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Subject: [Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Fri Nov 28 20:04:48 2008
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Ah, okay, thanks a lot Jayanand! Since I haven't owned any of the DX
lenses it didn't enter my head.

Have a good!

Adam

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Sure, it lets you use your DX lenses without any sweat, that is, lenses
> designed for the cropped frame, which don't have an image circle large
> enough to cover full frame. It also helps when shooting long lenses where
> the 1.5 tele ratio is required.  Therefore my DX lenses that I bought for
> the Nikon D70 or D300 are still usable, and at 10mp the image is virtually
> the same resolution as the other bodies. I know you can shoot at 24mp and
> crop, but it is just more convenient to see the full image in the
> viewfinder.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't understand why the "crop  mode" is important or even
>> desirable. It's not like you get to suddenly have bigger pixel buckets
>> or anything.
>>
>> Could someone explain this?
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I believe it is not the Sony chip. Sure they can charge over $5000, if 
>> > it
>> is
>> > good enough. Sony seems to have limitations above ISO400 according to
>> > reviews...I bet Nikon delivers clean files at ISO 1600. It also has a
>> crop
>> > mode at 10mp.
>> > Cheers
>> > Jayanand
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:42 AM, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> the d3x is out, 24 meg like the sony iso to 1600, good studio camera 
>> >> and
>> >> daylight use, unlike sony, nikon has limited the iso to 1600. the
>> question
>> >> is can they ask 5k for it when sony is asking 3k?
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Chris Williams <
>> >> leicachris@worldnet.att.net
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > D3 prices today - $4199
>> >> >
>> >> > D700 - $2400
>> >> >
>> >> > Something's coming I think even before the BIG announcement.
>> >> >
>> >> > Chris
>> >> > NOLA
>> >> >
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
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Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
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