Nikon Gear
This is the page with the current list of my Nikon gear and the wish list as well.
Please note if anyone wants to buy me items on the wish list I will be very happy with you 🙂
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Current Kit
Nikon D90
Nikon D7100 ( Purchased June 2013)
Lens
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED(+ HB37Â Hood)
Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC (+Sigma 62mm Petal Hood)
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro + BH-77A Petal Hood.
Nikkor 70-300mm F4-5.6G
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF
Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Lens
Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 AF 2.0x
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens For Nikon
2x52mm Kenko UV Filter – On my 18-55 and 55-200mm Kit lenses
1x62mm Hoya UV Filter – For my Sigma 18-200mm
1x86mm Sigma UV Filter – For my Sigma 150-500mm
1x62mm Hoya Circular Polarisering Filter – For my Sigma 18-200mm
1x77m Super MHC Pro1 UV Filter –Â For my Tokina 11-16mm
Others
Sandisk Class 10 SD Cards ( need faster for the D7100 )
2x Nikon EN-EL3e Batteries
Ml-L3 Wireless Remote Controller
WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter ( For the D7100 )
To Carry it all
Lowepro Nova 180 AW (a very clever bag with the waterproof cover built in)
On the road I also take my Asus R2H UMPC with a 320gig Western Digital USB2 portable HD to backup photos on the go.
Wishlist
Hopefully you will notice that this wishlist of things I want for the camera isn’t actually loaded with lot so of silly lens’ or things I would never use. Sure a 500mm Prime lens would be very nice, even the 50mm AFS 1.4 Nikkor would be great. But this is a hobby not a professional income stream.
Perhaps if you are putting together a wishlist for yourself you might want to think about it from this point of view.
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X (purchased Aug 09)
AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D (purchased Dec 10)
Nikon MB-D80 Battery Grip ( or D7100 version )
Manfrotto tripod (Purchased Nov 11)
Nikon SB-900 Flash (SB 700 version purchase June 11)
Sigma 150-500mm HSM OS Lens ( purchased Jan 11 )
2x Teleconverter ( Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 AF 2.0x Purchased Feb 12 )
Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G
Cokin U960 Z-Pro Graduated Neutral Density Kit
Solmeta Geotagger Pro ( purchased Dec 10 )
Sigma 18-35 F/1.8 ( purchased Nov 13 )
Now would love a D800e, but my new D7100 is cutting mustard for the moment.
After 200 mm, things get real snvexeipe.THE lens for your trip is really the 200-400 mm f/4, but it costs about 5x your budget. So you may want to look at the 70-300 mm VR lens as a compromise, but well within your $ 1,000 budgetBe sure that you get your new lens in plenty of time to road-test it for a few months before you attempt to use it in the wild