derek_allan1

Watch out there sergio. I have a 30 month old D5 that was bought new and I have wound about 45,000 images through it.

Lately it has started to "jam up" electronically and I believe this is the electrical parts degrading with age and use. Everytime

you use a digital it warms up and "wears" out the parts inside. You have no idea how many shots this camera has processed

and when it breaks down, I can guarantee that Canon will present you with an outrageous bill to fix it. I bought mine brand

new for nearly U$3 ,300 and already they are now priced at U$ 2,000 new.

Dust is a problem. Be prepared to clean it once a month and don't take the zoom lens off unless you have to. You lens set-up

is ok but a longer focal length would be nice...say 105mm.

The rule of thumb when buying a new lens is to get one that is twice or half the focal length of your present lens. so you might

be looking for an 80mm to 300mm zoom lens now. Nikon are good lens but so is Sigma/Tokina/Tamron et all and they are

probably half the price of the Nikkor lens. Your present wide angle is quite sufficent.

Answer is C. the moment you press the shutter, the mirror locks up and therefore you no longer have a view of your subject;

which if it is a sports subject, will no longer be in your viewing frame.

I have had number of view cameras and the shutter noise or vibration has never been an issue.

My 5X4 view camera does have one big disadvantage. the image is upsidedown and horizontally reversed. It is horrible to try

to set-up for low light subject and you have to stand on your head to get a good idea of what the final image might look like.

Use to make me dizzy just trying.........

Hmm, all your replies assume that you will be able to connect your camera directly to a free computer service at a hotel or

cafe. Very few of these internet cafes actually let you plug anything into their hard drives. Its strictly keyboard service only

with access to a USB port. Short of carrying your laptop with you, the only alternative would be to find a photo shop that will

transfer your photos from the camera card to a DVD or CDRom disc. They won't delete your photos, only copy them for you

so your photographs will be perfectly safe until you get home. I would recommend that your carry at least two 4GB cards.

Happy holidays.

This is a site recommended by another photo forum. I have never approached them myself, but one day I surely will! There

are serious collectors out there but they tend to buy the very best equipment. It's only for display but must be in perfect

condition. Anyway, try these guys and do let us know how insulted you were by their offer!

htty/www.usedcamerabuyer.com

My D5 cost me HK$ 24,500 when I purchased it thirty months ago. I have now seen it in camera shop for a mere HK$

14,200. Sometimes I wished I waited a while! Of course, with the prices that Canon charge for repairing this electronic

masterpiece, buying a new camera body will be the only cost effective alternative.

The dog's the point of interest so the surrounding is just clutter. This is my crop, but then I am a bit of a butcher with my

photography! No complaints about your photoshop technics. Perhaps a tiny fill-in flash would have lit the doggie's eyes

though

Rob, I've been a photographer for the past thirty two years. I have five different format cameras ranging from 35mm to 5X4. I

use to take at least three format on every shoot I undertook. Not good for the back, but it impressed the clients..they used to

call me donkeyman. Two years ago I bought a Canon D5. I promised myself I would only use it for backup. After my first job

using it, I haven't touched my film cameras and they are going to rust and back now.

Digital will liberate you. Digital will inspire you. Digital will save your back and relieve your weary muscles. Play with what you

have now but do get at least an Adobe Photoshop 7 program. The manipulation that you will be able to employ on your

photography will blow your mind. A word of warning though. Its addictive and will have you slaving away at your computer for

many an evening to come.

Michael, I have a box full of all sorts of filters that once upon a time felt necessary, especially that polarizer. Vignetting is a way of life with one

of them attached to a wide angle lens, so don't believe there is a solution to the problem. Look at it another way. You spend five hundred

dollars on the best lens available and then stick a fifty dollar piece of glass in front of it. Guaranteed to degrade the quality of your resulting

photography. Now, working with a D5, I don't even use a UV filter on my lenses. I process the resulting work in Photoshop 8 and go to the

"levels' button where I can fine tune the photograph to make it look like I used a polarizer. It really works.