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Was shopping for a F31fd & realised that even the newly released F50 is "Made in China". Was told that only the 1st shipment of F31fd was Made in Japan, & that current batches' "Made in Japan" is only available if purchased in Japan. True or not? We always fly to Japan, so maybe should...

About to buy s5Pro during coming comex fair. But now Nikon D300 is released, should I go for that instead. Price range almost same. Using for portraits, street photography, some landscape.

Fungicide will not destroy negatives, slides, tapes - is it? As in, won't create microscopic damages, e.g. spore-size acidic holes on precious surface :D? Regarding dry-cab, then what happens to all those cameras in all the camera stores and shops that are awaiting new owners? How come some...

I've some slides and video camera tapes already infected with fungus:angry:. If I put it into the dry cabinet, that will cause infection to spread to other items, won't it? How then, to prevent further deterioration of the precious slides? This fungus thingie really can eat into even normal...

Since there are some comments that pics from S5Pro are soft, could that be due to lens used? Any must-have lens for portraits?

wind30: when do u estimate price will drop to ard $2k? after SEP's IT fair?

Thanks everyone for sharing personal views. Canon lens are really good but the good Canon lens quoted by AP (Alan Photo) will overshoot the price of the S5Pro body:bigeyes: AP recommend Tamron lens for S5Pro, says it is sharp. yowch, is Tamron lens as good as Canon's or Nikkor's? The...

Anyone experienced with Canon, can advise which combination of Canon DSLR & lens comes closest to the color from the Fujifilm S5Pro (the S5Pro colors are supposedly amazing). For a beginner who would only deals with JPeg, and would not do photoshop, is the S5Pro then, a better buy to the...

If the difference in price of F31d camera is not too significant, is it worth it to purchase those 5-year extended warranty from Harvey Norman/Courts/Best Denki? For F31d, price and package almost similar to MS Color, and 5-year extended warranty is $85 (approx.), worth it? Among the 3, HN...