One comment about lenses and cropping on non-ff cameras. There is a reason DX lenses are made... it's because lenses that are designed for the full 35mm frame arn't optimized for a DX sized sensor. With wide lenses, Barrel distortion, chromatic abortions, and vignetting (at the corners) are reduced. For these improvements to be maximized, the sensor size must be taken into account in the design. These improvements are pointless if the image is cropped.

The cropping does not simply change the focal length of the lens, it crops the image to make the lens "act" like a longer lens, but the lens is not designed to be used that way.

I guess my point is that if it's better to buy a DX lens for a DX camera and an FX lens for an FX camera, than the cropping isn't just making the lens longer.

All this said, if you like longer lenses, and you want to save money, by using a DX body with an FX lend you already own to get a narrower FOV. But you can also get a faster lens with the same FOV if you buy a DX lens. Because it's designed to gather light for a smaller sensor.

jimmy

Everything went all right, except for one thing - just before replacing the disk I have made full backup. At 1am. However when I started restoring process - the last available backup was offered was 12 hours old - created at 1pm the previous day.

After restoring has been finished - it seems the backup used was actually fresh (1am). So there's a little mess. But anyway - replacement of the HD with keeping all data went almost pain free. All files, settings, even trash bin - was kept. CS3 asked for reactivation, iTunes too, desktop background disappeared - so far the only troubles I have encountered.

Fix for me was to step RIGHT back to the language selection screen, which triggered the restore process to re-scan for available disks to copy the image to.

Cheers

“March 5, 2008
Updated Information

After the AF mirror Adjustment, including the updated firmware version 1.1.3, the EOS-1D Mark III AF function performed better in our tests than all previous EOS camera models.

Canon strives at all times to continuously improve our products in order to provide our customers with the best performance and value.

We are aware that some customers have raised questions about the performance of the EOS-1D Mark III AF system under certain conditions. We will continue to investigate, and look for opportunities to improve, the performance of the AF system to ensure the satisfaction of all of our customers”

The 3800 has plenty of ink to last a while, plus if it has been a while between print jobs you don't have to worry about a print head cleaning leaving you needing to make an ink order.

I'll never go back to small tanks again. The only kicker is when the ink does run out it really hurts your wallet. Good thing is, since the ink is divided up amongst the 9 massive cartridges, you seldom need to buy them all at one time.

Now we will see if Mackcam.com extended warranty was worth the $40. If not then Epson R2880

Jurgen

At any rate, yes — laptop hard drives, being total garbage thanks to the pressures of competition driving down prices (and hence quality), can be expected to fail early and possibly repeatedly over the life of the hardware.

Where laptops are concerned, when there's a problem, it's nearly always the hard disk at fault.