New Camera Alert, the Nikon F100
September was a bad month for Gear Acquistion Syndrome (GAS) which I've always commented there's no cure, only remission, and temporary at that. It started with the Nikkor AF-D 28-105 lens, which has to be the perfect walk around/travel autofocus lens for the Nikkor system. Market wise Nikon slotted this lens a step down from the constant aperture F2.8 glass which on the used market isn't cheap and aimed towards the advanced amateur segment and bundled with the F100, more that camera in a sec. I've shot with this lens on my Nikon F90 on a hike up at Boyne River, and it delivered. When I test lenses I prefer real world scenarios, because quite honestly shooting a brick wall looking for distortions at all focal lenghs and aperture is boring as hell. I was lusting after, and still lusting after a Nikon F5, that will be a next year purchase. My friend Frank put his Nikon F100 up for sale and the price was right. This camera earns its reputation as F5 Lite, and is a very v...