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  1. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    rdspalm, I will agree with eastwood for the most part about enjoying what you have right now. However to answer your question, it is believed that Nikon may release 3 DSLR's this year. the 1st just came out, the D5000. It is rumored that the 2nd one may be a D4000, a watered down version of the...
  2. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    Now you have a D300 which has the loudest shutter I've heard so far lol. I really hope that what Nikon announces on the 14th (just two days) is an affordable 400mm F4 or even 5.6 like the Canon version. Doubtful but I'm hoping. WHo knows, if I get to use my friends 40D I may be the only BF...
  3. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    In my original post I said this: So I addressed this already. Besides, this is more fun than facebookB (: And I played around with my friends 40D a little while ago. My luck tracking birds in flight with her 28-300mm lens (I forget the variable F stop), was about the same as when I use my...
  4. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    The reason I like these Canon vs Nikon discussions is because it teaches me a lot about the people who use them more than anything lol Matter of personal preference. I can't imagine anyone preferring the spot meter remaining in the center rather than the active focal point. Matter of personal...
  5. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    On the bolder part I agree completely. I have a Canon point and shoot which is a great little camera. I hate the Nikon ones.
  6. Gentoo

    As a bird photographer, I'm glad I picked Nikon

    http://www.dpnotes.com/canon-50d-vs-nikon-d300-compared/ To be fair, perhaps she hasn't mastered the Canon system. Many members here on BF have capture great flight shots with their Canons as we've all seen. Perhaps one might think it's better to not have to work harder at it?
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