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Introductions => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Westside guy on December 27, 2015, 00:42:21

Title: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Westside guy on December 27, 2015, 00:42:21

I am glad to find you all this new forum. I was an occasional participant on the old one, and always appreciated being able to pick your brains (the best experience is second-hand experience!).

I enjoy photography, but am more of a casual photographer than many of you. Way back in the day I got started using a Pentax K1000 film camera - I happily shot with that for many years. Nikon's D70 pulled me into the digital age - I purchased one (with its surprisingly capable 18-70mm kit lens) right before we took a trip to Hawaii. Eventually I migrated to full frame when the D700 came out. I loved that camera, but (and here's where some of you will roll your eyes) I found after few years I would find reasons not to carry it - photography is just a hobby for me, and the extra weight and bulk of the full frame gear made it inconvenient for me to carry back and forth to my job and other places. So I sold the D700 and most of my full-frame lenses, and (after flirting with mirrorless) bought a D7100.

My current kit is pretty simple. I've got the D7100; the Nikkor 10-24, 16-85, and 70-300 zoom lenses; the Nikkor 35mm DX; Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G; and the Tamron 60mm f/2 Di PDQ SOL FAQ LOL waytoomanyletters macro. The 50 may actually go away, since I like the Tamron quite a bit - but all in all I've found this works, and my NAS seems to be dormant.

Travis

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on December 27, 2015, 00:44:28

Welcome and hope you enjoy the new forum.

A dormant NAS is like having a sleeping dragon in your house - you have to thread carefully lest it is reactivated.

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Bruno Schroder on December 28, 2015, 09:44:51

Welcome here, Travis. As Bjørn, I would be cautious with a dormant NAS, something might be brewing :)

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Olivier on December 28, 2015, 09:47:50

Hello Travis,

Welcome.
I am quite interested in hearing more about the tamron 60mm.

Olivier

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: armando_m on December 28, 2015, 15:07:22

Welcome Travis

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Gary on December 28, 2015, 16:42:11

Welcome to the forum.

Title: Re: Hello from the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US!
Post by: Erik Lund on January 14, 2016, 09:39:08

Welcome! You will find a lot of us here using both FF and DX and mirrorless side by side ;)