I thought I will try the new Tamron 18-270 lense that has image stabilization.

Just as well that I have, because the results are not as good as using original Nikon lenses with image stabilization.

I did this on a Nikon D300.

Cameras come and cameras go but a good lens will be with you forever.

If you are going to spend money, do it on glass. Even the best camera with a crappy lens will be a crappy camera.

Check here for Nikon and Canon lenses:

www.kenrockwell.com

I'm not a pro but have been taking pictures seriously for over 60 years using everykind of equipment. I am currently using 2 D200 Nikon bodies and have Nikkor,Sigma and Tamron lenses. It is hard to see the difference in print quality up to 8x10 and even to 11x14 from any of the top lenses from either maker. Prior to the D200's I used D1x bodies and the same mix of lenses. I'm sure on an optical bench you can detect differences but in everyday use by less than professionals I see little advantage in buying the expensive glass. I'm sure there will be great howls of disagreement but little real proof as to any great advantage other than name. Just my opinon as a user of both.

I am afraid I don't bother about prints much.

But, on a 30" monitor, with a resolution of 2560x1600, the differences are very easy to see.

We use many different cameras, including Nikon D3X, D700 and D300, and I only tried the this lense at the request of the shop owner.

He told me to take it back if I wasn't happy with it.

When I took it back, he laughed, and said "just what I thought".

I really don't know that I have ever SEEN much less been able to afford a 30" monitor so I will defer to your superior finances. They satisfy me and most of the people I know so I am happy if you are.

I find this to be especially true with digital cameras. Third party lenses do not in general seem to compliment the camera as well as the same branded lens.

Same goes for filters, I was sorting out my Cokin bits and found a few filters missing. So I ordered a set of graduated colours and greys that are not Cokin made. I may as well have spray painted a few chunks of window glass. So they went back and I'll just get the ones I really use.

I like B&W filters, but they are expensive.

So I was off to the camera shop to get a few Cokin filters, really for my girls Cannon S3, I didn't get the Cannon pocket camera I'd planed for her it was too flimsy feeling and only 6x zoom, and she noticed what the G10 cost before I managed to buy it. So she got a S3 IS ex-demo camera for £120. It's a lovely camera, easy to use and takes really vibrant rich colored pics without much fiddling around. Tho it's a bit too flattering I think, colors are too bright and saturated but great for someone not concerned with absolute accuracy of reproduction.
Anyway I digress, the camera shop owner didn't have a Cokin CP in, but said try a KOOD one for £10, made of PLASTIC, after I stopped laughing I gave it a try. It's very good actually. I compared it to a Tiffin Screw on one and the Tiffin I think is a bit stronger effect but the KOOD is just fine and also nice and lite so should put less strain on the little Cameras adapter.

Has anyone tried the new Canon EOS-5D Mark 2 out? It is an expensive camera is it worth it? I also realize you do get what you pay for.

Thanks

The new cokin filters i got are plastic, but very nice.

A friend has this one,
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Hom...R/EOS_500D/index.asp

don't know how similar it is to the EOS-5D but it sure is one nice camera.
He prints BIG seascapes and they are wicked.

If your going to seriously use a camera I doubt you'd be disappointed. But it's serious money for snapping about. I want that Cannon G10, but it's £500 for a pocket camera.
That I'd probably not use much.

i tried a olympus e510 this yr and love it picture quality is great. it's tough as nails i spent 8 months in Kenya most of it in the bush NO problems if you dont count the time l let the battery run down and missed a great pic of very large elephant at about 20ft. lens are some of the best i have ever had. stabilization system works great. 150mm to 300mm lens id cyrstal clear and madnafication is great. Have some pics of eagles in flight and you can count the eins in there feathers

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Originally posted by zambeziman:
Has anyone tried the new Canon EOS-5D Mark 2 out? It is an expensive camera is it worth it? I also realize you do get what you pay for.

Thanks

I have one, just buy a couple of them IS lenses and you are ready to go, if you can afford it skip the zoom lenses..

Up to a point, lens quality is not that much of an issue unless you are selling to a stock agency or magazines.
I sell my wildlife prints for a living and have always used Canon "L" lens. They are superb in every sense. I am sure the top of the line Nikons are just as good.
But the one thing I have learned in this business is there are great photos and there are photos that sell. Photos that sell well are not necessarily great photos. Be that as it may, we are often our own worse critics