Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry,

>Clayton, I take it you want a file or two without anything 
>at all done to it. 

Yes that's correct.  I not asking for one of your personal pics, but
if you could put it on a tripod with your best lens at its best
aperture and go out on your front porch or whatever and grab a
daylight shot with some foreground, some background, some sky, etc, at
the highest resolution, RAW, and so on, and maybe an indoor still
life to show small detail.  Not to burden you with a big project - I
just want to see what the camera is capable of.  I've heard a lot
about the D60 and would like to have an image from it to work with.

I'm thinking "down the road" about digi replacing film (maybe someday
I can replace my medium format howitzer and carry something lighter),
and want to begin experimenting and gathering information.  A few
questions:

What about it's exposure range - does it wash out highlights easily
like the el cheapo digi point-n-shoots or is it closer to film?

What is the conversion factor for lens focal length?

Thanks very much,
Clayton