Thanks for info Mike. Yes the 2.8 or less lenses are both too expensive and too heavy for me. My 10D with 300f4 is getting to be too heavy lately. The 70Ds with the kit lens is very good combo. I have some pics i took at the camera store with it and it did great stopping fast moving traffic outside....

Sounds like you are having fun. Which VR lens did you get and how is the focus speed on it. Asking because I have been seriously toying with a Nikon next camera around. I use the Canon 300L f4 IS and its really a fast focuser There are some free and pay programs that can recover deleted images on yo...

If you sent me email about cameras and photography please send to me again. I remember your questions but have lost your email address. I read it in Mailwasher, but it dissapeared when i got my mail in mozilla.

Doug there will be settings somewhere to number consecttively so that it doesnt start all over on each card.

BTW: The kit lens that comes with the D70 or D70s is a very good lens and a good deal but dont get the kit lens if you buy a Canon as that is a low quality lens and not worth it.

Thats pretty amazing. I had no idea it was such a long and complicated process. I agree, that inspector job would be the pits!

I have Canon so not sure but I think both brands are similar on cleaning. They have all sorts of things for sale for doing it. I bought some eclipse fluid but never have used it. Before I got that and before they were selling liquids, I got disgusted with blowing and just used a qtip and spit on my ...

Mike that sounds like dust on the sensor. Usually you cant even notice dust on the lens. Its not unknown for a camera to come brand new with dust on sensor. A good way to check for that is to take an exposure of the clear sky with a way stopped down lens. F22 or more.

Doug, invest in Nikon Capture and shoot RAW. Much better results. The nikon in camera jpgs arent as good as a jpg from converted RAW. Also if you use the wrong color balance or exposure you can correct it. There are also third party RAW converters. Breezebrowser, CaptureOne and Rawshooter. Rawshoote...

i got into Canon DSLR back with the D30 but have been one of the unlucky ones to always get a camera that has focus problems and has to be sent in which is major hassle. I and others have had to send in multiple times to get the same problem fixed. Because of this I have been thinking of going to di...

I read a couple posts asking questions on this. I worked for one of the two companies that make baked-on dry erase boards. They did a few of the non enamal ones too. The latter took a special vinyl paint that was practically impossible to letter with. The baked enamal boards were lettered with a pai...

I believe it would be illegal to use any paint containing lead in an area frequented by children.