You're going digital and I'm still trying to figure out how to shoot and process Daguerreotypes... I really like my D-70. As much as I hate to admit it (with one foot still in the 20th century) I really like digital. Have only used it for ground shots so far and those take little (and usually no) processing. And putting them on the hard drive is just a matter of plugging a cable from the back of the computer into the camera and a file containing all of the images magically appears on the desktop. Then click, drag, drop and that's it. pw p.s. Everyone think warm thoughts. I'm about to open my observatory and chase a few asteroids. On 17 Dec 2006, at 21:47, Chuck Hards wrote:
After 35 years of avid emulsion-based photography, I'm about to take a serious digital plunge, something better than Webcam & camera-phone resolution. Trolling for suggestions, looking for a commercial camera that fills a similar niche to the classic 35mm SLR that I am used to. I want to use it for some astro-photography as well as terrestrial, family snapshots, etc. I suspect there will be some good deals after Christmas. I don't want to break the bank, can we keep it under say, $700?