My New Camera and Lens

[Iberia A340-600]

My dad took some pictures of me and my new camera the other day while we where at Bayswater.

I'm finally a big boy camera user now! :lol:

[nwafan20]

What camera is that? A D200?

[Mellyrose]

Congrats, Gordon. :) Use it in good health.

[NIKV69]

Ahh Another Nikonian! Hey Gordon take the tripod collar off that lens! :mrgreen:

Whats with the sunglasses, there is no sun! 8)

Good luck with it.

[nwafan20]

Gordon says that he always wears sunglasses, I guess that is correct! :D

You know, a Canon 30D would look better in your hands then that Nikon! ;)

[Iberia A340-600]

What camera is that? A D200?

She'd be a D100 with a 80-400MM lens. The camera is actually my dad's old camera but the lens is brand new.

I did actually want a Canon but my dad wouldn't think of the notion! :roll: :lol:

As for the sunglasses, it protects the eyes from that freezing wind over at Bayswater. :mrgreen:

Hopefully I'll be able to try out the new camera and lens in beautiful weather and see what its full potential is!

[nwafan20]

Well, I hope you enjoy your new camera! I can't wait to go spotting with my XTi!

[G-BOAD]

That is a really sweet peace of equipment! 400mm, so its that around 13X zoom?

[nwafan20]

Technically it is 5x zoom, but zoom isn't what counts, it is the focal legnth (400mm)

In a standard P+S camera, usually the minimum focal legnth is around 20-25mm. So, we would take 400 and devide it by, say 22 mm and we get a "zoom" of 18X in a standard P+S camera.