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Aka,Aug 7 2006, 09:30 PM Wrote:Nice man.

Are you shooting RAW or JPG?

Are you using the automatic modes? if so, why did you buy a DSLR :P

Hope you have fun with it. I love mine, also, Vistek downtown rents out lenses if you ever need one. It's not too bad, I rented an 80-200mm f/2.8 lens for $24/day, you have to put a $500 deposit down, but you get it back. Saves buying the darn things for $1700.
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Those shots were JPG - Fine quality. I've been reading a fair amount that there's negligible amounts of difference between Fine and Normal on the D50. I'll be experimenting to that effect this week. I'm playing with everything, actually... mostly floating between Night mode, auto-select Program mode for darker shots and full Auto when it's bright out and I'm moving between subjects and scenes rapidly. I'm having a lot of fun with full Manual, but I want my remote so I can do long exposure night shots and really good shots with the car.

We don't have many avenues for rental lenses here in North Bay, sadly. I'm having a hard enough time just getting the remote! :P I'll be checking out some of those Sigma lenses. The number of shots claimed in the battery pack isn't far off the mark either... about 1000 shots, plus transfers, deletes, playing, including a whack of flash work - 1/3 battery indicated. Not too shabby. If it was all outside stuff, manual focused all the time, etc... I'd see the 2500 claimed shots, easy.

CraziKev - 18-55mm lens right now till I can snag a telephoto lens. Uh - nix the fisheye, the $900 Nikkor one anyways! :D :o