Hello group, im looking for comments (good and bad) on the following two
lenses please.
AF-S DX 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
and

I have thousands of digital photos that have only numbers as file
names. I'm an amateur and now people are asking for portfolios and how
to purchase a few of my images. I have no idea of how to go about
organizing them!

Hi,
I have a kodak DC4800 for almost 5 years.  I take 5000 photos with it.
With no know reason (no shock), this week when I started it, the
navigationnal button (directionnal button with arrow on it) don't work

Thinking of upgrading my basic p&s but not sure I need the sophistication of
dslr, with the need to carry extra lenses etc. I'm not a photography
enthusiast - I want a camera to enhance my birdwatching/wildlife hobby. I
want to get good optical zoom, so good stabilisation. I've ...

This should make for some good, friendly conversation ...
We in the Pentax world enjoy our most special lenses.
(A17/3.5, K30/2.8, FA31/1.8, S-M-C Tak 50/1.4, FA50/1.4, FA77/1.8,
A*85/1.4,K400-600 Reflex)

The picture of the week
http://www.monochromatique.com/photosemaine/
During a protest in the street of Paris
Thanks for your visit.

Visit www.SingleUseCamcorders.com

I have 30 to 40 pict images that I took with a long-departed Apple
QuickTake 150.  The images are now on my PC.  I've let them sit there
unreadable for years, but am now energized to try and get them in
readable form again.

With film camera's I used to use a UV filter to enhance blue sky and also
protect the lens.
How about dSLR?  I now have a new D50.  Should I buy UV filter?  Craig

To satisfy my lust for the good glass that I'll never be able to
afford, I've started renting some of the great Canon lenses.  Last week
I had the 24mm TS-E tilt-shift lens, which is more of a specialty lens
and probably isn't for me.

By useing a database of cameras I came up with these:
 Panasonic FZ7    4390:-                        
   http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_fz7-review/index.shtml
 Sony      H1     3695:-                          

Get a room!
Let us know when you guys are finished trying to hide the baloney pony.
We grownups of usenet would like to get back to more constructive
discourse.

Dear fellow Photographers,
We have recently developed a service for content distribution (in
particular pictures/wallpapers) across the Net:
http://www.strayk.com

I want someone to help me to choose the camera.
For about 15-years I have had great passion towards photography, but
never used any camera as it is/was costlier for me to afford. I also
attended a very very basic photographic class (which is more of film

I am interested in purchasing a Fujifilm Finepix E550
Point and shoot camera. it seems to have a lot of
good points eg:
See camera