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<p>Great woodpecker shots Tom!</p>

<p>We had our first snow on Nov. 30. Didn't even make it to December *sigh*</p><div></div>

<p>I'd be very interested in seeing the comparison of this new lens to the 70-300VR. More so even than the comparison to the 2.8 pro zooms.</p>

<p>This little guy has been visiting my yard for a few days now that we have the suet feeder out.</p><div></div>

<p>So I took the time to make a nice hamburger.</p><div></div>

<p>Stuck indoors for the past 3 days from never ending hurricane rain.</p><div></div>

<p>Washboard Falls, a rare ramp-waterfall which results from evenly hard layers of rock eroding.</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D40 + 18-200 @ 1/15.... sometimes VR chooses to do something funky and make unintended great photos for me.</p><div></div>

<p>You can get the 24-85 plus 50 1.8 and 85 1.8 for less than the 24-70 f2.8<br>

add in the 28 1.8 and you STILL only spend a little bit more than the 24-70.<br>

With those lenses you have a light weight zoom walkabout, choice of light weight prime walkabout, or professional prime trio.<br>

<br />The only reason I could see choosing the 24-70 would be if you shoot weddings or events professionally, for a living; where you need fast aperture, rapid focal length changes, AND the highest lens quality...</p>

<p>My D40 makes pretty swell 11x14s that hang on my walls. I notice no difference between it and my D200 at a viewing distance greater than 1' ...<br>

<br />I imagine a D700 would be excessively good. </p>

<p>I have owned a D40, D50, D80 and D200. All the but the D40 are sold... In fact this is my second D40. I upgraded when they went on sale as they were being discontinued. I sold the used one that had seen 2 solid years and 15000 clicks for $80 less than the new price, and bought a brand new one.</p>

<p>I've had 2 batteries for my D200 die within a 2 day period. No idea what happened. I assumed it was the charger but my 3rd battery still charged fine. When I could get my hands on a 2nd charger I assumed that would solve the problem, but both batteries were indeed dead.</p>

<p>You seemed to really have no complaints about D200. I'd pick up a nice used D300 (non s). You'll get a fantastic upgrade, and you can spend the difference on a crazy adventure in Costa Rica!</p>

<p>In Epcot 3 years ago with the fam.</p><div></div>

<p>I've found them to be extremely good for prints. They don't archive but they keep the images in their system for a good month. The one time I got a batch of prints that has a streak through them, I went back a few weeks later and they ran off the whole batch again for free, from the images still in the system, in about 10 minutes. Excellent quality and service.</p>

<p>I love my 18-200 on a D40. Keep in mind that it's quite a heavy lens. And if you don't use the long end THAT much an 18-55 or 18-105 might suit your daughter, and wallet better</p>

<p>I'd get the 200mm now, and wait to see what's coming up in the D800. If the D7000 is any indication of the advances in DX, it's likely the D800 low light will perform closer to the D3s than the D700.</p>

<p>Got my D200 2 years ago for $600. If I could sell it this year for $400 or next year for $300 that would be a cool $100/year. Considering a lot of point and shooters will buy a new $300 camera every three years, I'd say the D200 is a pretty darn good deal for a near professional SLR.</p>

<p>Perhaps it's because a still photo will serve to reinforce our (assumingly) good memory of events gone by. While a video has a lot more potential to "ruin" a good memory by revealing the more-boring-than-thought truth of our past.<br>

That would be assuming the home videos you have are boring. 90% of mine certainly are ;)</p>

<p>haha - were you watching me through my windows Brian? ;) Your version has the better "very well" punchline at the end, i think.</p>

<p>Just saw this commercial on TV. Although on the surface it seems to send the opposite message that we all push - that it's the photographer, not the camera, I still felt it to be a refreshing camera commercial compared to all the Ashton Kutcher and Avril Lavigne stuff..<br>

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<p>Work!? hmm, I'll take it under consideration guys.. but I'm still figuring out my plan to be provided for by series of increasingly wealthy models ;)</p>

<p>I'm looking forward to Wednesday pics, although now I will truly have no excuse for my mediocre photos!</p>

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<p>I certainly will Shun! Now I'm wondering what I'll do after college though. I'm going to be spoiled on pro gear and unable to afford it myself :O</p>

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<p>College newspaper? You got the 16-35mm f/4 for journalism over a 17-25 f/2.8? What happened to the 200 f/2.0 VR, 300mm f/2.8 VRII, and 400mm f/2.8 VR lenses, TCs, and Q-flashes with battery packs to cover football, basketball, track, swimming, and theater? NAS satisfied? Bah! ;D</p>

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<p>I'll have to save those for next year's budget D.B. ! I'm not sure why I didn't get the 17-35 actually... I guess I just wasn't thinking 3 of the most expensive lenses would fly with the budget people, but it probably would have. Either way, on the D3s f2.8 or f4 will be irrelevant at wide angles :)</p>

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<p>And I apologize for referring to anyone here as nikonians. I didn't realize it was another forum :P</p>

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<p>That's because most newspapers are broke, Shun. Sometimes it helps to have your corporation run by a small army of free student volunteers ;)<br>

I personally use a D200, 18-35, 50 1.4 and 80-200 2.8 and it does everything I need. But hey, I wanted new cameras to play with and they had money burning a hole. This equipment will help to improve our sports and indoor event coverage significantly. It should also last for 20 years and I'm sure will seem old and crappy at that time, and I'm sure the photo editor then will argue that he needs the D9s to take better photos! :P</p>

<p>Well Jim, what can I say? I'm a photographer not a proofreader! :)<br>

We've been living off a D80, D40, 18-55 and 55-200 for the last few years, and the paper has had a surplus in the last few years as well, so we had it coming!<br>

The best part is that my NAS is now satisfied (at least until I graduate..) without having to pay a penny myself!</p>