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I find shutter priority to me useful only in rare circumstances (any time I'm really concerned about shutter speed, I am shooting manual.) I use Program with shift fairly often, and aperture priority with all my manual lenses (my 30D does TTL metering on pretty much every lens I mount to it.) Av is "program mode" for manual glass. Which ones you will find useful I cannot say. The D70's meter is quite different than the 30D's so there's not much overlap in knowledge. Certainly the more you shoot on full manual, the better your skills will develop.

Drove to the center of town, paid $out_the_ass for a dump "transfer station" sticker. Went to the %$#@& post office and picked up my %&$@ mail. Received no explanation as to why they continued to hold my mail after Monday. Got an email at 2PM from my tax accountant saying he had a 7PM cancellation, and could I meet him then to go over my tax info. Said yes. Spent two hours sorting through paperwork to make sure I had the right info for the Vineyard, the mainland, and anything else that gives me at tax liability. Received a cal from an idiot dancer I know asking me if I was going to be at the nightclub taking pictures on Saturday. Told her "politely" to bother me later. Did not nap. Drove to the tax accountant's house, went over numbers and forms with him for an hour. Drove to mum's house, gave her some paperwork, and two prints of the house across the pond on MV. Got a bite to eat. Went to 3 different grocery stores and one drug store. I was out of practically everything at the house. Also received an iPod from Mr. DIY and a 50mm Nikkor from the . Finally got in the door half an hour ago. Still haven't eaten dinner, still need to email some renovation expense #s to the accountant, and put away (as in "off the damn table where I eat") several piles of paperwork. That bottle of Talisker is finished tonight.

Haj bought an 85/1.8!

I used a hotshoe-to-PC-cord adapter to connect my IR-modified PowerShot G2 to a gigantic speedlite meant for large format film cameras. The flash was easily 4x the size of the camera. Unlike the current model G11, the 2001-vintage G2 had no trouble triggering the flash.

What Reks said, but also, do you have a blower? They are indispensable for DLSR owners. Check the mirror and the bottom of the pentaprism (which is located above the mirror when the camera is held in the horizontal shooting position) for specs. A micofiber cloth is very useful for cleaning the mirror and the exposed sides of the pentaprism. This is a decent blower, but you can probably get one locally: Amazon.com: Giottos AA1900 Large Rocket Blaster: Camera & Photo Avoid ones like this, they're no good: NP10091 Adorama Blower Brush - Small You can get microfiber cloths any place that sells glasses.

I'm gonna resist shopping any infamous Head-Fiers on to that cover.

The 85/2 looks to have pretty neutral bokeh, which is good. Out of branches are something of a bokeh torture test. If a lens exhibits strong nisen bokeh (rings) then it will render OOF branches as last parallel lines. The lens looks to be pretty contrasty and have good color transmission as well.

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Not smoking anything, but I just tried a Marlboro "Snus" packet that a friend gave me. It is unbelievably disgusting. You ever sample the syrup used to make fountain drinks? It was like that, made from aromatic pipe tobacco. It's one letter off from "anus" for a reason. :barf: