Fellow Nikon users: If anyone is interested in an F5 Anniversary edition, I happened upon a store in Miami on Sunday that looked like they have two in stock. The store is: Pitman Photo Supply 8650 SW. 132nd Street Miami, FL 33156-6507 305-256-9558 800-252-3008 Fax: 800-835-3995 I did not inquire as to price. Quite a nice store, large stock of Nikon and Canon Equipment, good prices, though not as good as New York. ****************** On another Nikon related topic, my wife and I drove around the South Beach area for a while on Saturday morning, between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM. South beach is THE HOT SPOT in the US for fashion photography these days, because of the architecture (mostly art deco) and the 'quality of the light' that the area has. Without actually going to the beach, we saw four fashion shoots going on. They were easy to spot, as a large RV (recreational vehicle) accompanies each one, as a changing room for the model. Each shoot had 4-6 people working (model, photographer, and people like assistants, stylists, etc.) I hate to think how many shoots take place early morning, when the light is better. Of the four I saw, two were using Nikon's, one was using a Pentax 645, and I did not get close enough to see what the other was using, but I do not believe it was Canon (due to the lens color). Personally, I think that Canon has an advantage at present for sports photographers. This advantage is because of their large line of USM lenses. While sports photographers are some of the most visible, many more pros work in in fashion, portraiture, wedding, commercial, news, industrial, still life, etc., etc., etc. than in sports. And I believe that most of these use Nikon. My experience this weekend certainly reinforces this. The official photographer shot the wedding on a pair on F3's. Colin
