Originally Posted by dyna mo

that all said, grapesoda advices yesterday that full-frame is the way to go and after thinking about it, that is really good advice in my experience, my taking pitures took off after i went full-frame, in fact, this is the 1st time i've ever shot full manual! not counting auto-focus, of course, but i do program the auto-focus to do what i want it to.

but up until full-frame, the most i could handle on my own was aperture priority. nothing like full manual!! wow. and my 1st camera was a christmas gift, minolta xd-5, brand new.