sergio_leal

For the same amount of money which one is the best buy (the rugness

of D100 or the few extra features of D70)?

William, except for the "limitations" caused by the 1,5 factor (50mm = 75mm for example), the lenses you mentioned above will work just fine on you camera and give you very sharp images. Good luck and good clicks.

How many pixel would I need in a small camera (like Nikon Coolpix 5000 or 5400) to get the same amount of information (detail) as a D100 and blow my images to equivalent sizes (with maximum definition)with the same amount of noise? Would there be any rule of thumb for this?

Does it mean that I can print larger prints with a 6MP DSLR than with a 6MP small camera ???

If two different cameras with different sensor sizes have the same

amount of pixels, I ask: are 6MP of a smal digital camera worth

then same 6MP of a DSLR?

Today is possible to buy a D100 for almost the same price of a D70.

In that case what is the best buy?

Thanks Michael, I´ll buy my films before leaving for Portugal.

Best regards.

Sergio Leal

I have a Nikon Coolscan V and I am pretty happy with it. It gives me great scannings and it´s a great value for the money. You can´t go wrong with Nikon.

I will be traveling to Portugal next week and I wonder if someone

knows the price of slide films in there(Velvia, Provia, etc..). Are

they cheaper than ther rest of Europe ?

Thanks.

Did any of you ever tried Extensis Pixel Smart software? Any experience so far? How does it perform compared to Genuine Fractals?

I have just started to use this software from Nikon and I´m a little

confused....Every time I crop a picture I have to input the size and

number of dpi for every simgle picture. When I change film strips I

have to do it all over again, picture by picture. How can I save this

settings once and for all and save time?

Jack, I´m using Nikon Scan 4 and the settings in my PC are OK.

I recently did an upgrade im my PC (Athlon XP+ 2600 with 1GB ram). I checked the bios and temperature in the unit is too high (above normal). Is it possible to overheating cause these kind of problem?

Thanks.

I just bought a Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50)and could´t use it so far

because every time I try to scan with it (either using USB 1.1 or

2.0) it freezes my PC and I have to reset it.

What could be wrong? Is it my scanner or my computer (I use Windows

2000 pro)?

Thanks for any available help.

I am about to buy a Nikon scanner and I wonder what are the

differences between the Nikon Coolscan V ED and the Coolscan 4000

ED(LS-4000).

Both have 4000 dpi, digital ICE, ROC, GEM, DEE, but an used coolscan

LS 4000 is much more expensive that a brand new coolsan V. Why is that?

I´d appreciate any help.

Thanks.

It does say: "Nikkor AF ED 300mm f2.8S (IF) or Nikkor AF ED 300mm F4S(IF)". All the other compatible models are made by Sigma, including a 70-200mm f2.8.

What now ?

Come on guys, let´s not be prejudice...When you by a NIKON product it meakes no difference where it is assembled and you are still buying it from NIKON (the only difference is the final price you will have to pay). You are still buyind a Nikon product with the same high Nikon standards and warranty, arent´t you? I sure don´t believe the is any difference in quality in Nikon products made in Japan, USA or elsewhere.

It all depends on you budget.

If you can pay a few extra bucks for D-lens, do it. Maybe someday you will find yourself in a situation where it may make some difference.

If you don´t want to spend the extra money, stay with the reguar AF non-D lens. I have an 50mm 1.8 non-D lens and it´s a great lens, tack sharp. Besides, I own some different D and non-D Nikon lenses and franky I cannot see any diffrence, no matter how hard I try...

Other major brands like Canon, Pentax, Minolta, etc., don´t have D-lens and so what? Can we say that Nikon D-lenses perform so much better than them?

Thanks everybody for your kind answers. It helped me a lot.

I recently bought an used Nikon 80-200 2.8 for a very reasonable price and got myself an used Sigma TC APO 2X. So far so good... Thanks again!

A few days ago I bought a Sigma TC (2X) for an old 80-200mm 2.8

(push-pull type zoom)and the salesman at the store tryed the lens with

the TC and my Nikon F90X and it worked flawlessly. When I got home I

read the lens manual and it said thet it should me used "only" used

with NIkon 300mm lens. Can the Sigma 2X TC damage my camera or my

lens? What should I do ???

How good (or how bad) is NIkon 500mm mirror lens (specially if you are

in a low budget)? Thanx for your help.

Sergio Leal.

A few days ago I finally purchased a gordgeous used Nikon 80-200mm 2.8

lens (push and pull type) and although I am very pleased with it´s

quality I´was surprised because there was no suport for attaching this

heavy lens to my tripod. Is it possible to connect it to my tripod

without an appropriate support?

Thanx for any help.

Sergio Leal.

I have a Kodak scanner RFSpro 3600 (3600 dpi resolution) and aside

from the fact that it is a bit slow and does not have ICE software (I

can live with that), I need to know is IF there is a noticeable

difference in final Scanning quality (overall shapness) when comparing

Kodak RFS 3600 to Nikon, Canon and Minolta comptetitors (with the

same resolution), when scanning in the same conditions and resolution,

for a final 8x12 inch picture? Will any of these other scanner give me

a BETTER picture?

Will they all give about the same optical results?

I appreciate any help.

A friend of mine recently gave me an used Nikon 8008 (body) because

the batteries melted inside the camera and damaged it (it doesn´t even

turn ON).He said it was not worthed trying to get it fixed at Nikon so

he gave it to me and wished me good luck.

How bad or how expensive could it be to get it repaired ?

Except for the slightly longer zoom, what other features differ the

coolpix 5400 from the coolpix 5000?