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I have never actually seen a Sigma camera in the wild. Maybe because they are ridiculously overpriced for what they are. I have a camera memory card question. Has the SDXC caught up with CF in speed, at a much lower price? I am looking at large cards for the D800 and I can get 95 read 90 write SDXC cards for half the price of the equivalent CF cards. Seems like I should put the big card in the SD slot with a smaller backup CF. Am I missing something?

I honestly didn't know how many pictures there are per roll so I was unsure if that is a good success rate or not. Looks like a good catch in a rather difficult shooting situation with sharp contrast and lots of harsh light.

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Stopped by the Central Park Zoo after lunch today for a few minutes.

Happy Birthday Colin.

I want more resolution and the D700 is the same as the D3 I already have so it seems redundant. I see the D800 as a 5D mkII replacement for me.

Happy Birthday Steve.

I am running seriously low on Canon equipment at my house. I am really enjoying shooting with the Nikon body and I am contemplating getting the D800 now and keeping the D3 instead of buying the D4 as was my original plan. The D3 is not really missing anything I need and I would like a FF body that is smaller/lighter on the Nikon side. I have no interest in video but there have been some times when I have wished for a larger image size when cropping. The D800 image size is a bit too large but I am sure I could live with Ginormous files as HDs are cheap, outside of flood price hikes. Would I be nuts to get the D800 and some glass to complement the D3 instead of picking up the D4?

How do you know when the central point is lined up? On the Lensalign you have to focus though the center hole onto a target behind it as that lines up the lens, etc. with the ruler perfectly. Seemed kind of fidgety to me so I did not use it much.

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Took the new 70-200 out for some play on a cold afternoon. Mostly just shot the local wildlife. Also one of the old standby, the Freedom Tower

Yeah I use my Zinio app to read magazines during my commute so this is one of the features I am most interested in. I have no issue with the speed of the iPad 2

Because I like toys. I carry an iPad daily, I use my Air maybe once per month. I would definitely pay for a better equipped iPad at a price equivalent to a stripped down MBA.

That is some serious macro. I am playing with my Macro lens but nothing very interesting. 100% Crop Such a narrow depth of view.

Nope, I am only using primes on the 5D mk II. I am also unloading the 1D IV as I do not really like using it as much as the pro Nikon body.

I got notice yesterday that the D4 release has been delayed at least a month and that numbers will be very low early in the release. At this point I could probably have the D800 before I get a D4. I did get the Nikon 70-200 last night. Once again, I prefer the Canon version in fit and finish. I will have to try it out this weekend to see how it stands up in image quality.

That was all done in post from a P&S picture.

Yeah the file size of the 5D mk II RAW images was always my major complaint with the camera. Can't imagine dealing with 700+ 60mb files in transferring and manipulation. I am actually contemplating trading one of the 5Ds for a D700 as it seems like an excellent small D3. I am actually enjoying the Nikon experience quite a bit. So different than the Canon experience. I still greatly prefer the Canon lenses though.

Thanks everyone. Mike I was actually a nice little kid. I didn't realize my proclivity for torture until later in life.

Never have liked any of the Aeron's I have had in the office. The Acuity we have now is really quite nice though.

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It is the new version. I really wanted a small zoom with good quality so this will work well plus give me macro capabilities.

Any of you guys have portfolios set up at 500px? Nice little site and some really talented photogs on there.