D700 to Arrive today

I have a Canon Powershot with the 580EX at my office for digital capture of my surgery images - not only have I found the eTTL to be very unpredictable so that I just use manual now, I have also had numerous failures of the strobes requiring repairs.

Interesting ... I have found that the 430EXII and my Powershot G9 produce amazing good results in TTL mode - particularly with a bounce. This was my first TTL flash setup ever, and I was really skeptical, but when I bounce the 430EXII inside I get really good results. One thing I find annoying is the auto-WB never gets it right with the bounce flash, but the exposure always spot on. I especially like shooting with the .56x W/A converter and the 430EXII inside.

Biggest annoyance is that it won't do TTL flash in Manual Exposure mode ... silly move by Canon.

My idea for tilt shift was actually for improving depth of focus in the image. For the type of thing you're doing why don't you just buy a Lens Baby/ A whole lot cheaper for playing with.

That's an interesting little device, and certainly a lot cheaper! I'm also intrigued by the expanded DOF, and can see why you'd be looking at the 24 if that's the interest.

The tilt-shift is on the bottom of that list for a reason ... it ain't cheap!