Umbrellas

Statues outside a tourist centre in Bali, Indonesia.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm DX ED

Wali

Wali, or offering to the gods, is where the island of Bali in Indonesia gets its name. This picture in its full size is sharp, sharp, sharp!
How I love the 50mm f/1.8-- I'll never part with you baby!!
Nikon D70, 50mm f/1.8

Poolside, Bali

Night view of my hotel in Bali, taken from the 'balcony'. Well, there wasn't a blacony as such but a 2-foot ledge-- I climbed out the window and carefully balanced my camera on this ledge while trying not to fall down to take this 5-second exposure.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm DX ED

Surf's Up!

Surfer on Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia
Nikon D70, Tamron 70-300mm ED

Dynax 7D Concise opinion

Have been using the Konica Minolta Dynax 7D (Maxxum 7D in the USA) for about a week now and have come to some conclusions:

1) The camera is very nice and hefty in the hands and feels like it can take quite a beating.
2) The controls, though intimidating at first, are actually quite easy and very intuitive to use, especially if you have some experience with old film SLRs. The only problem is that there is no quick way to have things like Exposure Compensation, Drive Mode and Flash Compensation quickly reset to default. However, you can assign your favourite shooting mode (P,S,A,M), colourspace setting, sharpening, contrast and colour setting sets to one of three custom memory modes so that you can quickly get to them.
3) Metering is good -- better in general than the dodgy metering on the Olympus E-1 and E-300, but not quite as good as Nikon's 3D Colour Matrix Metering.
4) Picture quality, and detail is virtually identical with the Nikon D70 (both share the same sensor after all) but colour response is slightly different.
5) The 17-35mm kit lens that comes with the Dynax 7D is pretty good. More empirical tests will follow later. Meanwhile, check out some of the pictures below (since they have been resized, they are NOT to be used as illustrations of quality)
6) Will do some tests on the anti-shake feature soon as well.

Whorls

It's a closeup of a lamp!
Konica Minolta Dynax 7D, AF 17-35mm

Flowers to the sky

Detail of the roof of The Curve shopping centre. Image desturated except for the flowers on the banner.
Konica Minolta Dynax 7D, AF 17-35mm

Konica Minolta Dynax 7D

Managed to get my hot little hands on a Konica Minolta Dynax 7D.
Expect a short review here in the near future -- so far the impressions are very favourable.
The camera has a lot of controls, but if you are familiar with traditional SLR controls, then this camera will immediately feel natural to you.

Viper

Just to give you a sense of scale, the head of this snake was only a little bigger than my thumb.
Fujifilm S2 Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm at macro setting

Beetle on

Nikon D70, 60mm AF Micro-Nikkor f/2.8

Moving clouds

A 1min 13sec exposure shot just outside my balcony.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm DX

Seed pod

SB-600 flashgun wireless mode, positioned top and to the left.
Taken on a windy day out in the open, in aperture priority mode at f/36, ensuring that the distracting background turned black.
Nikon D70, 60mm AF Micro-Nikkor

Pensive Puppy

Another cute picture of my puppy.
Nikon D70, 60mm AF Micro-Nikkor

Lighting candles

Nikon D70, 60mm Micro-Nikkor

Oil lamps

Nikon D70, 60mm AF Micro-Nikkor

Donation

Wesak Day donations.
Just put a coin in every pot for good luck and to help temple renovation.
Nikon D70, 60mm Micro-Nikkor

Bathing the Buddha

Wesak Day celebration. This kid was really enjoying himself. :)
Nikon D70, 60mm AF Micro-Nikkor

Blue Blue Blue

Vegas yet again...near New York, New York Hotel.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 80-200mm ED

Fountain

More Vegas kitsch.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

Eiffel Tower...not!

More Paris in Vegas.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

Pepsi

Bigger bottle, better flavor! Detail of a wall. Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 80-200mm ED

Statue-esque

It's not Paris. It's just the Paris in Las Vegas.
It's not a statue. It's actually a dude pretending to be a statue.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

Vegas by Moonlight

An evening out in Las Vegas. Check out the moon!
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

Excalibur

The Excalibur Hotel, Las Vegas. It's more Disney than King Arthur, IMHO.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

My god its full of stars!

Actually a reflection in the pond in the Alladin shopping mall. The 'stars' are actually coins.
Nikon D70, AF-S Nikkor 12-24mm ED DX

Taking a break

A grab shot taken while on assignment in Las Vegas
Converted to monochrome in Nikon Capture
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 80-200mm ED

Sleepy

Portrait of my new puppy.
Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 80-200mm ED