Phill Novotny's Page

"I would suggest, as a long zoom, looking into a 70-200 f2.8 instead of the Tamrons listed. For the shots from the back of the church the extra stop will be helpfull.  My daughter has aTamron and I use an older Sigma 70-210 for night and or…"

"Looking @ the KEH.com website, for the price of a LN condition D300 you could get a D2x in ECand step up to a Pro grade Full Frame. I've bought several cameras and lens from them and their service is great and the repair dept does great work at…"

"I'm looking for an old Konica TC-X to add to my film collection. the first one I had was a great camera. Why not just pick up another Konica body from someplace like KEH.com they ussually have several for sale."

"You could also check out KEH.com. They have good prices and excellent service."

"Or 1 stop shopping!   nice capture"

"I use one of the 2 local camera stores. The one I use does their developing in-house and even do medium format rolls."

"Rex , the 70-200 f2.8 is an excellent sports shoot lens. This was shot with an older Sigma 70-210 f2.8 on a Nikon D80 this past weekend. "

"At last nights cars show I walked around with my D80 fitted with the 18-55 kit lens and a Phoenix SmartFlash ring light on a Targus monopod and my D50 with a 50mm macro prime. The rest of my gear was behind the seat of my truck.   In 2…"

"Which camera body are you using? I picked up my Sigma 70-210 f2.8 used for $250.00 , My cameras do not need the focus motor in the lens (AF-S) so I could get away with an older lens. My daughter bought a new Tamron 70-200 f2.8 AF-S for right…"

"I would suggest a faster lens such as a 70-200 f2.8. It will give better low light performance and better bokah for portraits.  "

"According to my Field Guide for the D80 you need to go to the Setup menu and set the <USB>item to <P PTP> It also says you may need to use Nikon's Camera Control Pro software."

" I live on the North Coast in Lake County"

"I use a Promaster 5750 flash with either its Nikon iTTl module for on camera workor its Slave module for off camera (manual settings) work with my D80 or D50. The Promaster 7500 series is the next step up (non module operation with built in slave…"

"[IMG]http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z145/Sportster77/DSC_0001-2.jpg[/IMG] I picked this up this past winter for $25and my pick of about 7 the store had for the same price. The store has a very large selection of antique and old cameras for sale…"