It will beep when set to AF-S. but not on AF-C. I use both af-s and af-c with bbf depending on what I am shooting.

Santa is still waiting for me to decide on a Really Right Stuff ball head and L bracket....he brought me a black rapid strap but surely everyone knows how one thing leads to another !

Does anyone use Black Rapid sling strap with M Plate Pro in order to have quick access to tripod without having to take strap off. Santa brought me a Black Rapid strap but I use my tripod alot. Need advice!

I would like to have comments on this picture. I took several shots and put them together in photomatrix but did not tonemap. Thanks for input.

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I would rather have 2.8

I would love to have a 70-200mm lens. Can anyone comment on Nikon vs. Tamron? Other than Tamron costs way less !! Thanks.

Thanks for your help. I did notice that the write speed was not the 40MB when trying to compare products but did not know what that would mean. If I do not take more than 2 or 3 burst shots at a time, do you think the price of these warrant keeping. I usually only take one shot at a time for landscape. My problem is that my current cards are occupied with pictures from a trip I just took and I have not transferred them to my computer (lack of time) and I am leaving in the morning for 2 days of shooting. Best Buy was my only option this week. But if the cards are not good enough to bother with, I will stay up until midnight and clean off my good cards :) Thanks again.

I just purchased 2 new cards last night at Best Buy and would like to get input on whether they are good cards. I cannot seem to find that particular card on Amazon to compare price.
SanDisk Ultra Plus SDHC UHS-1 16 GB Class 10 Speed up to 40MB 266X. I paid $14.99 for each. Thanks.

Don, we are neighbors.. I am in BR.

I always put my ballhead in my carry on (wrapped in bubble wrap just in case my carry on has to be THROWN below plane when the overheads are not large enough (smaller planes) and I put the legs in my checked luggage. I guess my theory is that I would rather not replace both parts if luggage was lost.

Oh how I wish !!! It is very frustrating to have to go to work every day when all my photo friends are out on field trips ! But then again, thankful I have a wonderful job so I can continue collecting camera gear :) There is always something to "need".

I am now using D7100 and single point focus and trying to remember to use higher shutter speed to help camera movement. Not sure which camera I used for my blurry dragonfly. i think it was a D40. I need to start making notes when I post these pictures from work. I do not have the info or software with me that I need to share here. But I really appreciate all comments.

Poor baby, he does look sad. You need to see my Sad Monkey picture I just posted.

When I saw the picture posted of the Sad Bear, I just had to add my Sad Monkey to the collection.

Sharpness is a big problem for me. The dragonfly was even trying to cooperate by sitting still. What can I do?