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Nikon 24-70 vs Tamron 24-70 VC

http://youtu.be/EnSPOf​XG2-M

On the D700, is the spot metering only on the center AF point? Or all?

Razeus wrote in post #14318677
On the D700, is the spot metering only on the center AF point? Or all?

If you use auto AF then it's just the center. Otherwise it uses all of them, same with the D800.

K6AZ wrote in post #14317009
I just realized what was bugging me about this. The D70 is what finally nudged me to start the transition to digital and I bought one new in late 2004. The D70s wasn't announced until April 2005 so you would have had to buy this in 2005. Not a big difference but it always bugs me when I read something that doesn't seem right and can't figure out why. This is one of the exceptions where it dawns on me!

lol. Nice catch. It's been a while that I forgot it was actually 2005.

It's the 50mm f/1.8. I find the 35mm f/2 rarely comes off, I have a feeling it'll be just as sticky on the D700.

dgrPhotos wrote in post #14317977
28/1.8g sighting.

http://www.flickr.com …6959548574/in/p​hotostream

My Tokina 11-16 still works on FX, but only at the long end. This may be a nice alternative.

The D800's are coming into the local shops this week. On Friday, Monday and today I have received calls saying "my" D800 is in. Three different places so the shops are getting them.

dgrPhotos wrote in post #14318344
Nikon 24-70 vs Tamron 24-70 VC

http://youtu.be/EnSPOf​XG2-M

Boo... no image quality comparison. The Tamron is a lens I'm keeping an eye on.

Uh oh... anyone with EN-EL15 batteries should read this:

http://www.nikonusa.co​m …all-Service-Advisory.html

K6AZ wrote in post #14321612
Uh oh... anyone with EN-EL15 batteries should read this:

http://www.nikonusa.co​m …all-Service-Advisory.html

One of the two EN-EL15's I have is an "E".

dgrPhotos wrote in post #14321736
One of the two EN-EL15's I have is an "E".

Then follow the directions on that page. Apparently you sign up and they send a new battery via UPS and pick up the one being recalled.

K6AZ wrote in post #14321612
Uh oh... anyone with EN-EL15 batteries should read this:

http://www.nikonusa.co​m …all-Service-Advisory.html

Thanks for the heads-up! I'll check mine ASAP.

K6AZ wrote in post #14321936
Then follow the directions on that page. Apparently you sign up and they send a new battery via UPS and pick up the one being recalled.

Yeah I went through the process, it says 7-10 business days. Hopefully they'll narrow that down and send me an email exactly when UPS will be coming for it. I'm shooting two events next week (that's a lot for me) so not the greatest timing.

dgrPhotos wrote in post #14322277
Yeah I went through the process, it says 7-10 business days. Hopefully they'll narrow that down and send me an email exactly when UPS will be coming for it. I'm shooting two events next week (that's a lot for me) so not the greatest timing.

That's what I was thinking, I hope they send a tracking number so you know when to be around or have someone around. I have two of them, one came with the D7000 and the other I bought separately and they're both D on the ninth digit.

K6AZ wrote in post #14321936
Apparently you sign up and they send a new battery via UPS and pick up the one being recalled.

That sounds so simple, but it wouldn't work here in Belize. Duty (near 70%) would be charged on whatever Customs think the battery might have cost. They often have a very fanciful (and expensive) imagination. I've just had a lens repaired by Canon in the USA, but if they had sent it back to me I would have been in for full Customs duty on the new cost of the lens, not on the cost of the repair. Life for many people outside the USA can be complicated.

peterbj7 wrote in post #14323884
That sounds so simple, but it wouldn't work here in Belize. Duty (near 70%) would be charged on whatever Customs think the battery might have cost. They often have a very fanciful (and expensive) imagination. I've just had a lens repaired by Canon in the USA, but if they had sent it back to me I would have been in for full Customs duty on the new cost of the lens, not on the cost of the repair. Life for many people outside the USA can be complicated.

You need to go to the Nikon distributor's site for your country if you're not in the US. The link I posted is Nikon USA and only applies to recalled batteries in the US.

There isn't one in Belize. The one listed for Central America is in some other country, and Canon like so many others seem to think every country south of the USA is Spanish speaking. In Belize we use Spanish, and I don't understand whatever their website is telling me. Besides, any camera I bought I would get in the USA - that's where all my present cameras come from - so that's where warranty issues should be handled.