D700

Even the seemingly endless daylight in Alaska eventually ends. Last night we were outside until late in the evening when a large brown bear gave us a beautiful portrait opportunity, but...

I've always been a little jealous of the possibility of stacking Teleconverters which Canon shooters seem to be able to do more easily than Nikon photographers. At the same time I've been puzzling over how to get my mind around having a D300 and a D700. Then yesterday on the pier at Padre Island it hit me...

With the huge increase in the capability of smaller sized D-SLRs more and more of us have grown fond of carrying smaller cameras like the Nikon D300, D700 or D90 or Canon 50D. For travel and convenience they can't be beat, and image quality is nearly the equal of their larger cousins. But there are some sacrifices. The lack of a convenient way to use the camera vertically and the loss in speed are a burden when you're shooting locally and not hampered by travel issues. Read more »