Stacy at Land of KA recently asked about cameras on her site and showed what kind of shots her different lenses did best. Great post - check it out if you haven’t already. I was working on a similar post that compared my lenses by overlaying the same photo taken with our different lenses. I’ll post that below, but first, here’s the answers to her questions…

DSLR or point and shoot? Brand and model.
Thomas and I are a Nikon DSLR household. I have the D50 and he just upgraded from the D70 to the D300.

Love it? Hate it? Not sure yet?
I love mine. I’m able to do manual settings, though I leave it in the same settings most of the time. It’s much smaller than his cameras, so I can hold it much easier too.

Why did you choose this brand?
He started with Nikons, so in order to not have to duplicate lenses, I went with it too. I’ll see if Thomas will answer these questions in his blog too.

If you have a DSLR, what lenses do you have or want to have.
See below. As for want, we’re content now.

Add a link to your favorite image(s) you took with your camera so others can see what it is capable of creating.
I don’t think I could pick just one, but I keep a set on Flickr of my Favorite Nature shots. You can also see a sampling in my sidebar.

• My Favorite Nature Shots

Anything else you think is important for someone buying a new camera to know.
Image stabilization, warranties, and holding before buying. Also, get a camera that you’ll carry around with you. What good is a super fancy camera that you leave at home?

And now for the lens comparison…

This photo makes more sense if you view it at the full size - just click on it and select All Sizes. You can see all of the photos individually here: Lens Comparison (16 photos)

This is stack of photos that I took of my backyard. I setup the tripod and took a photo with each one of our lenses from the same spot, and then stacked them on top of each other. (Ignore the fact that the photo is grainy and washed out - I took it in a rush before the sun set.) Anyway, you can see from the lens sizes on the side, that there’s a big difference between what kind of shots our different lenses get.

My favorites are the 18-200mm Nikkor with image stabilization. I keep this on my camera most of the time. For birding, I use the Sigma 50-500mm. Thomas doesn’t like it because he doesn’t have as steady of a hand as I do. We just got the wide angle Sigma 10-20mm, so we’re still testing it out. We use the 50mm 1.8 for portraits, and the 105mm Micro for macros. I’ve linked in this paragraph to some sample shots that I think showcase what the lenses do best.