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I’m waiting on RitzCamera to get a Nikkor 18-200 VR lens in stock and fulfill my order. No rush but, really, please hurry, guys.

I want to have a UV filter ready when it arrives. But I want a 77mm UV filter as that is the professional standard, according to KenRockwell.com and at least one other source.

That means I need a 72mm-to-77mm step-up ring. Okay. $20 from Adorama.

Hoya HMC multicoated UV filter (recommended by Ken) on Adorama: $40 and change.

77mm Nikon lens cap: Almost $20.

Hey, while I’m ordering, why not order a Nikon ML-L3 infra-red remote for my D40. About $20 more.

Total bill: $101.90. Whew.

I was shooting flash photos of my one-year-old girl in Gap yesterday with my D40. I started snapping them over on the baby side of the store and followed her over into the adult half of the store through the wide connecting corridor. My wife was shopping a few feet from us at this point when a woman representing the store asked me not to shoot photos in the store. I asked why (more than once.) She said it’s “a legality” and offered no other data.

I honored her request and stopped shooting pictures. I made no effort to put my camera away.

Who else has experienced this with any retailers?

I just ordered this lens from Amazon. It won’t autofocus on my D40 but it’ll probably be a good lens anyway. And for the price of $109.99 it’s not worth waiting and hoping for an AF-S version.