both good cameras. Just concerned that you may be faced with replacing some parts soon. Something to check out with a digital camera.

Most good tripods start at this price and go up from there. Manfrotto, Vanguard, Promaster, just to name a few. Your Nikon D7100 is a decent older DSLR camera and it pretty standard unless you are putting a newer 70-200mm low light lens on it or say a Tamron 150-600mm big boy lens or anything 400mm or bigger from Nikon. You want a good foundation.

If I where you, I'd go old school Bogen or Manfrotto. Perhaps even Vanguard. Try Ebay first, before sinking a lot of cash into a new tripod made of plastic that developed stress cracks at the joint areas from cranking them down. Some people will push the new lightweight fiber base tripods on you but they generally can't handle the weight of any of the bigger lenses professional photographers use when you're out in the wild doing your thing to capture your images.

Back in the day heavy metal, cast aluminum or even older or newer wooden tripods ment quality. The newer tripods are generally all cheaper plastic construction and break a lot quicker than the older heavy duty tripods. I've sold them for the last five years and before our store closed from Covid, I snagged at least three of the bigger Bogen or Manfrotto tripods made in Italy 🇮🇹, because they are some of the best! But get what's best for you after you've considered what you want to place on your tripod. If it falls over from not being able to support the weight, you may be replacing both lenses and or camera.

The first two possibilities that come to mind is that it's a new camera and you in the attempt to figure what's wrong with the camera you goofed up the settings and your camera needs to be reset back to it factory settings to clear up your exploring. Read you manual to see how to reset your camera and try that first.

Second, and it does happen is that dark screens usually means that one of the viewing lights on the LED screen needs to be replaced. They do occasionally burn out or needs replaced depending on if someone dropped the camera, because mirrorless cameras are pretty sensitive to damage and sometimes they overheat pretty fast and thus can cause damage too.

Of course these are just guesses as to what I've seen working in a camera store for the last five years. With Sony cameras, everything has to be sent back to Sony for repairs. If you tried to clean the sensor or if the sensor went bad, because they are coated with a special thin filter, it would have to be sent back to Sony for repairs. Hopefully it's under warranty. Try the reset first. Good luck!

Tamron 150-600mm lens with EOS Canon mount. That's your next purchase. Keep the 70-200mm lens. That's a F 2.8 low light lens and it is always good to have that in your bag. If you're shooting landscape photos, you will eventually want to invest in a Super wide angle lens of your choice. Maybe a Tamron or a Tokina.

Send it back to Tamron! Most if those lenses have a 4 or 5 year warranty on them. Any other action will void that warranty.

If you can get your hands on the older Bogen or Manfrotto type Pistol grip you will have one of the best.

I used to work in a camera store for the last five years. We sold a lot of Promaster batteries and chargers. It's one of two things.

Either it's your battery (which depending on when it was purchased Promaster may replace it). Or two which also may be likely, you need to replace the battery charger.

Nikon's battery chargers are not very good. They simply poop out during long usage. A much better battery charger is the Promaster Traveler + Battery Charger (ILC) Interchangeable Lens Camera Batteries. When the battery is plugged in, the charger will kind of drain and re Jumpstart the batteries core. The red light comes on for changing and then turns green when the battery is fully charged.

The only thing about Nikon batteries, is that they started to use a smart chip that maybe interacts with the camera. Most Promaster product batteries will work with the Nikon cameras, but Nikon was trying really hard to keep their profits with these batteries even though they don't really make the batteries themselves. But they are labeled as Nikon batteries. So there you have it.

Always have a spare battery on hand or if possible, if your camera accepts it, buy an attachable power bracket that takes regular AA batteries or AA rechargeable batteries and bypass these problems all together. Good luck!

You have the right lenses and equipment for yielding the best images for your trip. I hope that everything is insured for damage and the possibility of it being stolen, because you will be targeted for your Nikon gear. I'm very serious here.

As far as you trip us concerned, you should always respect wildlife of any kind and stay at a respectable distance in their natural habitat. As one person has stated, there are landscape and area shots that you will miss if you don't have a wide angle or super wide angle lens. I have two Tokina wide angle lenses. A 16-24mm and a 12-24mm lens. They are perfectly suited for what you will be shooting. You've thought about closeup photography, but not scenic or landscape photography and will fall short of your goals to capture what us truly there.

Nikon and Canon have entered the mirrorless camera age. They are no longer producing DSLR cameras, but you can adapt your DSLR lenses to your mirrorless camera by way of using an adapter. Most professionals are still using DSLR cameras in the Industry, because pound for pound they are built for heavy usage and dependability where even the best mirrorless cameras simply break down.

Nothing against mirrorless, I have some myself and am very happy with my micro 4 3rds cameras from Panasonic which I can adapt all lenses from just about any other camera system to. Sony is the biggest seller of mirrorless cameras. The only thing is that all repairs including sensor cleanings must be done by Sony themselves. The sensors are coated and if you aren't experienced with cleaning them you can be looking at an expensive sensor replacement.

As far as taking pictures with you phone, they will be fine until you try printing them from 8x10 and up because the image will pixelate, or become very grainy in appearance as you try to enlarge the image.
Your phone is a back lite device, and images look great on there small screens until you start printing them for profit. But technology is feverishly working on improving this problem and things will eventually improve taking us into yet another level of new technology. So new technology has taken over the market by way of the new mirrorless cameras and new phone devices. But the DSLR cameras are still a rugged investment for the working Professional photographer and serious hobbiest.

I use to sell cameras for the last five years. As far as a new DSLR goes, anything higher than your D5100 would be a D7200 up to any of the full frame DSLR bodies like the D750 or the D850, which both have a crop sensor mode setting for using your DX lenses. Some people are suggesting the D500, which is Nikon's sports cameras that is an excellent choice, but you won't get one for $150-$200 like someone had mentioned. I know many people who own the amazing camera.

Nikon and Canon pulled the plug on DSLR cameras. They're not making them anymore. So you also may want to consider a new mirrorless camera using an adapter for your existing lenses. Depending on your budget, you have a lot to consider and need to research these choices. Olso consider buy used from places like B &H Photo or Ebay, because many cameras are no longer available new. Good luck!

Hi. I where you I would contact one of several pro printing labs and pose this question to them. It was probably a big mistake to roll the images vs simply matting and framing the large photos. The prints will have to be (moisten) unrolled and inspected for damages.

The images can then be re photographed and then entered into a photoshop program, edited and then reprinted and properly matted and framed for display.

These images where more than likely made with a panoramic stero camera that was common for the period.

A darkroom pictorialist probably printed several copies of the image and kept additional copies for further resales or possibly use them for printing references. Because the images where not stored flat, age and improper storage has taken it toll on the emulsion. Larger images as such where rolled up in blotting material because of the size of the prints.