I got mine a couple weeks ago from Tri State, I noticed they were selling
some on e-bay-buy now- so I went to their web site and there they were,
about $40 usd cheaper. I ordered and the DS was on my door step 3 working
days later.
DG
At 03:29 PM 3/3/2006 +0000, you wrote:
> Hi guys,
> For my birthday my parents gave me (as well as a Manfrotto 190CL) a
> certificate to an *IstDS. Zaweee! (You should have seen my face when I
> opened that card.) So I have a few questions.
> 1) Do you have any recommendations of places I should look? (There are
> some on e-bay but there doesn't seem to be that many big retailers
> listing it)
I think they are getting harder to find now.
> 2) I can't stomach the idea of having an f3.5-5.6 lens as my only
> normal/wide, so do you know of a faster wide (20mm or so) that I could
> get for a similar price?
> 3) How much memory will I need to store 100 or so RAWs?
I have 3 1 gig Kingston Cards and i beleive they hold 90 Raws. Oh wait. I
have the D and
it uses CF
cards not SD cards.
Belay that order.
> 4) given that I don't have a insurance plan that I could tack "chattels"
> on to, how could I (affordably) insure it against dropping it over board
> and other such human error?
Stay away from Tom Van Veen for one.<g>
> 5) Is there anything else that I should know? :-)
Use lith's or good rechargable batteries.
>
> Thanks in advance for any forthcoming ramblings,
> Francis (is hyperventilating)
>
