Hi Twopynts,

Don't you ever do any work :-)

Glad guys like you are always around to show us lesser mortals the way.

Thanks for all the links - yes I have taken the time to read them.Very interesting.

I was annoyed when I bought the D100 as it was deleted within a few weeks,bet I got the last one on the shelf.

Had I waited ( in hindsight ) the D200 would have been my current camera :-(

The reason for considering the D200 is that there is so much dirt on my D100 sensor that it needs to go away and be cleaned.

I was going to do it at the end of last year but we had great weather so I was out and about on landscapes.

Then this year the weather has been awful and I know I should have done it but I figured the bad weather in the UK couldn't last long.

It is now July and still pretty drab.

The reason for the D200 was to have a spare body or rather get the D100 cleaned and use that as a spare body.

But then the wife decided it would be a great idea to have a conservatory built onto the rear of the house,nothing big,just 3 metres x 4 metres - about £10,000.

She never considered how much it was going to cost to lay the floor and put furniture in it - no she is not blonde.

Added to all this I really wanted a lens for wildlife,birds etc btu I guess it needs to be at least 500mm -  like really expensive.

Now I am thinking can I afford all this.

Do other guys run into these problems or do they just get what they want.

Do they have a row with the wife :-)

Should I turn to alcohol :-)

Eddie

ejn