All I can say is that I have too much money invested in Canon lens to ever change. Of course, I'm not a pro just an amateur that's been taking pics for over 50 years. For some unknown reason I started with Canon; don't know how many I have and I'm too lazy to go count them but I suspect over a dozen. (I'm 93 and I don't thiink that I could list them all from memory if my life depended on it.) Harry

I used to ride every brace. I had a couple of smooth horses, Tenn. Walkers or Missiuri Foxtrotters. Now I ride my dog trainers horses, try to ride my own dogs (No more keeping the judges honest by seeing everything.) On some courses, you cn see over 1/2 the action from a pickup truck so I often do that as god forbid my horse should trip and I go off. Not recommended when in your 90s!

"My problems are mechanical, with things like arthritis giving me trouble, but no cancer, no heart problems and I get around pretty well. I can't play softball, but I can still walk a mile or so, as long as the trail is not too steep..."

I'm 92 and the above pretty much defines me too. Oh, I do have a pacemaker for whatever that's worth. And I don't go on steep trails! Stopped that nonsense when I turned 80. <g> I can still ride a horse though.

I do fall once in a while so I've become cautious. Once I'm down, it's damned hard to get up. Harry

I was selling photographs befpre I married my current wife so she has no concern over my photographic expenditures. And btw, she has an income equal to mine. And I have no idea where she spends her $$. I field trial bird dogs so most of my spare cash goes in that direction, much less to photography. Haven't bought a camera since I don't know when. Now , a dog.... <g>

Well, I'm 92, turning 93 in mid-April. So far, so good! Harry

>How many of the soft and cuddlies here are still undiscovered, because they watch from hiding and don't post?

I don't post a lot but I'm not soft and cuddly. I think the last time I was cuddled was in the '60s. Harry

"That's why I've had my 18MP for, oh, 13 years?"

Not trying to outdo you Longshadow but I've had my 5D for longer than that, when I got it is lost in the mists of time. Harry

>His name is Juan. "In a Juan horse open sleigh..."

I like the way you think! Harry

D*mn this computer, I can't find the original post.

I agtee, almost any good model will do. I use a Dell with no problem. What I do disagree with is the RAM rec. Yes 16 willprobably do but 32 will do better. I personally use 64. WTH, it's cheap so better too much than not enough. When cleaning up after heavy useage I can still run other things with my 64. Harry

[quote=wayne-03]Me--

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I don't carry a bag, I carry a camera with a 70-200 lens and a 50 in my pocket. Harry

>That's out of about 9 cameras I still have.

My desk in my home ffice has a BIG drawer. It's full of cameras, Canon and Nikon, dunno how many. And maybe an old Voightlander (I bought one through the PX in Korea many years ago.) I've given away a few cameras, never sold one. Just consign them to that drawer. :-) I have one Canon that I use once in a while. Harry

I just like my Canon 5D. Had it forever, bought it shortly after it came out. Harry

[quote=PAR4DCR]Hope you can cook Jerry.

It's clear that he can't think.

"For future reference, a post like this might have been better if sent as a private message to the person you are addressing."

Hey, tell that to the guy who jumped on me. He didn't do it in a private message but posted it for all to see. I just responded in kind. I don't know what got his shorts in such a twist and frankly, don't give a rat's patoot. So I posted the same general idea twice in two days. Who gives a d^mn? (I guess maybe the internet police?) As I 've said, I'm 92 and my memory ain't what it used to be. Were I not a graduate of an Ivy League school, I might tell him what to do in no uncertain terms. Not uncertain but simple so that it could be understood. In any case, I'm thru with this BS. I have plenty of time but none to waste on fools!

"How is this post different that yesterday's exact same subject, also from you?"

Damn, didn't mean to get your shorts in a twist. I'm 92 and my memory is shot. "Yesterday" for me is probably like last year for you. Do you remember everything you did from a year ago?

Hope you do better if you live this long! Harry PS And anyway, why do you care? Seems like a waste of your time, just to bust a stranger's chops in a freakin' NG. I have to admit that I'm cofused. Usually your posts are worth reading.