Today the family and I went out to the zoo and to try some different photography equipment.  Mike's Camera a local camera gear store sets up a Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, and Lumix stations where you're able to rent out their gear for an hour for free too.  My son decided to shoot with his Nikon D5000 so he rented out a couple of lenses 18mm-300mm DX and then a 28mm-200mm.  He had a great time especially at the big lens station where you're able to hook up to big 100mm-400mm lenses. 

For myself I was really interested in checking out two camera, the Sony A7R and Nikon D810.  Both these cameras where awesome, but they did have pros/cons for each.  The Sony was just not as fast with the autofocus as I would have liked and the Nikon was big, heavy and it was kind of difficult to get those low angle shots I like.  I had to actually get on my knees or stomach to get them.  The reason is because it didn't have a nice angling LCD screen so I had to use the viewfinder.  Anyway, I enjoyed both these cameras and ones of these days I will pick one up.  But for now I need to save the money.  

Sony A7

Nikon D810