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. It depends on what you're looking for. The D50's advantages are exposure & WB bracketing, a 5-area AF sensor, and an AF motor that allows compatibility with old Nikkor lenses. The D40's advantages are size & weight, SDHC compatibility, larger viewfinder, auto ISO & min. preferred shutter...

Speaking of smaller, high-quality cameras, the Panasonic Lumix line of compact P&S cameras had so much promise with Leica optics. Too bad the sensor is so darn noisy. They should just buy the sensor from Fuji (who IMO makes the best compact P&S sensors in the world) and unleash the power of the...

Admittedly, I did not look at the new Pentax K10D because it was out of my price range. As a direct competitor to the D40, however, I did look at the K110D (6 MP) and K100D (6 MP + anti-shake). But I passed on them due to their limited RAW output options (non-compressed RAW only -- no...

Sorry, prices were a little off in my conversion to USD. The D40 is ~$550-600 US The Rebel XTi ~$750-800 SB-400 is ~$120-135 US

Finally, to cap it off, I have been frustrated enough with the poor quality of pics from compact P&S digicams (esp. with flash) that I have decided to purchase a dSLR to use wherever it's convenient to carry it with me (as opposed to a compact digicam which is much more pocketable and doesn't...

Just wanted to chime in with a couple updates on the compact P&S digicams that I was so excited about last year. As you may recall, I bought the Fuji F10 a while back, and didn't have a chance to report back on it when asked about it. It's a little late, but better late than never, I guess...

Merc, I can identify with your health care system woes... although the wait isn't as long, nor the services as costly in Canada. Health care is so damn inefficient. There's the wasted dollars, and needless waiting, but the biggest thing that irritates me is the endless string of appointments...

Almost a year later, I find myself using Firefox 1.5.0.7 (waiting for a few more iterations of 2.x before I upgrade) as my browser of choice. Maxthon has proven to be too unstable and I find that with the right combination of plug-ins / extensions that FF can be set-up just the way I like it...

A couple of the guys I used to talk to in the old CompuServe audio forums said good things about Polk speakers in the late 90's. No idea about their current stuff. Amongst American speakers, you could certainly do worse. Just heard Totem Acoustic speakers the other day. On demo were the Sttaf...

BTW, what is the difference between a drill, impact gun, and hammer drill? In what situations would you use the latter two? It would seem obvious to a power tool user, but a 150/300-rpm SKIL cordless drill (2.4v, I think) is the biggest, baddest power tool I got. I think they make cordless...

Gilbo, check out the following on sale at Cdn Tire, half-price Mastercraft Maximum 14.4 Volt 3KO Impact Gun Sale: $129.99 Reg :$249.99 Product #54-0070-4 Designed for three knock-out applications: fastening, driving and drilling Variable speed: 0-2,300 rpm, 0-3,000 bpm Delivers a powerful...

Would you say that this is due to the current lack of consideration given to optimizing for dual-core CPUs when coding applications? Could the tables be turned, making the dual-core systems faster with the next version of various software -- perhaps as easily as by using a dual-core optimized...

Hmm... very helpful replies, guys. That gives me enough to get my bearings and mull over countless component and pre-built system options on the Internet. Merc, in the thread Santilli linked to above, Dave was saying that he had audio problems and asked if you were using 64-bit, to which you...

BTW, thanks for the detailed reply, Will. I know it can be tiresome to condense a couple years of PC history into a single comprehensive post.

... when considering the prices in the website, remember that (1) they are CDN $ (divide by 1.15 to get USD) and (2) we don't have access to dirt cheap parts or killer Dell promotional deals that you have in the US.

Hmm... lots to consider. I'm thinking of getting 2 systems, actually. (1) a basic PC that won't be used for anything demanding, and (2) a more powerful PC that can be used for video capture, vid editing, encoding, etc. What do you think of these pre-built systems from a local vendor? I assume...

Hi everyone, Haven't been around in a while as I've put computers in general on the back burner (for what seems like an eternity now, because I feel completely lost when I see what's on the market these days). Consequently, I have a lot of questions, and little perspective. Wondering if you...

Just thought I'd chime in with two new cameras that represent the leading edge of digital consumer P&S technology, at least from the perspective of natural / ambient and low-light performance: The Canon SD700 IS http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonSD700IS/ Fujifilm FinePix F30...

Are you serious? If you are, I find your remark to be quite condescending to those who enjoy sports (like myself). I find there is much to enjoy through sport, and that it requires a good deal of character to participate in competitive sport successfully. Could it be an extension of your...

It's more the time and inconvenience of having to go to my optical store to order/purchase them. And they don't always have single pairs that you can buy. Sometimes you have to order 2 boxes of 12 lenses minimum if they don't have singles in your size and power, which is $80 US for the Oasys.

Acuvue 2 Acuvue Oasys Focus N&D Dk 22 105 140 Modulus 40 65 238 Just to clarify something: the above chart uses Dk, which is the oxygen permeability of the silicone hydrogel compound in barrers. However, the...

I should also mention that there are other silicone hydrogel contacts by Ciba Vision and Vistakon that you may have heard of: Acuvue Advance (Vistakon) O2 Optix (Ciba Vision) PureVision (Bausch & Lomb) From what I've read, Acuvue Oasys is simply a new and improved version of Acuvue Advance --...

Just a note that I was researching contacts recently because I wanted to upgrade from the Acuvue 2 contacts that I have been using on and off for the past couple years. From what I have read and heard, two contact lenses are considered best of breed: 1. Acuvue Oasys (Vistakon/J&J) 2. Focus...

Congrats Coug! Good luck Pradeep!

I thought Wedding Crashers was hillarious. Not a good movie critically speaking, but I was thoroughly entertained for a couple hours on my flight to England. It helped make the 9 hour flight bearable.

Well, a Conservative Minority government will lead Canada for about 2-4 years. Looks like my initial seat count prediction was actually pretty good: e_dawg's Jan 20 Prediction Conservative 113 Liberal 106 BQ 58 NDP 30 Total Error = 22 I wasn't able to post on Monday due to the server...

Yes, I admit that 30 NDP seats could be too high -- higher than all of the polls predict. But polls do not account for voter behaviour on election day. Potential swing ridings like Hamilton Mountain and Trinity-Spadina (these are top of mind as I live in the GTA) which were formerly Liberal will...

Wow, based on the polls for the last week, Conservatives have been pretty strong. There has been a weak shift from Conservative to Liberal over the past couple days and this should continue into the weekend and intensify on Election Day. Nevertheless, it looks like the Conservatives will win...

Well that's exactly my point. Later. Perhaps. Possibly. Maybe. Voting is all about who is going to be in office over the next 4 years. Let's recap: 1. The ruling party and its opposition will directly affect your life over the next 4 years... and its legacy will affect your life after those 4...

That's not necessarily true. I like your example about the NDP, but a second-tier party like the NDP usually does not have enough political power to influence policy. You are talking about the ideal way of voting for change; I prefer to take a more practical, realistic approach. "A bird in hand...

You mean like Brokeback Mountain? :)

If you don't believe me, look at the polls going into 2004's election. The Conservatives were neck and neck with the Liberals leading up to the election with the Conservatives pulling ahead in some polls. What was the end result of the election? The Liberals won with 7% to spare in the popular...

This country will never elect Harper as Prime Minister. This is what happened last time. He had a sliver of hope and people thought he could win. But when it came time to vote, people chickened out and voted for Martin instead. The same thing will happen again. While people are disgusted with...

I will look back at 2005 as a year of learning and growth, with lots of memories. There were a few rough patches, but overall, the good definitely outweighed the bad. I don't quite feel fullfilled and contented yet, but what I am left with going into 2006 is hope. I am looking forward to 2006...

Saw Munich over the holidays.... thought it was an awesome movie. Intense and gripping from start to finish. Wow.

I agree with Tim: the hardest part of using a digicam is getting the pics out of the camera and viewing/storing/printing them. I would want a PICTbridge like system where you could easily connect the digicam to a printer or put the xD card in a slot on the printer, preview the pics you want to...

Congrats to your friend. Excellent camera. The included memory card is 16 MB. Not even enough for half a dozen pics at 6 MP.

Good point, Bozo.

Just be careful about using the specs to decide, Coug. You can bet the Toyota Tundra and its 4.7L V8 will be far more comfortable hauling its half-ton payload around than the Ridgeline and its 3.5L V6. Not to mention, the Tundra is a real truck like the F-150 built with a "body on ladder frame"...

The shutter and aperture priority of the F11 is a rare and valuable feature that most compact P&S digicams don't have. The F11 is, quite possibly, the ideal compact P&S digicam. Only problem is that availability is poor and Fuji never said it would bring the F11 to North America. So if you want...

The Ridgeline may be a Honda, but it is weak compared to its competitors. That tiny V6 is a joke in a pickup truck that will be used for carrying real payloads. Not even 4 L displacement. if you want Japanese, get a Toyota Tundra. They use proper pickup truck engines like their 4.7 L V8.

Yikes. That's a little spooky. Almost exactly one month after that statement Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans...

Re: F10 Good so far. Haven't really been able to test it in "real world" conditions, though (travel, parties, weddings, etc.). I was only really able to pronounce the Canon PowerShot SD110 as crap after I found the majority of the shots I took at my friend's wedding were underexposed, blurry /...

Told you so... :)

Actually, it may have been 1.0. Anyways, I didn't hate it, and it gave me tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and decent W3C HTML compatibility all in one that I was able to use as an IE replacement for a while at work.

NOD32 and PCcillin are the two best choices so I've heard. Myself, I use AVG Free 7.1 on all my personal computers.

Tried Firefox 1.2 and liked it but did find it very basic and unconfigurable out of the box (yes, I realize I didn't have all those plugins now). I used Moz 1.1 for a little while in parallel with Opera while I tried to wean myself off IE. Preferred Opera 7 and 8 at the time. But eventually...

anyone use flickr?

OTOH, I find IBM's X41 ThinkPad Tablet to be a POS. MOstly because it's unberarably slow. I blame the 4200 rpm 1.8" HD. It's expensive, has a small dim fuzzy screen, the keyboard feels a little cramped, and it will always be slow because it uses the 1.8" form factor. Not recommened at all.

Absolutely love the T42 I have for work. The built in Wi-Fi works really well and so does the Ultrabay and docking system. One thing I am impressed with that nobody has commented on is the docking. I dock/undock every day to take the laptop home at night and back to work in the morning. I am...