what brand to get???

[ErikH]

OH and with a nikon, just use the thumb wheels. After you learn how to use them properly, WOW! Ask my wife, my pictures still suck. haha.

[Europhyllia]

Here's something interesting (just read that in my husband's Astronomy Magazine this morning -wow we are a geeky family. lol):
For star and sky shooting people prefer Canons over Nikons because Nikon's have some kind of noise remover feature that can not be turned off and in sky pictures the camera might just nix out small stars.
Thought that was interesting. Not sure how much that carries over into aquarium stuff but figured I'll mention it.

[allan]

There is absolutely nothing geeky about astronomy and cosmology. :-)

[brewercm]

Here's something interesting (just read that in my husband's Astronomy Magazine this morning -wow we are a geeky family. lol):
For star and sky shooting people prefer Canons over Nikons because Nikon's have some kind of noise remover feature that can not be turned off and in sky pictures the camera might just nix out small stars.
Thought that was interesting. Not sure how much that carries over into aquarium stuff but figured I'll mention it.

Not sure what Nikon they are talking about on my D90 I can turn it off, put on low, regular, or high. Wanting to upgrade to the D700 FF sensor myself but the new D7000 looks interesting once there are some good tests on how well it works in low light.