My view of the world

I’ve gone from film to strictly digital cameras. I used to use Nikon 35mm exclusively, now I have a small Olympus to throw in my pocket, a Nikon 5700 that has a nice lens, but is too slow to autofocus except in very bright light, and my primary camera, a Nikon D70.
I bought the D70 after looking at the smallest of the Canon SLR’s and deciding it wasn’t comfortable. I had put a few thousand rolls of film through various camera and my favorites were always the larger 35mm bodies. I’ve had the smallest of the film slrs and I never could get comfotable with them.
The Nikon D70 fit me well and the camera store had the Nikon 60mm macro lens in stock, needless to say, it cost me a couple of grand to get out the door, by the time I was done with all the little extras, like spare battery, battery charger and assorted filters and adapters, but I had what I wanted.
The D70S came out just a month later, but I don’t see enough difference to even consider getting rid of what I’ve got. The D200 got my attention when it was announced and I know I’ll wind up with one after they’ve been out a while.
In the mean time I’ve got a sweet digital slr that takes great pictures, especially with the VR lens.

Taken out the car window at 35mph.

I really like the vibration reduction, it offers just enough stabilization to gain me 1.5 to 2 stops, however I’m told you shouldn’t use the VR feature from a tripod. I should get around to testing this theory one of these days.
If you want honest review by a photographer check out Ken Rockwell. He’s been a photographer for more than a few years and seems to have a realistic view of the world.
The only problem I have is that his review of the Nikon D200 gives me an almost uncontrollable urge to go out and spend almost 2 grand.