Hi Donald and thanks for the information, I am checking with Morten about the rotator set-up. Where did you purchase your equipment? I have found several places that advertise very low prices which makes me suspicious.
Pixelator, I know these are both excellent cameras but I guess I'm just hung-up on the Nikon equipment. Been using Nikon since my Navy days, which was a long time ago.

At least your wife is smart enough to ask for a priority list (now with rebates).

Hmm and I am 65 this year.  I'll tell you from where I sit... there are many years to go.. and yes I have a short list.. but need to earn the money first before go spending it.

This year we earned enough VT money to replace our aging computers and network. We now are running a gigabit (1000mbps) network with a terabyte network drive.  Get this our outbound network conection is a slow 6 mbps internet connection.  Something is wrong with this picture.

Did I mention that what used to take 3 -4 minutes to stitch.  Now only takes 57 seconds ?  Thats a quad core intel, 5d, Sigma 8 Raw  4 images 125mb final image.  Reduce to 1.5mb flash.  What works .. really does work.

Now have to find the clients to make it all work.

Jerry,

Bought the body through a Cameta auction on Ebay, right at $800, and the lens used from reputable seller for just under $500...  Both work perfect with no blemishes or short comings so far.  Just looking for the pano head now.