Thanks for your advice regarding the AIS lens compatibility to the D70.
Next question relates to exposure. Because I tend to photograph landscapes
under extreme lighting conditions the D70 system usually fails to get the
exposure right, so I was thinking of using my old Weston ...

Strange omission - there's one for the 'D'... my feeling was that these
companies love you rort you on the accessories.
T.

Is this a good combo?  It sure is on the wallet. I've heard some good things
about this lens when comparing it to the  55-200mm DX which costs twice as
much. Anyone out there using this combination? Thanks. AJ
http://www.dealtime ...

I have searched the groups, but have not seen any side by side pictures,
or what I feel is solid evidence for me to make a good decision... I
bought a Nikon D-70 'bundle'.  The lens it came with is a Nikkor 28-80mm
f3.3-f5.6 G AF (a $65.00 lens)  Now after looking at this group ...

I'm trying to find out the total number of shutter actuation's on an istD.
Opanda normally shows this field with Cannon, but it doesn't with Pentax.
I've also tried Exifer & Exif read - no luck.
does anyone know whether the total number of shots is recorded by Pentax,

In the early 1970s I bought a Minolta SRT 101 SLR with several lenses.   If
switching to a Minolta digital SLR, can these lenses be used at all?

I have a Canon 10d which can be configured to communicate over
USB via "PTP".  When I connected it to my win2000 system it prompts for
a driver.  Is there such a thing?  I was told that Win/XP has PTP built in.
TIA

...and bought a vertical grip for the 10D on eBay.  I've got a couple
extra batteries coming in from Thomas Distributing so I'll have a total
of 4.
I shall never run out of juice in the middle of taking photos again!

First off, apologies for the cross-post, but I think this is relevant in
both groups.
With the mass infusion of digital cameras into the marketplace, most of
which are capable of taking photos a lot better than the average 35mm P&S

I have narrowed my lens choice down to the Tamron 24-135/3.5-5.6 as a leave
on the camera lens.
I was about to buy and then noticed the Sigma 24-135/2.8-4.5 which excited
me as on paper it appears to be faster and overcomes the comments that the

(reposted to proper forum)
I'm new on this forum so hi to everybody. I'd like to share with yo
all opinions and experiences within this world so I hope we can hel
each other.

I was surprised when my local store told me the Maxxum 5D would be
CAD$1099 with kit lens and available in a couple weeks.  That comes to
about US$900.
 ... includes anti-shake.

On Friday I got my 20D, complete with Battery Grip. I'm aware of the probs
with this model of grip, but I've checked my serial number against what's
listed on the website - and mine is OK.
Having said that, I charged up 6 NiMH double A cells - threw them in the

I estimate my digital content to be growing at about 100GB/yr. Blame it
on a growing collection of RAW, MP3, MPEG-2, and AVI files. As well as a
 desire to host my own website.
I want to de-couple the storage and backup of this increasingly

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