I recently visited Dean's Camera Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and got to hold an F-100 for the first time. It was quite impressive: it felt more comfortable in my hands than my N-90 does and also seemed lighter. They allowed me to put on the 80-200 AFS lens which was larger than I had expected. What a fabulous combo - I am envious of those of you who already have this setup. They have an F-5 Anniversary model available - it's the only one they received and have yet to sell it. I am not interested in such a collectible and neglected to ask about price but if any of you all are still looking for one, the address and phone number are: Dean's Camera Center, 747 No. 114th St., Miracle Hills Square, Omaha, NE 68154, (402)493-7555. And No, I have no affliliation with the store. I just acquired a Tamron 200-500 f5.6 mf lens with a Nikon Adaptall-2 mount. I have not seen much about this lens so I thought I would share my experiences so far. The lens is considerably different from the 200-400 AF. It is massive: about 18" long, has a 95mm front, uses 43mm drop-in filters, and is about 6lbs heavy - not easily hand held (I use a monopod or tripod). It has a tripod mount but is really too far back to balance properly. It is a two ring zoom with a 6" wide focus ring and about a 1.5" wide zoom ring. Initial results are adequate for my uses - I am just an ametuer and take mostly action/sports type photos of family and friends (u.s. football, rodeo, softball/baseball) and hoped this would be fast enough at the long end to bring the action a little closer. I believe it is, the focus, however, is geared quite low making it dificult to track quickly. Spec info (in Japanese) is at http://www.tamron.co.jp/n_japan/service/hist/mflense/31a.htm Finally, thank you, Andrew, for the superb job you have done with this list. === Jeffrey D. Deitering, P.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. John Philpot Curran, 1790 The Yahoo tagline is the price of free email. Jeffrey D. Deitering, 1998 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
