Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23
[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 > > A brilliant move Nikon coming out with the full frame 14-24mm f2.8 as there were plenty who would not be in a hurry to have their 12-24 pried out of their cold dead frost bitten grasp. And using that lens instead would more than ease the pain. But its a monster size and weight wise. Its good to know that moving to full frame will not narrow my vision. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com