Good Bye d80!

After using my d80 for almost a year I decided that it was necessary to return it to its rightful owner, Costco. I was expecting them to give me lots of attitude and questions but they took it back with only one question, "why are you returning?". I just gave them the "doesn't live up to my expectation" spew. Any who, this was about 3 weeks back.... and I have been camera less since. I am still decided if I want to go over to the dark side or is Nikon still my brand of dslr choice.

I've taken a look at the Canon 40d and it hasn't really impress me much. My old d80 felt better in my hands and had a better viewfinder not to mention and way better LCD screen!

Decisions, decisions.... whens' the 7d coming out?!

A few Pictures from Hawaii

Happy Birthday Mylinh!

We had dinner at Mac Grill last night and I brought along my d80 to snap some shots. I opted not to use flash so some of the images are a little blurry.

Will post more later.. here's one...

Got My D80!

Just picked up my Nikon D80 yesterday from Costco. It came with a 18-55mm and a 55-200 mm lens. I am trying to learn all the functions at the moment and it is taking forever!

I will post my first shots soon.

To be continued...

Hawaii is about 1 week away! Can't wait....

Decisions, Decisions (Canon Vs. Nikon)

I went to a local camera store yesterday to get a feel for which dslr was right for me. I played around with a Nikon d80 and with a Canon 30d. Both cameras were pretty nice but it felt as though the 30d's autofocus system was superior to that of the d80. Prior to this, I was set on getting the d80 but now I am confused. The 30d can be had for about the same price as the d80 (give or take $200 w/ the Canon rebates). My search continues...

Cnet Nikon d80 Review

Dpreview's Nikon d80 Review\\

Imaging-Resource's d80 Review

Nikon D80 + ____?

Found out I get some pretty good benefits from Nikon at my work. I am pretty set on the d80. Now I am just wondering what my first piece of Nikon glass will be. 18-70? 18-200 vr? shizar!

I will have to make this critical decision soon. Can't wait! Must get it before Hawaii.

Can't wait to open a Flickr account with my DSLR images! Yay.

Nikon Sweepstakes for a D80 + accessories

Contest Link

Nikon is having a pretty cool contest where you get to enter once daily for a chance to win a New Nikon D80 w/ accessories!

Canon Rebel 400d (XTi) Review is out

From DPreview.com

Dpreview.com's Review of Canon's 400d Rebel XTI

The reviewer only gives the Canon Rebel Xti a higher value (8.5 vs 8.0) in image quality but stated, "...they [Nikon] also managed to close the image quality gap to a degree where the differences are as good as irrelevant."

It is probably a more relavent comparison between the Nikon D80 and Canon 30d. More to come as I decide on which DSLR is for me.