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I'm sure it'll be a fine camera once all the kinks are ironed out. I just picked up another lens so I can't really switch anymore.

Apparently bad pixels on the sensor. It's just not worth the hassle to switch since the 7d can be had for cheap and has better build quality. The main reason to switch is the cheaper primes.

Holy shit, I wish I had gotten in on that. I did cave and get a 7D, however, after seeing the abysmal QC on the d7000.

flash?

What practical advantages do you get with the 5D over the 5Dii?

Why did you buy another 5D when you can't sell the one you own?

The only thing you might need to do is blow off some dust very rarely. If you do, use a bulb blower and not an air can. Otherwise, you should be fine. If you are careful when you switch lenses, you should only have to do this once every year at most.

It's canon. You're kinda shit outta luck without going L. This is what I've been bitching about for the past 2 years. I'd go with the 28mm 1.8 considering that there's not even a review on the Tokina. It's going to be far better in low light anyway. If you use this focal length more than 50% of the time I'd suggest that you get the 35mm 1.4L and wait to buy a longer zoom later.

And loud. It may be cheesy but it works.

The s95 should get better iso and dynamic range. It's about the best P&S you can get. Played with it but don't own it. Personally, I never need a P&S.

That shot with the light bouncing off the disco ball is awesome. What lens was that?

Nikon D7000 Review and Impressions Not so good.

I wish people would post up high iso RAWs for the D7000 already. Seems that everyone only posts up JPEGs.

Yep, I've considered those, but I think in the end, I'd prefer the 24-105 for the build quality and USM. The Tokina is far better than the Sigma but lacks USM. If I end up going Nikon, I will pick up the 24-120mm if the reviews are positive.

A zero point semiconductor is a material with a band structure in which the conduction band is touching the valence band at a single point. Graphene is such a material. The reciprocal lattice of graphene is a hexagon. The bandstructure is simply 2 cones touching each other at their tip at each corner of this hexagon. The primary method to tuning bandgap in graphene is by patterning them into nanoribbons. Additional quantum confinement in 1 direction opens a the band gap. This is similar to the effect obtained when graphene sheets are rolled into nanotubes. The band structure of nanotubes is such that we can imagine using a vertical plane to intersect the graphene bandstructure. If the intersection occurs at the corner of the hexagon, it will cut through the center of the cone, forming a zero-bandgap or metallic nanotube or nanoribbon. Otherwise, there is a gap, and it is a semiconducting nanotube or nanoribbon. As of now, nanotubes and graphene are not viable as commercial semiconductors mostly due to difficulty in manipulating these materials. However, they are already commonly used in bulk as metallic interconnects and transparent conductors.

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24-105 is great, but 50-120 would be better, if it could be as sharp as the other 2. The 24-105 is about par with the 17-40 in terms of optics.

I'd love to see a 50-120mm f/4L or f/2.8L. I feel like I'd use that just as often as the 70-200 and 24-70. 17-40L on 400D. Only contrast and color balance in post.

How often do you use that LCD anyway? I'd rather the ISO, AF, and white balance be closer.

keep up posted on your impressions

I've heard about this before. This is definitely possible from a physics standpoint but I wouldn't know how it sounds. I'm sure it's amazing for very low frequencies but I'm not sure how fast it would be at higher ones.

I didn't know that counted as ergonomics. If so, I 100% agree with you.

Haha, well maybe when I use the Nikon a lot, I'll get used to it. The functions are more accessible, but I don't think you can argue that Nikon is more ergonomic. Canon grips are grooved, not straight like the Nikon basically is. The shutter release button is located on a recessed area designed to fit your index finger, instead of high up and blocked by the annoying on/off switch. The wheel is just easier to turn than the second dial on the back of the Nikon.

[url=http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/09/the-radical-1ds-mark-iv-cr1/]The Radical 1Ds Mark IV [CR1]

I agree with your point about Nikon ergonomics. Canon is much better and I wish I could stick with them, but the Nikkor mid-range primes beckon. For you, perhaps it is more expensive to get Nikkor lenses, since you use the 24-70mm the most. The pro level primes are more expensive also. edit: Yes, I've looked at the Sigma. When I use them for portraits, the Sigma always came out sharper for me. I've heard that it is softer around the edges, though, but that's not something I'm overly concerned about.