Sharing lenses is always a bad idea unless you're roommates or something. I can see it turning into an arguement if something ever happens to one that requires repair. On that note I'd say go with the D90, or if it's a little out of your budget try and find a new or used D80. Both cameras still have the preselected modes so if you ever get in a pinch you can use one of those until you've figured the camera out, but they also have a lot more controls than the basic cameras so when you do get better you don't start finding yourself limited by the entry level bodies.

 

i see what your saying now. what are the major differences between the D80 and D90? Besides the video part

 

Bigger screen, active d-lighting, better high iso performance & newest expeed image processing... just off the top of my head.

 

hmm cool. So the D80-D90 is like the middle of Nikon's line up right? If so putting myself in the middle isn't a bad idea so i have enough room to go up. I think thats why my other friend said the D80. AHH!!! I'll figure it out.

 

Got a new lens.





900mm focal length, 36x-180x magnification with various eyepieces.

 

pics please!

 

Alright, Its the middle of the day so here's the best I can do.

35mm lens on my D40



25mm eyepiece



10mm eyepiece



Nikon CoolPix S210 25mm eyepiece



10mm eyepiece



10mm eyepiece w/ 2x barlow

 

damn that's crazy close

 

My setup thus far:
Camera:
Nikon D80
Nikon D700

Lenses:
Nikkor 18-55mm
Nikkor 18-200mm
Nikkor 85mm F/1.8D
Nikkor 10.5mm Fisheye
Sigma 10-20mm

Lightings:
Alien Bees B800x2 Cybersync CSRB+ Vagabond II
Nikon SB-800


Probably seen some of my pics from Flickr, these are just blow ups:

 

New camera!

Unibrain Fire-I web cam.
Sensor type: SONY® Wfine* ¼" CCD
Scanning: progressive
Effective pixels: (H x V) 659 x 494
Pixel shape: (H x V) square, 5.6 x 5.6 μm



MODDED!





Whats it for?



Whats it do?

38 images (1.3 seconds of video) stacked and optimized.



Single frame

 

Dude very nice!!!! Always wanted to mass around with a tele that is 900mm!!! I could just image, myself the stuff I can with it! LoL

And Neebs welcome!! Very nice gear! Hope to see some more of your work.

Anyway I was In Vegas for CES and manage to take some photos...

Enjoy...

 

DAMN YOU! I want to go someday.

 

Yea I get that a lot! But I was there for business.... This years was not as great last year....

here some more shots

 

What's the deal with that Casio camera?

 

The Casio FX-F1 allow you to pre-record the image like a video camera with 60 FPS then capture the image you want like a camera....

It was interesting camera to play with.....

Casio Exilim: EX-F1:Overview

 

Bump!!! I'm back show me your gears and works!!!!

 

For All Canon Only....as of March 3,2009 Canon will charge you $30 for Senors cleanning service....so it not free any more.... I just pick my xt and 30d today from cleanning and they put a sticker on there to notice about it.....dam the economy....

 

I just recently came into a D80 and a Sigma 18-55 macro.

 

Welcome to FF and Camera Gear thread....Nice show your work sometime! Also I did you get the 18-50 F/2.8 Lenes?

 

Yeah forgive me it's the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 macro, I'm just caught up in fantasies of the Nikkor 17-55 f2.8.

And nice to meet you!