How sharp do you want it?

That's a good price, but don't buy too many. The D2 takes SD cards.

G

Sharpness: Pic 1 or 2 for me. By the time you get to the level of sharpening in pic 4 the reflected soft box has a defined black box around it with white artefacts outside of the box, which of course, helps to define the box in the first place.

External Storage: I use a Freecom USB2.0 250Gb external drive which I take back and forth between Spain and UK with my business data and pics. It was on offer around Christmas at PC World for £85.00. Bargain I reckon although it is a bit more expensive now. I also have 3 Firewire Enclosures containing 120Gb HDD's but they are much bigger and heavier enclosures. Not so much portable, as luggable. One thing I always look for is that any external equipment I buy must have a 12V power supply to facilitate its use in a car, boat, camper, caravan, lear-jet (I wish) etc.

I had a look at the Freecom units in PC World. They cost a bit less than the Western Digital drive that I eventually bought, but unfortunately the Freecoms that I saw only had a USB2 interface, whereas my present laptop has Firewire. Hence I was obliged to buy a unit with both,

But it does have a 12v input.

G