My D30's shutter curtains have given up the ghost this week, isn't
really a economical repair, and I think this is the nudge to say time to
get a new Canon camera. I already have a few nice Canon lenses so Nikon
etc are not an option.

Posting under my husabands name here could really use some help & fast please:
I have not been able to get into my creative settings much with 2 toddlers
taking up most my time but I its family portrait time and Im in need of some
help desperatly.

See the latest article at my Blog page:
http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/
Enjoy! I hope any existing/potential Nikonian and Pentaxian will find
my article useful!

To cover all bases, I'm carrying three battery chargers in my camera bag.
One for my Canon 30D batteries (BP511), one for my Sony P&S camera
(NP-BG1), and one for rechargeable AA batteries for flash and misc.
There's gotta be a better way! Anyone know of a 'universal' charger, or at

One day they qoute Pentax K10D for 899 usd, another day 918 usd, They
sell from less reputable companies, How does it work? Do I buy from
Amazon or what?
regards,

I have bought a Nikon 60 mm Micro Nikkor but the only flash I have is a
Nikon SB20 & the off camera extension lead from my old SLR. As TTL won't
work on my D70 I am restricted to Auto or Fully Manual settings. The
question is are there any problems using this flash a short ...

Has anyone tried this?  I can't seem to get it to work, would taping off
some of the pins on the flash help?  THe 430 has manual power settings and
I'd really like to be able to use it as an optical slave.  Thanks.

Staples has them now.  I got 4 of them.  No reabates!
Just FYI for those who need them.
G-Man, D70, D200

Is a variable density filter like the Singh-Ray Vari-ND essentially two
polarized filters in rotation? If so can I attain the same effect by
adding another 77mm CPL to my existing one? I've read as much, and it
matches my rusty understanding of paired polarizing filters, but ...

In the 20th Oct issue of Brit mag Amateur Photography, they tested the
Canon Rebel XTi/400 against Sony's A100.  The result was the Sony won
in nearly every category except noise.  However, even in the modest
reproduction quality of that mag, you could see drastically worse