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The Samyang 14mm is great lens and fantastic value for money but it is not the sort of lens that you will use very often. On the other hand, the 17-35mm has a much more usable focal length and is a...

Interesting! I'll try side by side pictures with the D800 and the LX3 or LX5 and see how it translates into images.

The FZ50 is getting a bit long in the tooth and probably not an improvement on what I currently use but the FZ200 has a small sensor that seems to produce reasonably good images.

It doesn't support RAW so that would definitely be a deal breaker.

I don't think that using my PCE 45mm Micro Nikkor lens will give me the same DoF (unshifted) than my Panny LX5 (although quality when on my D800 is of course superior - but that not what my...

I sometimes want to achieve much deeper depth of field than what can be done with an SLR camera (without stacking) and have been using the Panasonic LX3 and LX5 when I need this. Are there...

Yes you are correct. But one single rail works well enough and is a lot cheaper, so close to what the OP is looking for. Of course there are lots of (much) cheaper rails on ebay and such but they...

This is the one I use. It seems to sell for US$ 328 in the US so whilst not exactly cheap it is less than...

And of course it needs to be mounted on a good quality, solid tripod and head

That must be the understatement of the day. It is one of the very best macro lenses around.

For EXCELLENT low light performance a used D700 might give you the best value for money at the moment.

Good explanation, just get the math right: A crop can't be 100% of the image, hence the crop part. When you crop a 50 by 50 pixel part of any picture, you're viewing those 2500 pixels at 100%. When...

Why bother? Just buy the postcard

If you are going to take only one lens to Everest Base Camp then the 16-85 is your best bet. Personally when I go to Nepal I also like to have a wider lens (that's generally the Nikkor 17-35mm, but...

The bottom line is that he seems to be very good at marketing himself and this will affect the sales price and perceived value of his work. Nothing wrong with that. In fact a good lesson to learn.

But then you don't use "technology employed by NASA on Mars", only focus stacking :-)

I bought one at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-D200-NEW-BATTERY-COVER-DOOR-Snaps-on-Easy-/330595087684?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item4cf900b544 and it works perfectlyShipping charges were...

Impressive work!

I have had my D700 for 4 years. Around 90.000 actuations. A lot of outdoor use in rough and sometimes very cold environments (for example many Himalayan trips up to 6000m). Had to do 2 or 3 wet...

...or my cat