I have the Nikon N55 body with a 70-300 zoom...by Nikon. Oh and it's a G lens...if that helps Donald. I think I found a tripod...went to Wal-Mart found a 40 Dollar Heavy Duty one...I think it ways more then my right arm does. LOL! I tried to use it Monday...what's a good shutter speed when you arn't using the tripod...I set it to the highest shutter speed, my friend said that might have been too much...200 should have been good enough. I don't know anything about shutter speed and what's a good speed and so on and so fourth. I have a feeling this learning is going to take a while.