Beefy

I'm the same. I started out with the Nikon 18-200VR and, like Nate, absolutely adore it. Not super-fast, not super-sharp, but very reliable and covers pretty much everything I could possibly want to shoot. I recently added a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 which is a no-brainer; excellent performance, very inexpensive and it forces me to improve my technique. Aside from perhaps a macro or wide-angle lens, I doubt I'll ever need anything else in my kit. Well, that is what my wallet and partner are telling me anyway

Happy birthday mate * Oh, and is anybody else on this forum still under 30, or am I the only one? Albeit only by a few months......

Played the demo, and have now purchased it. Getting the OCD is going to make me OCD

I played a flash version of something similar a while back...... you just had to make a tower as high as you could, but it was really fun. Might have to check it out

That is one of the reasons I went for the D90. Same 'class' as the 40/50D, but a little bit smaller and lighter. The XSi and D60 are a step below, and don't have all of the capabilities I wanted.

That isn't quite the smoking deal on the 40D that I thought you might get. If it were me, my money would still be on the much newer D90.

I'm pretty damn happy with my Nikon D90. Body only model should be inside your price range. Canon 50D is probably out of the picture. You might be able to get a really good deal on a 40D or D80 if you don't mind buying an older model.

Bite me, rds

...... I'm not convinced.

There's this new fandangled thing called the intraweb. If you search reeeeeeeealy hard, you can find pictures of women in just their undergarments

New laptop hard drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.3, 320Gb. Will finally fit both music and porn back on my computer

Ok, seriously, you've posted this twice now, and I just don't get it.

What is his justification for that? So long as the rectifiers are seeing nice and clean AC power from an appropriate transformer, it should make sweet bugger all difference. I smell marketing. As in "Whooops! I just stepped in a big pile of bull marketing". Possibly to try and protect the local distributor, which is sooooort of understandable.

The cat wasn't just purring really loudly was it?

...... that amp...... *speechless*

You perceive very small changes in perception. Doesn't mean that the actual sound is different.

The Mini3 uses one of two very specific OPAMPs. I don't think you can just drop anything in there and get good results

They will start coming with one primary button, plus a Control button that you have to hold down to make the first button do something different.

HEH! I burst into laughter the second I saw the theremin......

Yes, I suppose it would I must be getting mixed up with something else.

*speechless*

If you are testing your amp sans source, I believe that you should short the amp inputs to ground......?

Yes, very barren. Certainly not much in the way of power supply......

Despite the shenanigans of the OP, this piece of kit does look fairly well made......

*SAVED* That will come in very useful