Perhaps there is a technical or economic reason.  Any takers?
Why must consumers be limited to SLRs when they want to purchase a
full-frame digital camera.
~nimphrey

All, (except Rita ;-)
I recently bought the Sanyo Eneloop battery pack and charger deal at Costco.
I already have a Maha C204W charger and a hybrid fleet of Sanyo, Energizer
and Powerex AAs, and was wondering whether there was anything fundamentally

Any recommendations for a 35 mm slide scanner, under $200, for
scanning and storing
slides on a hard disk or thumb drive.  Operation system is Vista.

My 40D body arrived last Monday (16th). The Sigma lens that I ordered
wasn't going to show up until Friday so I went to a local camera store
and purchased the Canon 50mm f1.8 II lens so I could play. Here are some
pictures I took the first couple of days. So far I'm very happy ...

Is it just me, or are there a lot of stupid posts here supporting Nikon?

I'm looking for some advice on digital photography of fireworks. I'd
like to keep it cheap and I'd like to trigger the camera remotely. Can
anyone suggest some older digital cameras that might fit the bill?
Allen

im looking to buy either cs3 or cs3 extended .
would the extra $ for cs3 extended be worth it ?.
the extra options of  film,video, multi media graphic , and medical
professionals who would benifit from it (from a website) ,don't think

This is driving good/intelligent folks away from this forum.

It's true, it's true!
http://assets.mediaspanonline.com/prod/955494/sorenstam.jpg

I'm trying to understand this RAW/NEF/JPG stuff and I want to clear up what
data are captured in the RAW(NEF) vs. what can be manipulated in post-
processing.
Please provide any corrections/additions/deletions to my understanding of

Is there any digital still camera on the market that will capture
natural full motion video?  The ones that I have seen look okay with
slow moving objects but shooting anything fast moving they have a
strobe like effect.   I do not understand why if they are recording

TMZ has footage of a violent confrontation between a group of surfers
(including Matthew McConaughey) and some photographers, after the
paparazzi refused the surfers' order to leave the beach. Footage at the
link below - who do you think is right/wrong here?

R U SAYING RITA THE TRAMP IS A TROLL

Is it practical to consider using older Nikon AIS manual-focus lenses
with a D40?

Here is an interesting article by Dave Etchells:
http://www.slrgear.com/articles/focus/focus.htm
I found it interesting that according to him manual focus through the
viewfinder is not precise enough, while manual focus through live