I was just over a friends who recently upgraded her Nikon D100 to a D200.
One would assume it was for more megapixels, but she did it because the
buffer holds more RAW images.
She has plenty of excellent 16x20's hanging all over the house, taken with

Since i have 30D with 17-85IS, i wanted to get one tele-zoom lens. So, i
wanted to buy 70-300 IS USM, since i can't afford DO or L right now. But now
i found out two models which i need your advice on - Neither of them have
IS, but....

My new 18-200mm sometimes will zoom out to 200 mm when I am carrying the
camera on a walk, then camera center of gravity is such that the lens points
downward. Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a fix?
r.

A while ago I began testing adobe lighthouse and I was impressed. Then I
came to realize that it was soo slow that Picasa was a thousand times
better, even without all the RAW development features (I use photoshop for
that).

Can I download a sample program to view 400D raw files I took at a camera
store today? The update is not on Canon's website yet. I'm pretty sure Adobe
hasn't released ACR to view the files but at the moment I am unable to load
their site (could be because I'm using Vista RC1, but ...

Read this in a Dutch Newspaper, too bad I wasn't the photographer.
<http://www.ad.nl/eceRedirect?articleId=386821>
The translation goes something like this:
Vianen - That blue herons eat frogs, molls and rats is known, but the

Pros and Cons? I'm playing with the free demo now, but it's pretty
limited. The pro version comes with some good recommendations from respected
people, what's his name, for instance, from Luminous Landscape : )
   I'm having trouble getting the demo to open my D200 NEF files. ...

Question for those of you that use filters:
I'm looking to get some filters for my XT. Is the Cokin P series filter  
holder pretty standard... and just purchase the filter/mfgr of your choice?

Has anyone come across reviews of the new Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300
f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED zoom lens? I know its out here in the UK early October
(do you think I'll be able to get my hands on one in time for the
Duxford Autumn Airshow on the 8th?!)

I want a fast fixed focal length telephoto Nikkor with VR for my
all-consuming hobby of wild bird imaging. I want shallow d.o.f. and I want
it sharp sharp sharp!  I just sold off my D70S along with that less than
desirable 80-400mm VR and got a D200.  I'm looking at the 300mm 2.8 ...

On a few occasions, I've seen references to "digital" lenses.  These
are lenses that are optimized to have photons hit the digital sensor at
a perpedicular angle.  Allegedly, lenses optimized to work with digital
sensors would produce better results for a digital camera than a lens

Story:
http://f2photo.co.uk/news/view.php?id=128

Anyone know of a store that will give a better deal
on buying a bunch of compact flash cards?
In particular, I'm looking to buy at least ten 4-gigabyte
lexar 133x cards.

Where on the Adobe site can I get the RAW plugin for Nikon D70 for Photoshop
6 & Photoshop Elements V1 that came with the camera. I've tried various
plugin downloads but they seem to be for CS2.
Bruce

I have a Nikon D70 with an SB800 Flash unit. I'd like to invest in some
*portable* lighting that can be used for informal family portraits
(individual, small & large groups).
What is a decent setup to get me started? I've seen Alien Bees