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I use a Lowepro Toploader as my walkabout/quick access bag & backpack type for when carrying everything incl. the kitchen sink as if need be you can use both together. You can buy different sizes of Toploader to suit your needs & you can add to it if required (I've added a case for another lens...

http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2628

The A200 was probably the best value DSLR of it's era - but it's been out of production now for over a year. The A230 is essentially a facelifted version of it (& with a sharper kit lens) but ergonomically it is smaller so some people didn't like that. Sony also have a £50-80 cashback...

it's because it's a beta that it reads 00.

last I know of is a beta with added support for EO stepping CPUs www.abitshop.eu/bios/m629b_18.bin It doesn't sound to me like a BIOS problem though.

loops through to what (i.e. what codes are displayed after you hit F1)?

7F is the board waiting on an input from you. try hitting F1 when you see it.

that's probably just an error - it's the same chipset, even the lower spec. IP35P & IP35V support 1066 memory.

So, the 3VSB LED isn't on & presumably not the VCC either? My gut feeling is it's a power problem.

uGuru was the best onboard fan control going & tbh I don't think that it's been bettered yet. I don't think that you understand what it can do when set up properly - it will dynamically adjust fan rpm according to set reference temps (selectable CPU, Sys or PWM) . So e.g. it may run a fan at...

1/2.3" or 1/1.7" is the size of the sensor. CCD is the type of sensor as opposed to a CMOS one.

I still think that the Abit AN8 series were probably the best all round 939/nF4 mobos going. Imo better than the Asus A8N series & yes, a DFI could hit a slightly higher fsb or push the memory a bit harder but it would give you imperceptible improvements in performance & be noisier & touchier...

but name a better VIA K8T800 Pro/ VT8237 chipset mobo ... the Asus A8V DeLuxe certainly wasn't.

tbh I don't think that there was a good 650i SLI mobo. same as imo the other candidate for worst abit mobo was the F-I90HD where again I lay the blame at the door of the chipset. Not really surprising to me that only 1 other mobo afaik was made using that chipset.:rolleyes:

in terms of image quality it's normally classed as remarkable for the price - but even after the price rises at the end of last year these are usually ~£100 (€115) in the UK for most mounts & available for even less in Nikon mount. 200mm isn't much for wildlife though.

Congrats, it is indeed a great lens for the money. Just don't ever try the 70-400 G SSM - you'll want it! ;)

get a Sony & have both - a stabilised 16-35/2.8 Zeiss. :rolleyes: Admittedly that currently retails for quite a bit more - it will be interesting to see if Sony reacts to this appearing from Nikon & adjusts the price at all (I suspect not).

believe that ~42mm in 35mm/FF terms approximates the human eye view - iirc there was some economic/manufacturing reason why they originally used 50mm & it kind of stuck.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/lenses/telezoom/70-300mmAPO.htm - no mention of HSM that I can see.

imo the Tamron is better than the non-APO Sigma with the APO Sigma being better than the Tamron (of course it's also in % terms substantially dearer). & I'm not sure that the Sigmas are available with an in-lens motor for AF (which the D3000 needs for AF) - the Tamron definitely is.