I've a couple purchase opportunities in my area. I can get a Canon 20D with stock lens kit for $330 or a 350D with stock lens with an extra battery and 10GBs worth of CF cards for $300. Actually there are a couple other 350Ds with stock lenses available all hovering between $280-300. They seem pretty comparable to me, but…
holy shiiiiiiit, blaizer :O im off to france tomorrow with my d200 and my new 70-300 nikkor lens, hope to make some great shots like that >> assload of photos soon..
the thing with digital is I have the best ability to break stuff and so I have been banned from holding anything remotely expesnive. Saying that I was going to buy an e-520 but even 300 is too much so still with colour and black and white film (manual developing- saves a bomb). Im stock piling fuji instax film atm though…
The issue is most likely oil on the blades keeping them from closing, which is a simple enough job if you can actually get to the blade housing without ruining the lens, however if you've "unscrewed" the focus element off entirely that can be bad, as it needs to be put back on EXACTLY as it came off. Generally a bad idea…
I went with the 350D cause i got a decent deal(2 batteries, 4gb card, kit lens, and remote shutter for about $300) on it, and the 20d's i was watching were going out of my price range($300 was my absolute max) on ebay(was being impatient). I sort of regret it now for the reasons above, image quality between the two its…
nice i use a 70-300 nikkor quite a bit, but all my pictures turn out shitty. i thought this was just me. but i did some tests and i went to the store today to checkout another lens, but again all my pictures turn out unsharp (no matter what i try). so im going to send my d200 back and let them checkout whats wrong with it.…
Yeah that is at 1.8, the DOF is pretty wide on this lens cause its 24mm, but up close you can get some really nice creamy bokeh shots. It also focuses to 1:2.7 macro, so you can focus just a few inches from the front of the glass. Its pretty sharp at 1.8 too but really sharp at 2.8. I think its got 9 blades, rounded…