I recently dropped my Nikon D70 onto a sharp rock.  The impact drove the
lens cap through the uv filter making a hole about 1cm wide, although
miraculously not even scratching the lens.  It also resulted in 2 of the
bayonet mounting screws (out of the 5) coming out and pulling a ...

It's been a busy day getting ready for tomorrow's party.  The pool is clean
and properly balanced, the wireless network is working at peak performance
ready to pipe tunes from the old dual Xeon SCSI based MP3 server, and most
of the food prep is done.  With all that going on I still ...

....which brand was consistently good or at least of decent quality?
Kiron
Tamron (had 80-210, trash)
Tokina (had 400mm, junk)

The new Pentax lenses seem to cost a fortune (relative to what I can
justfy spending) so I'd like to go the cheap route and buy an old lens
instead.
What I want is a 50mm-equivalent, nice and bright, and obviously the

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/WhiteGlovesOnOrangeClothSML.jpg
( Maxxum 7D, Maxxum 28-70 f/2.8, ISO 800, f/8, 1/30, tripod )
Cheers,
Alan

Photo of the day (Saturday)
http://www.ryadia.com/POD/26-05-07.htm
I used a frame from the simulation system used in the framing shop. I'd be
interested in comments about displaying photos this way on a web site.

A salutary tale:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6665723.stm
It is worth reading the whole article, because the more serious issue
of breach of copyright is not reflected in the headline.

I'm new to DSLR photography.   Little do you know it, but I've learned a lot
by lurking here.  Now I'm coming out to ask a question.
My kids dance competitively and we used to buy pictures but the prices they
charge at those places are crazy, so I decided to get a camera (Sony

What is different about the lenses made specifically for digital SLR's?
FOV crop and focal length conversion factors still are in play, yes?
thanks,

http://www.ryadia.com/pod/25-05-07.htm
There is an index of daily my daily photos here:
http://www.ryadia.com/pod/index.htm
It's small at the moment but daily it will grow.

I am purchasing a second hard drive - large - 500 gig WD
SATA to use for three things:
I want to use it as a scratch disk for Photoshop CS3
I want to use it as a cache for Nikon Capture NX

Any experiences / recommendations?

Lots of posts about this on Fredmiranda and dpreview... looks like the
new 'instant' rebates Canon has implemented, vs the russian roulette
mail-in rebates, are being thwarted at the cash registers. B&H
apparently raised their prices overnight to negate the rebates, even

Of dSLRs in tabular form comparisons?
Like:
Snap to focus in milliseconds.
Focus slack, statistics & standard deviation

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07051402amazonacquiresdpreview.asp
As good an information source dpreview has been, one can only wonder
what bias will now be introduced.
I use Amazon frequently and have no major complaints as they function as