Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Two big articles I DID read on the D300 is how the did not keep the price > down to compete with Canon but went all out and redid everything with a > live > screen and a 50 point AF screen just like the D3. > Its a 1.5 version of a D3 but at a higher price than a D200. > Or the mid range Canon counterpart. > > Nikon will of course need another 7 months to come out with a more > affordable 24x36 format digital body. > But they've got their foot in big time. > I'll be getting into 24x36 format when they do come out with that second > tier camera. > And I always like those second tier cameras better. > And so do must people. (the F100 a prime example) > They tend to be a much better deal and less of a clunky metal munching > monster. It's a month more or less that I'm shooting with this *cluncky metal munching* that's in fact the Nikon D3 with another munster in front of as is in fact the Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 and I never saw such a "available" light camera. You set the ISO in AUTO before choosing the camera speed and ISO range and the camera get the images that even your eye can't see. I've used a EOS 5 -and still I do- but the Nikon has even one and half ISO step more. I've never seen such a thing before. I hope the new Leica R10 -coming soon- had such a ability. Felix