nice one thursday!

Oops sorry, the Nikkor one, Nikon 105mm f/2.8G VR Micro. Got a very good deal.

thanks Kuma, those books look good

miller, spill the beans, how much?

I gave 30,000 yen for it to a friend of a photographer friend of mine who basically said he just wasn't using it and was happier to just get some cash for it. It is hardly used, looks new, friend approved! Took the friend out for a meal as well so I suppose that is part of the cost

nice one Post some pics once you get some you are happy with.

Will do!

Do you guys take your SLRs out in the snow?

....thinking of getting one myself.

Kuma does. Gets some sweet shots out there too. I did a few times last season. You can get good backpacks with good camera compartments for them.

Yes. Will do this season.

Just in it's normal case or some kind of special weatherproof case?

do a search for the burton zoom, or the dakine sequence

Yes yes yes. Make sure you have a proper protected bag. Scroll back 300 messages for the photos of these bags.

Hot snow you don't need a special waterproof casing for the cam. Just a padded bag in case you bail.

re: what i said in the shopping list thread re non-snow pics in this thread
I just think we should post snow pics in this thread for showing different techniques/lenses/etc. Obviously since we have no snow right now it's ok to stray to non-snow shots but let's try to keep it technical.
In winter, there's also loads of threads for stoke so put your pics over there

My DSLR travels in a padded goretex bag as Kuma describes. It's for impact protection. A bit of moisture doesn't hurt the camera. It's a tool and has to work for its living.

right kuma, that's pretty much what I was saying anyway. Winter will pull back more of that snow focus.

and here's the bag again

this thread keeps appearing in the shopping list thread.

d300 has been announced. It will be available in nov i think (can't be bothered to check). Knowing Nikon there prob will be shortages at first.

I've got the d200 and it's perfect for what I do. I'd love the d300 for the fps but I would wait a year for the price to come down anyways. The annoying thing is that I'd have to buy a new grip for the d300

I am tempted to go a d200 when the 300 comes out cos the price should drop a bit. But I'm not convinced the camera will be significantly better than what I can already do with the D70. Admittedly I really haven't looked at any of the newer models like the d200. Any thoughts?

active D-lighting
CMOS instead of CCD
8 FPS
100 shot cache (Jpeg, not RAW)
12 mega pixels

D200 is perfectly adequate, but the D300 sounds very good. Think I will get my hands on one and sell my D200 even though I'll lose at least half the dosh I paid for it.