Gotta be more :)

[Michaelaw]

Just waiting for the D700 batt to charge is killing me ...Christmas came today, YAY!!!

[Michaelaw]

My car E-3 3200 ISO





Nikon D700 @ 6400 ISO

[Mad Aussie]

Picture says a thousand words! Or in this case ... 2 words ... "Huge improvement"

[JAS_Photo]

Congrats on the D700! I am sure you will love it.

[1putts]

Congrats on the new camera!

[Michaelaw]

Thanks...The window was open so I jumped through because I knew if I didn't I'd have to wait months. Still relying on the E-3 system though as I could only afford the Nikon body and no lenses, at least til January. I got the 24-120 so at least I could play, and it's workable. By the time I can afford good glass I should know the camera backwards I did pick up a 50mm f1.8 cheap that seems to have potential but haven't had time to work with it as work is bagging me out. Should of had the weekend off but the phone rang " Can you help us out this weekend?" The way my life works, I take work as it comes because sometimes it doesn't!

[F8&Bthere]

Congrats, Michaelaw...gotta luv a new toy! Doesn't that little 50/1.8 look underwhelming on that big ole D700? I know we should only worry about the optical qualities, not the appearance, of a lens, but that one just looks so geeky on my D300, and D700s even bigger. No wow factor. The 85/1.4 on the other hand.....drooool

That aside, it really is rated as an awesome bang for the buck lens and very sharp. And so far the little I've used mine indicates the consensus is on the mark.

[Michaelaw]

It looks downright silly on the camera, all I need is to take a label maker, print out "Holga" and stick it square over the word Nikon and no security guard would question why I had a camera pointed at anything Haven't had much time to play with it other than a couple of "hey kitty stay still" kinda shots around the house. I'm excited about using it though because it present new turf compositionally for me, so I've been looking like mad at what others are doing with this lens trying to see how I'm going to fit this lens into my shooting style. I'm a zoom lens shooter mostly so I'm going to have to use me as the zoom now The tests I've managed to do are razor sharp across the board at higher f stops, looks very encouraging

[F8&Bthere]

I'm more of a zoom guy too. My 50/1.8 is reserved more for a "it's so small you can keep in your bag all the time in case you run into some low light opportunity" kinda lens. But I so far have only had it on my camera for shooting around the house. Kids, pets, etc. I guess it would be a great lens for parties, maybe even nightclubs- if that's yer thang.