Yes, the D has a battery/vertical grip. I use the grip all the time excepy maybe with a small prime lens. Without it the camera is too small for my hands, with a big lens like the 35-105 I'd be lost without it.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Mat Maessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Challenge my zoom! > > > I keep a Winder ME-II attached to my SuperProgram as a handgrip when I > have the 35-105 mounted. It's a lot easier to manage the weight that > way. > Is there a similar grip for the istD? > > -Mat > > On 10/2/05, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Pancho, I think you may be right. > > I'll just have to build my muscles a bit! ;-) > > > > Don > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Pancho Hasselbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 10:07 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Challenge my zoom! > > > > > > > > > Don, > > > > > > I own this lens and I have made some pictures I like very > much, it gives > > > very nice results. You're not going to find a constant > aperture lens in > > > that zoom range. I don't know about any good replacement, as > I wouldn't > > > sell mine but would only another lens additionally. > > > I think you're gonna get less profit out of selling it than using it. > > > It's got the A contacts, it should work nicely on the D. > > > > > > Just my 2c, > > > Pancho > > > > > > Don Sanderson schrieb: > > > > > > > I'd really like to replace my A35-105/3.5 with something > > > > smaller and lighter, maybe even AF. > > > > So I go take a couple of sample pics with the D to show > > > > on eekBay. > > > > Then I can make the big bucks! > > > > Problem is that the sample pics are so good I change > > > > my mind again. > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion for a replacement for > > > > this very large, heavy, positively _gorgeous_ lens? > > > > > > > > Here's a sampe full frame and 100% crop: > > > > > > > > http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/7757.htm > > > > > > > > ist-D at 1/125th and 105mm at f:5.6, ISO 400. > > > >>From .JPG's. > > > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > >
