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But you can always disable VR with the lens switch though, right? Plenty of people (like me) use the AF-ON button for rear-button focusing, so that's a good thing for me.

A D800 of course! :o)

I have a Velbon DV-7000. This metal tripod has a leg spreader and large diameter, sturdy legs, making it a flexible and rigid base for video. When I took delivery of my D800, I realised it needed an upgrade, so I ditched the crappy plastic head that came with it and replaced it with a Manfrotto...

Sold my 3 y/o D700 on eBay for just short of £1,400 after fees... IMHO, the D600 will be a very desirable camera. No way will Nikon make it less well specified than the D700. Even if it wasn't entirely metal construction (which I very much expect it will be) it'll still be a better device for...

If you want landscapes, the best place to go in the UK is Scotland. Everywhere else is choked with people, cars, street furniture, litter and over-protective land owners.

Do you really think security staff have a thorough training on photography within private premises within the centre? I'd be amazed. They're doing what security people always do best - err on the side of paranoia and preventative measures.

Nobody knows what images from the X10 are going to look like. It looks like a nice bit of kit (my guess is that it will considerably hurt sales of the G12 and P7000 successors), but the relatively small sensor size will limit its use to relatively decent light. I will tell you that the X100...

Hmm. I'm not sure that flower picture proves much. I can throw the background out of focus in macro mode with my G9. The point is - the smaller the sensor, the greater the aperture required to render the same shallow DoF.

When it comes to sensor performance, there's no substitute for acreage. No M43 sensor is ever going to perform as well as the best available crop frame sensor with in its ability to provide shallow DoF or low light shooting. M43 is pushing the limit at ISO 3200. The best crop frame sensors...

It's a good job they did put people off, or the queues to buy them would be even longer. Clearly there are plenty of interested parties, and this is not a jack-of-all-trades camera like, say, the EP-3. It's a very specialist item, and this was intentional. Fuji was obviously surprised there was...

I've owned and shot with my X100 for months now, and I couldn't find any issue with AF even in the original firmware (with the exception of macro mode, but that is seldom used). There just seem to be some people who don't get on with it. I was pleasantly surprised to find it equals or betters...

I have an S95, and it's fantastic - both for stills and 720p video. I take it when the X100 is a little bit too large, or when I need video backup for the D700.

Unless you've shot with it, stop pontificating about it. It's an awesome camera, and what's wrong with it isn't wrong enough to detract from that even without a firmware patch (which is incidentally being worked on as I type). The IQ is as good or better than my D700 + 24-70 f2.8 at 35mm. That's...

given that the sensor inside the Sony is the same as in the D7000 I would assume the Sony has some good ISO handling and picture quality. Is only it were that simple. Nikon has always managed to get its Sony manufactured sensord to perform significantly better then Sony. Don't just focus...

I use a Hoya HD UV filter on my 70-200 VRII. It makes no practical difference unless you're shooting bright objects in low light, in which case you may get a little ghosting. As long as you use a high quality multi-coated filter, it'll be as good quality as one of your lens elements anyway. Some...