Comments on: Wishing.. http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/03/19/wishing/ Going sane since 1978 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:25:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: cricalix http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/03/19/wishing/comment-page-1/#comment-8746 cricalix Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:58:26 +0000 http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/03/19/wishing/#comment-8746 My standard answer - when I can afford one, I'll think about it :) Need to run Win32 for one application though, unless CCP get their act in gear and provide a native client. A 24" iMac would be quite nice though, other than the fact that it's only a NVidia 7300 - perhaps there'll be a product line refresh (there are certainly enough rumours) that will bring it into the 8xxx series of cards by the time I could afford it. The 3 GB memory cap (in the Apple store) is also strange given the *nix underpinnings of OS X. The Hive Mind on Ars Technica appears to maintain that the 50mm is the same, regardless of full size or APS-C - it's just the crop that changes, necessitating manual zooming with one's feet. Course, I could be misunderstanding. My standard answer - when I can afford one, I’ll think about it :) Need to run Win32 for one application though, unless CCP get their act in gear and provide a native client. A 24″ iMac would be quite nice though, other than the fact that it’s only a NVidia 7300 - perhaps there’ll be a product line refresh (there are certainly enough rumours) that will bring it into the 8xxx series of cards by the time I could afford it. The 3 GB memory cap (in the Apple store) is also strange given the *nix underpinnings of OS X.

The Hive Mind on Ars Technica appears to maintain that the 50mm is the same, regardless of full size or APS-C - it’s just the crop that changes, necessitating manual zooming with one’s feet. Course, I could be misunderstanding.

]]> By: Nabil http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/03/19/wishing/comment-page-1/#comment-8739 Nabil Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/03/19/wishing/#comment-8739 Just gonna toss this out there, because you know I have to: "Get a Mac." :) As far as the tripods go: I've been quite happy with the Bogen Manfrotto line, and recently replaced the one that was stolen during the summer with a nice Wilderness. As far as an honest to god lightweight tripod goes, my eye definitely wanders to the Gitzo line of carbon fibre tripods. I had a chance to handle their Reporter carbon fibre tripod, and it blew me away. Sans-head, it weighs maybe a pound! And yet, despite being lightweight, it's still remarkably rigid and stable with a full mounted head on top. What it comes down to, though, is that you're going to triple your price going carbon fibre, plain and simple. Things to think on :). After bothering with a prime myself, I definitely second your thoughts on picking up a prime. Nikon's Nikkor lenses are pretty damned fantastic, and at a quick glance, the 50mm f/1.8D would probably rock your needs quite happily. That said, the D80 has that pesky lens multiplier endemic with dSLRs, so maybe it'd be worth looking at the 35mm f/2D instead? Hmm... Just gonna toss this out there, because you know I have to: “Get a Mac.”

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As far as the tripods go: I’ve been quite happy with the Bogen Manfrotto line, and recently replaced the one that was stolen during the summer with a nice Wilderness. As far as an honest to god lightweight tripod goes, my eye definitely wanders to the Gitzo line of carbon fibre tripods. I had a chance to handle their Reporter carbon fibre tripod, and it blew me away. Sans-head, it weighs maybe a pound! And yet, despite being lightweight, it’s still remarkably rigid and stable with a full mounted head on top. What it comes down to, though, is that you’re going to triple your price going carbon fibre, plain and simple.

Things to think on :).

After bothering with a prime myself, I definitely second your thoughts on picking up a prime. Nikon’s Nikkor lenses are pretty damned fantastic, and at a quick glance, the 50mm f/1.8D would probably rock your needs quite happily. That said, the D80 has that pesky lens multiplier endemic with dSLRs, so maybe it’d be worth looking at the 35mm f/2D instead? Hmm…

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