First, everyone I promised photos to should download this file. I apologize for not having any cards to give out today, and having to deal with pen/paper. If you don't see your picture there, or want a larger version, e-mail me and I'll help you out.

Day 3 of my weekend testing the Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D brought me to Brazil Day in midtown. Most New Yorkers are a bit camera shy, but people here seemed to love being in front of the camera — a great change of pace.

Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

These girls simply have amazing eyes. I’m glad I got in to take their picture, they were surrounded by people who wanted to.

Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

The spray is the very end of a silly string can that didn’t have enough left in it to shoot out string. The girl still wasn’t particularly happy about it, though.

Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

A lot of photographers had the same idea to head to this event today, and I had fun seeing what cameras and lenses everyone was using. While I saw an equal split of Nikon and Canon high-end models, the Canon 5D Mk2 was easily the most common single model I saw. People must really like the 24–105mm f/4 L and 16–35mm f/2.8 lenses, as those were the only ones I saw on Canon bodies.

On the Nikon side of things I saw an F6, several D300s and D3/D3Xs. Surprisingly I didn’t see any D700s, the closest competitor to the 5Dmk2. It seems Canon has hit a sweet spot for customers with a high-megapixel full frame camera at that price point. Nikon should really get on that D700x.

Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

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