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In article <ac3b31lc2dpfmm8qeemvu8g899i2d68koq@4ax.com>, Owamanga says...
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:35:06 -0500, Larry <larrylynch3rd@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <5LZNOBFt$ANCFw99@objectech.co.uk>, ken@objectech.co.uk says...
> >> Larry <larrylynch3rd@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >My next step is to take ione to an indoor arena where horses are raising the
> >> >kind of superfine, talcum-like dust Im going to have to deal with, and see if
> >> >the dust gets inside the D70 as easily as it got into the DRebel.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if you'd need to change lenses for the kind of shooting
> >> you do, but if you find the D70 doesn't have too bad a dust ingress
> >> with the lens mounted, then it would make sense to buy two or three
> >> D70 bodies, one for each lens. You could get two D70 bodies for
> >> the price of a 20D.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Most of my "in the ring" shooting is done between 50 and 70 mm focal length
> >(equivalent).
> >
> >If I could afford to buy 2 D70s I probably would just buy lenses instead.
> >
> >I did, however, test a freinds D70 (Under his panicky snoopervision) under
> >VERY dusty circumstances last night, and the camera passed with flying
> >colors.
> >
> >My problem with dust in the DSLR I used in the ring before (A Digital Rebel)
> >was occuring without any lens changes, and thats why I din't buy one. I
> >EXPECT dust incursion when changing lenses, and I can guard against it, but
> >the dust incursion I was getting was happening without opening the camera.
> >
> >We also had a Rebel with us last night, and it got dust in it just hanging
> >around my friends neck!
> >
> >For now it looks like the D70 with one lens will have to get me by until
> >later in the season.
> >
> >
> >If I get the quality I expect, I dont see a need to buy "more" camera, just
> >more lenses.
>
> Iv'e seen some waterproof elasticated soft housings that can be fitted
> over the lens (probably custom made for the huge expensive nature
> 600mm zooms). This would prevent dust from getting into the lens
> through the moving zoom mechanism area. What I don't know is how easy
> it is to operate the zoom with a huge condom-like thing stuck over it,
> or if they are available for standard lenses.
>
I've not had much trouble with lenses per-se, only with DSLRs and only with
the FEW I've used (and up 'till last night that was limited to the Digital
Rebel)
The problem I've had has been with dust on the sensor, in a VERY short period
of taking pictures in the show ring. I have stuck with ZLR type digitals (way
past the point where I should have changed to DSLR) because the Rebel was the
only DSLR I could afford (up 'till now).
My small photo operation could afford a D20, if I didn't mind spending that
amount of money, but I don't really feel I need THAT much camera to do what I
do.
I've had no complaints from my customers about picture quality, and most of
the prints I have sold in the last two years have been from shots with a Sony
F-717 or a Fuji S7000, along with a few from the Sony F-828. (I know it
sounds incredible, but good shots, with some post work can be had with those
cameras).
--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.