If you want to do some reading on the 50mm Nikkors here's a few pages with good info: Bjørn Rørslett's take on various normal range lenses (check out his opinions on other lenses too, and his best of-list). I value his opinion a lot more than say, Ken Rockwells. Nikonlinks has some great...

I bought one of the older 50/1.8 AI-lenses myself just recently. Yes, the "long nose" older version (and the AI-s version after that), is said to be the optically best one out of all the 50/1.8 Nikkors - after that, the design started to veer more towards cutting costs than enhancing optical...

Quote: Originally Posted by HardHeadCase the lower the number the bigger the aperture and the better the lens That is absolutely not true! There's plenty of lemons that have a large (smaller number) aperture. For example, the general consensus seems to be that among the best...

Good point! I completely forgot about the tilt. Just to put it more clearly. The tilt feature will detect the pen's angle and you can, for example, change the stroke by tilting the pen, much like you would with a normal pencil when you use the side of the lead to do wider strokes. The...

If drawthru is your only requirement, then any one of Wacom's line will do. My old Intuos does have a somewhat useful feature for drawing through though. There's a transparent sheet on top of the tablet and you can slip your drawing under it to drawthrough. However, you can do this just as...

If you're not going to use the tablet for drawing or other graphic applications then it might not be a good place to invest your money in. It's not that comfortable for normal computer use. That said, pretty much any Wacom-brand tablet is great for drawing. I agree that A5 is a good size. I...

Maybe eBay? I just bagged a 50/1.8 Ai (old version, not the pancake) and, surprisingly, a Katz eye focusing screen for my D200 from there. Just waiting for them to show up, probably sometime after Xmas - unless I was scammed (fairly unlikely).

Heh, I was just about to say don't get a Dyson. About the only good thing about is that it's bagless and presumably good for those who have allergies or asthma. Otherwise, the model I have (an older model of this, I think) is poor. The ergonomics are horrible. the unit is clunky and...

The 18-200 is nice. It's convenient when you have a lens that you can take a tight telephoto shot as well as almost-decent-wideangle shots. but... It really is a bit hard to control. I scored the same D200+18-200VR combo used and cheap a couple of months ago and I'm craving for some...

Quote: Originally Posted by ericj Really? I thought Roberto's sequence in Rome was priceless. And the Helsinki segment - that's the taxi driver who lost his child, right? - was one of the more memorable segments. The cabbie's story was believable, and he made you believe it. I...

Night on Earth - 6/10 Great film. The Rome and Helsinki segments were a bit of a let down, but otherwise a very solid piece. Paris and Los Angeles being the best of the bunch. This film also completed my Jarmusch experience and I've now seen all the man's work (with the exception of that...

Another Sony would be wise if you happen to have memory sticks left over from the T5 - I don't think there's any other brand cameras that use them.

That's Zuiikin english! It's... well just hit Wikipedia to read all about it. If you want more of that weirdness Youtube has more videos under the username TheSkillfulAbbot (original uploader).

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot Ken Rockwell has been posting tests on the D3 and D300 on his site, and although they're great, the D200 is still in the same ballpark. It has to get very dark and you have to blow up the image very big to see a difference. If you can afford a D300...

Well, there's PMA coming at the end of January and Nikon announce announce something there. There hasn't really been any info on a "D90" though, and I'd say they'll give the D300 a little time to sink in before upgrading the D80. You could always get a used D200 and a D300 strap to go with it

I love Head-Fi! Almost missed this one! Really generous to offer such high end headphones, gotta give it a go

Eset NOD32 or Kaspersky. I'm also keeping my eye on what Comodo can cook up. Their AV is in beta and from what I hear, not that good at the moment, but hopefully it will improve as I quite like their new, just out-of-beta, firewall. As an added bonus, Comodo products are free.

There's not too many image viewers for mac that are as usable as their counterparts on PC. FFView is probably your best bet from the free alternatives for manga reading.

I'm eyeing a used 105 as well. Not the new one, but rather the older AI-s f2.5, which is said to be extremely sharp and still quite cheap. To be honest, I don't really have a 'need' for the lens, but I just want to get a good manual focus prime to accompany my 18-200VR allrounder on my D200...

You should also keep in mind the average life expectancy of the shutter. I don't think Nikon ever officially told what the life expectancy was for the D70, but I believe it's generally thought to be 50k shutter actuations give or take. Of course, it doesn't mean that the shutter will fail at...

Could do with some new cans, so if luck is on my side I can part with $15 for some gradolove

Maybe not quite what the op is looking for, but Electric Dragon 80.000V is a favorite of mine from films that feature music in a... prominent way Youtube probably has some clips of it...

What-a-race! Finally we finns get some love Kimi has had such bad luck whole season and now he started as the underdog with only the slimmest of slim chances, but still came on top, fantastic!

MoI might suffice. It's also free (beta), so it doesn't hurt to try.

Quote: Originally Posted by jjcha But I am concerned with autofocus compatibility... I guess my question really is whether the 28mm f/1.4 Nikkor will auto-focus with the D200? It should, right? Yes it does. It's a beautiful (and expensive) lens, I'd love one myself A nice page...