"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:57:05 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

So, unlike me, I resisted the impulsive temptation to buy on-line or
order
yet from the camera shop. I need to read and learn more first. It will
definitely be the D200 or the DX2.

It's your money, but the DX2 is a lot of camera - it is so versatile
that unless you are a professional, you'd never in a hundred years use
all the features and capabilities.

Take a close look at the D200 or the Canon 5D. I'd say the Olympus
E-500, but that's for odd balls like me who have stuck with Olympus
from the old film days.

You also have to remember that a good 50% of digital work is done on a
computer after the image is off loaded, so really good processing
software will be part of the investment. Paint Shop Pro X is a choice
for guys like me who have been the program from the JASC days and
really know how to work with it. It's a bit quirky. For other folks,
Adobe's Photoshop is an excellant choice - I still think CS2 is a bit
of overkill (I have it, but prefer PSPX), but it's very intutive and
has a bunch of artistic capacity.


As I mentioned to Harry, I ruled out the DX2. Too much money for a total
amateur like me. I am going to go back and look again at the D70s. They
also carry Canon there. They let you shoot some pics then display them on
some machine. I'll play around. I have a new copy of Paint Shop Pro X on
my computer and have been slowly experimenting with it. Love doing black
objects against an illuminated background with white borders. .......


Thanks,

RCE