http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/d70_user_testimonials
Nuff said.
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Slack

I am a Dutch travel writer and photographer (www.oostwestthijsbest.nl) and
will be driving from New York to Seattle by RV from oct 15th till nov 10th -
on assignments for Het Parool, a national newspaper, and Veronica Magazine,
the biggest weekly magazine we have overhere (1,1 ...

I found this forum thread very interesting in light of people asking
about using other manufacture's lenses on their cameras.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/275750
Guy Mancuso's list.

Just another example.  This fellow dropped a lens.
It broke at the plastic point, even though the lens was
a plastic-metal combo.  Polycarbonate versus aluminum, stainless
or magnesium?  No contest.

I have a couple of 1970's Mamiya-Sekor SLR cameras with a collection of
Vivitar lenses that screw into the camera body. Some of the "high end"
digital cameras seem to look like the older SLRs. Will my old lenses work
with any new "Digital" cameras?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-sept4-05.shtml  and don't
cheat by skipping the rebuttal at the end of the article/
The funny thing is, with all the frothy smack talking, you guys are
going to make the 5D one of the best selling dslr's ever.

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A shooting report in the new
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/275381
Looks like it's good in the 35-70 range but not so good at either end.
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The magazines have been comparing cameras in various ways,
but in terms of "class" of camera, how would they rank?
This is my impression as to how this works:
(Models need not be in production here, just readily available in some

I haven't been able to view any of the Raw images
I've taken with my Pentax ist DS.  Can't do it with
Elements 3.  Microsoft Raw Thumbnail viewer doesn't
seem to help.  Can't do it with ZoomBrowzer EX.

I have written Part I of an article titled "Why Raw". The article can
be found on my web site at:
http://ronbigelow.com/articles/raw/raw.htm
Other articles can be found on my site at:

Taking a cruise in March 2006 and want to bring my new Nikon D50 with
only one lens. Which is the most versitle, sharpest and fastest AF lens
for this new camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos5d/   
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Rich
;-P

Anyone use manual glass extensively on an EOS body? Any experiences, samples
etc.?
After some consideration, I think i'm looking at a 5D with 35mm f1.4L and
100mm f2.0, but I already have some manual Nikkors (50mm f1.4, possibly 85mm

Folks
anyone here have experience with the Canon 1.4 extender on a 70 200 F4 L
series lens.  Interested in any reduction in autofocus speed or image
degradation on a Canon 20D.