[silkstone]

Not jealous.

So...... how is it?

[JMitchell]

Damned rich people

[P-E]

Nice one Iain

[Sonsey]

Originally Posted by Dabhand16

I did notice in your 'camera gear' - nice one Iain

Ahh, sneaky!... thanks mate

Originally Posted by P-E

Nice one Iain

Cheers mate

Originally Posted by JMitchell

Damned rich people

Be silent, peasant

Originally Posted by silkstone

So...... how is it?

1st impressions... feels great in the hand, 6.5fps is excellent... and that's it so far

...now off to update Lightroom so I can play with the 1st shots

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by VikingPhotography

The base (lowest) ISO sensitivity of a given dSLR is partly attributed to its photosite size i.e. the size of the individual pixel 'wells' that trap light. The larger the photosites, the more light they collect by default and thus the higher the sensitivity of the sensor ........ etc.

Thanks for the useful info on ISO in relation to DSLR's VP

Originally Posted by Dave

Nov 05 - D200 launched at £1300 ... So based on that I would reckon 10-11 months before D300 drops considerably

Thanks for that, Dave

Originally Posted by Dave

I wouldn't get too hung up on this Charlotte, as I had a cropped shot taken from D70 accepted by Alamy .... I just resized it to their needs Also had same shot printed at 18" x 12" no probs Yes more pixels help, but not critical

Again, thanks for the info

Originally Posted by WOODY

Charlotte, I Am Sorry If I Have Offended You, My Comments Were Not
Directed At You , They Were Not Personal ... Please Accept My Apologies .

Woody, no offence taken I didn't mean to sound aggressive or defensive or anything like that I was just disagreeing with what you suggested is all, + giving my reasons for disagreeing with what you said, from my point of view. So, no apology necessary

Originally Posted by Sonsey

My eye is now off this... ...my hands are now on it!

Kewl!

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Sonsey

...my hands are now on it!

Ya sneaky devil ....way to go

[fionaB]

i think saying that why buy one camera when u want the other is a daft thing to do is a bit of an ambiguous statement.......... I "wanted" a 30D ( 40D wasnt out at the time) but could only afford the 400D........ and to be honest the 30D wouldnt have given me better images thats up to me to do that.
I "want" a L series IS USM lens...... but all my lens's are non USM ( apart frmo one that i hardly use) and most definately NOT L series...... but does it make me a worse phtoographer? Nope...... at the end of the day you are not going to get images accepted to agencies and sell images just cos u are lucky enough to be able to afford a bigger and better camera and/ or better glass.
Guy i know has one of his images accepted to an exhibition down south ..... and it is probably the best image he has ever taken........ and it was taken with a 2.1mp camera phone!

its learning the craft which is far more important than the gear you use.

Fi

[RichW]

Fiona,

the wide angle is out of my league financially.. and the 400D only has a 10 sec timer on it which is a bit of a pain hence the reason why i want a remote shutter release

I've got a remote release and wouldn't be without it, but if you put 'mirror lockup' on in the custom settings the timer becomes a 2 second delay and the mirror locks up - 2 reasons for super sharp shots - and much more conveniant than a 10 second delay.

Rich

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by fionaB

i think saying that why buy one camera when u want the other is a daft thing to do is a bit of an ambiguous statement..........

It wasn't ambiguous in the context of the discussion Woody was suggesting to wait a year for the D300 price to drop, and in the meantime buy a D200. I didn't see the point in that, if one still intended to buy the D300 as well. In your case it was instead of. Two different intentions