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I have the Nikon D2X, D200, D100 and two D70's...I love all of them! Most girls collect shoes, I collect cameras and lenses.
I haven't had any problems with any of them. I've heard good things about the D50 as well.
I would look at the comparison chart of the Nikon's out there and see what the difference is between the D50 and D70...I'm not sure...I know they are shaped differently.
I do agree, get a fast lens. 2.8 or faster. The Nikon 50mm 1.4 is my favorite. It's a nice starter lens that's fast and won't break the bank ($300).
Good Luck to you!

Mulva, There is a b/w setting on my 20d, but I still think you can get better results with RAW and then using channal mixer in PS. The little bit of B/W I have done in the camara has turned out OK though.

Nikon / Canon is bigger then the sport / trad thing. Just get what seems best to you. And Canon/tamron/sigma also have some pretty nice lenses.

Chester, when did you get the D200?

Wes

Didn't Nikon just get bought by a Korean company? Has that changed their quality control?

I've got one of Nikon's first compact digital cameras and it's been a workhorse. It still takes really nice pictures. I don't think it handles light as well as film, though.

Also, didn't Carl Weiss (sp?) make lenses for Sony for a while?

Nikon opened a subsidiary in Korea that's going to manufacture microscope and measuring equipment. I don't think that it has anything to do with cameras or photo optics.

Bad news for film, however. Fuji is really scaling back film production and cutting jobs.

Mazz, You convert to the dark, digital side yet?

eeek! As long as they dont stpo makinig Velvia I'll be happy. Besides I think that they will always produce Large format Film at least eh'??

Wes wrote:Mazz, You convert to the dark, digital side yet?

No. I'm still shooting trad.

i dunno...digital has snuck it's way into the large format world as well...