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citrinella said:

All risks on it's own isn't a standard deal, it's a luxury / premium market. Contents insurance with a decent amount of all risks included is standard, so is competitive. I suggest you go looking for contents insurance.

I pay less than £90 (think it's Norwich Union, but I use a broker), which covers any item up to £1500, and each lens counts separately no matter whether on or off the body. It also covers most travel, so when I travel I buy a standard policy and opt out of baggage, cancellation etc, just to get medical insurance.

HTH, Mike.

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Thanks Mike.

I will investigate a few contents Insurance company's, especially Norwich Union. It certainly seems the better alternative.

John

Andy Bright said:

The 30D is a total mystery to me after 20yrs with Nikon, at least you're not grasping for controls that aren't there
But, although not focusing where I want it to... it seems a great camera, right up to and including iso1600.

cheers,
Andy

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Hi Andy

What do you mean, not focussing where you want it to. You are worrying me now.

John

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Hi Andy

What do you mean, not focussing where you want it to. You are worrying me now.

John

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I'm still on about the front focus issue that I have. Don't worry about it, John. Your's will be fine, I'm sure. I have a 1Ds MkII arriving tomorrow, so I won't mention it again

mrcheeky said:

Ps I might now go for the new Nikon on D40 with the Tamron 55 - 200 lense or 70 - 300 with 2x tele convertor.

As I said if I get good at the photograph I will upgrade all my equipment.I feel personally the new D40 could be ideal with the lense I have chosen.

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Or not...

The D40 will only work with AF-S (ultrasonic motor) lenses - it will not work with any lens that needs to be driven by an in-camera focus motor, because the D40 doesn't have such a thing.

There are only a handful of after market lenses that have an ultrasonic motor (Sigma HSM lenses); Tamron don't make any, and all of the 70-300mm lenses I'm aware of need to be focussed by the camera focus drive, so - like the Tamron - are incompatible with the D40 if you want autofocus capabilities.

Keith Reeder said:

Or not...

The D40 will only work with AF-S (ultrasonic motor) lenses - it will not work with any lens that needs to be driven by an in-camera focus motor, because the D40 doesn't have such a thing.

There are only a handful of after market lenses that have an ultrasonic motor (Sigma HSM lenses); Tamron don't make any, and all of the 70-300mm lenses I'm aware of need to be focussed by the camera focus drive, so - like the Tamron - are incompatible with the D40 if you want autofocus capabilities.

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Hi Keith

Thank you for your advice............ I am going to purchase the 400D.........

Cheers


Peter :clap:


I am going for the Cannon 400d

It's a shame that Nikon have taken this approach - there's a lot to recommend in the D40.

It seems logical to me that if you're putting out a budget DSLR it should be compatible with budget lenses (AF-S/HSM lenses are always more expensive than their "screw drive" counterparts), but Nikon would disagree, apparently.

The cheapest longish ultrasonic lens I can think of is the Sigma 100-300mm f4 HSM.

It's a cracking lens, but at a recommended £900 it hardly makes the ideal partner for a £400 camera if you're trying to get into bird photography while, keeping the initial spend low, when you can get a non ultrasonic Sigma 135-400mm (a very nice little lens and the first decent lens I had for my D70) for £400...

The 400D will be fine, but don't forget the Nikon D50 - or even a Nikon D70s if you can get one at a good price.