Recent content by jedi

I have several Lowe Pro backpacks. If you have alot of gear or you fly they are pretty nice. Something like a Nature Trekker or a Photo Trekker are airline reg for carry on and are acceptable on a hike. On the other hand neither carry as well as a regular backpack. Now what I do with my 35mm...

Glad you like the camera. When I wanted something different from my 35mm slr, I went the opposite way. My camera these days is a 4x5 view camera. Big, slow and costs almost $5 a shot, but man the images are AWESOME! :-)

At the low end dslr (calling $700 low end, seems wrong on so many levels) the Nikons are more solid than the 6mp Canon. The 8mp Rebel XT is very nice (some claim it is too small to hold with larger hands) but it runs $750 just for the body. D50 is suprisingly well put together for under...

One more idea- do not rule out the used market for equipment, especially for lenses. www.keh.com is a great place for good stuff. They grade equipment very conservatively so even bargin level equipment is better than "mint" on eb&y. They also give you a few weeks to try it out and have a...

I would say that if you wanted a camera that you would be able to use for years you might actually look at a film camera. Nikon FM3 is a manual focus bomb proof unit. It will work as long as they keep making film. It is ultra reliable and I believe will even work w/o batteries. I have an...

Great images and good write up of your trip. I really like that area of the country. On our way home from Yosemite last year we took the highway out of Big Pine acroos the Whie Mtns just north of DV. Desolate and beautiful country. Wish I had a week to explore it.