Jorgen- these hats definitely provide an impressive light & UV protection.
Nice outfits, and nice capture as always (on a sidenote i might be wrong but from your work i generally prefer the fujis over the D80 especially for color)
Thank you, Corlan. The colours of the Fuji is far superior to those of the D80, and when it comes to dynamic range, they are worlds apart. I also have problems getting along with the ergonomics of the Nikon. Not that it's particularly bad, but they are simply not as fluent as on the pro bodies.
The D80 has been a temporary solution for me for more than a year now, but there are many dilemmas to sort out when replacing it. I need more resolution, better ergonomics, preferably video and colours that I can live with. Fuji seems to have stopped their DSLR development, so a D300s seemed to be the obvious choice, but I'm not too happy with what I've seen from the D300, and from a resolution point of view, it doesn't really offer much improvement over the D80.
Pentax K7 was very tempting, not least due to size, ergonomics and lenses, but that would mean starting from scratch, since I have no lenses that can be mounted on that camera. The A850 is another alternative, but again, I have no lenses, and the Zeiss ones are expensive and HUGE.
One camera that so far has impressed me a lot, also with regards to colour, is the new Canon 7D, although I need to see more people shots, and preferably some RAW files. I happen to have some really nice Zuiko OM lenses that can be used on Canon, and even some of the Nikkors would be usable. When it comes to resolution and video, the 7D is simply unbeatable within its class.
The next few months will show, but I might end up with the Fujis for portraits and the Canon for most other things
if it delivers as promised. A D700X with video would change all this, but nobody knows if or when that will happen, and I doubt that it will be under $4,000. Another thing is that a high resolution crop camera has a lot of advantages for telephoto use anyway, and the 7D with the highest pixel count on one of the smallest sensors has an edge there anyway.