Gandini, Lenses, etc

[herb uk]

Great site! My first post after some time lurking. I held off, because I haven't bought a digital yet. The lens issue encouraged me to register, just to post a link to Photodo:

http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html

I can understand why regulars get bored seeing the same questions repeated; perhaps the regular flagging of Photodo as a source of independent advice would help. MTF tests here are supposedly performed by Hasselblad.

If anyone doubts why L lenses perform better, just check their charts. Also, note the quality of some modest aperture lenses over their wide aperture counterparts. (I changed my 28/1.8 for a 24/2.8 a few months ago, just on the strength of the Photodo charts).

My big question also annoys regulars, but will be shared by many lurkers. When is the D30 upgrade coming?

[JCDoss]

Herb,

Besides Photodo, try www.photographyreview.com
Lots of opinions and ratings for just about every lens known to man. It's user-based, so if you want to write your own evaluations, you can do it. I find it more useful than Photodo.

Rumors of a D30 successor are brewing, and popular opinion is that it will be announced at PMA in February. Concensus opinion (ie, rumor) is that it will be a full-frame CMOS based on either the 1V or 3 body.

JCDoss

PS: I think enough is enough re: Gandini. His points are valid... basic questions can generally be answered with a search, but specific questions that cannot be found by searching deserve to be answered. Is that acceptable?