I've had the d50 for quite some time now and honestly, I love it. It works great and I have never had problems with it. But it is time for an upgrade. Welcome the D7000. At $1,200 for the body only, it's a step up from my D50, but offers a lot more. I'll go from 2.5 frames per second to 6fps, from a 2" LCD to a 3", from ISO 200-1600 to an ISO of 100-6400 (and I hear even at 3200, the pics are pretty noise free,wow), and from a 5 pt. focus to 39 pt. (that's insane). Oh and it has dual SD card holders (genious) and 2 user settings. And all these higher end models now come with video, not that I need it, but I will try out th 1080p HD. And I'll go from 95% viewfinder to 100% (that's what I'm talking about)
NIKKOR 24-70mm 2.8G ED (breathe Ashley)
My similar focal length lenses I own now have a variable aperature. I would love to have a fixed aperature of 2.8. I will never ever buy a lens that doesn't stop down to 2.8. I use my 50mm 1.4 if I want to open up further. This puppy is a whopping $1,900. This hobby of mine is getting expensive, but I sure love it. But I think I'll have to earn this before I buy it.
Now onto books.
The Persian Pickle Club: by Sandra Dallas
This was an easy fun read. It was my first audiobook. I downloaded it to my ipod. There are a lot of characters and I had to really focus as to not forget who was who. A story of a close group of women who are bound together by a hobby they love and a secret. I'd give it 4 stars.
a stolen life: jaycee dugard
I hadn't planned on reading this, knowing what it would be about. I watched the interview and was amazed at her story and how she came out of it seeming so level headed. Being kidnapped at 11 years old and not being 'found' until 29 years old. I had so many questions, why did she not try to run at some point? Giving birth to your first child (with the father being the kidnapper himself) at age 13 and then again at 15.............it's hard to even take this story in.
My step mother had the book on our Lake Powell vacation. I picked it up one night out of curiosity and practically read the whole book that night. She really helped to explain why she did what she did and referred to herself often as a 'coward'. She talked about the therapy sessions after she was found and how amazing her therapist was with the type of therapy she offered. Rather than being in a room with just the 2 of them, most of their sessions included the use of horses in different exerises.
Although my curiosity wants to know more about her 2 daughters (who were 14 and 16 years old when found), I am happy that she has done all she can to protect their identity. I wish her the best that life can offer her now.
look me in the eye: by John Elder Robison
another autobiography. John describes his life as an aspergian, not even knowing that he had asperger's until he was an adult. I was very intrigued to learn more about asperger's, especially now that I am watching NBC's Parenthood which has a character on the show who has aspergers. I've seen history channel specials about savants which are just fascinating...............this is obviously not to that level, but it is interesting to see how they excell in a specific skill, yet lack basic social skills. It's more interesting to hear it from the source. He explains that as he got older, and was able to better his social skills, his aspergian traits (such as high level skills in engineering) began to diminish some. So it's like a trade off. But he says he is much happier, now having better (not quite normal) but better social skills then he had when he was younger.
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