Originally posted by the Bear:
i thought hard and long..
and i saved harder and longer...
and finally splashed out around a total of $1700 for my Sony F717
and .. and it hurt my pocket for ages...
now, the question BEGS to be answered...
[b]what are you going to use the dSLR for? and how far are
you going to go with the lenses/filters and stuff?
from what i know, you just realised that you can stack
filters..
clearly, there is much to learn before starting on SLRs..
again.. S$10k is a lot of money to splash out!
and mostly, it's the driver, not the equipment..
lastly, it was curt, but to the point.. master in the post above
was dead right!
[/b]
well presently i only bought a polarizing filter only when i
needed it and i bought it since i was going to melb and the trip
sort of pushed forward the idea only. 
therefore i have only 1 filter to work with...save for
the UV filter, it was only when i played ard with the extra filter
then i realised it.
for the DSLR question it is the same as asking why do i need a
camera? there are 2 parts to the Q u mentioned. first my cam does
have alot of limitations esp on the pic quality, resolution,
acessories,etc
quality, D70 beats my cam hands feet and heads down
resolution, many times i didnt take part in contests because the
min resolution is 3MP and above and it's usually way above. btw
mine is 2MP.
Digital noise. even at ISO100, there are more noise than sand on yr
feet after walking through a playground barefooted.
acessories, my cam cant attach a damn ext flashlight because it
doesnt have a hotshoe for it. when i am taking macro shots,
sometimes i see the need for a macro ring flash....but i cant
attach it at all.
nightshots. at best,8secs. cant even see a night when there's low
light, when $500 nikon digital cams can AF-L and take well-exposed
pics. my attempt at taking car trails was pathetic with 8secs. only
got trails 2/3 the length of the pics at best.
lastly, my aim is to push my skills to a higher limit and reach a
certain level at sometime in future.
forget it.
