Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I'm getting used to it. It was just an initial thought - I'm kind of cautious and pessimistic by nature :-) It has a ton of features and variables, so I've got to figure out a few default configurations that work for me. I just took it over to the Zoo to get better acquainted , but it started to rain :-( I don't like to generally chit chat about "feel" - but it feels very good in the hands - sturdy, but not too heavy. Weight is important to me. Very nice control layout too. I did try the 105/2.5 AIS, and that one snapped right into focus. Hey, it's got MLU! Well, you know all this stuff. Yes, it's a pretty cool DSLR. Scott grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: >What did you think was going to happen? The camera would do all the >thinking and make the perfect photo for you? Personnally I am very happy >the D200 uses my old ais lenses and that I can use them with full function, >except for the 3D Matrix exposure mode. I can also use the mf of the >lenses to get the correct subject focussed, which so far the AF lens and I >have been at odds, and do not consider the AF to be as good as MF. However >the AF does work for some types of photos. > >Gene > > >-------------- Original message from Scott McLoughlin ><scott@adrenaline.com>: -------------- > > > > >>I feel the same way, as probably do many Nikonians. I sprang for >>the D200 recently, and when I got home, my first feeling was, "I >>just spent that much money to stick a 105/2.5 AIS on it and get >>a meter reading?" >> >>Oh well. At least Nikon hasn't removed the aperture ring from >>all their lenses yet :-) >> >>Scott >> >>Bartphotog@aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >>>In a message dated 9/2/06 5:35:59 AM, don.dory@gmail.com writes: >>> >>><< That and I have so many odd lenses that don't fit on any >>> >>>digital anything. >> >>> >>>Isn't that the truth! I have a number of old, manual-focus, Nikon lenses >>>that I like a lot, and considered it a major betrayal of their customer >>>base by >>>Nikon that AI-S lenses I could use in every mode on my old FA, and in >>>aperture-preferred AE on my N70, could be mounted but could not meter, >>>even in >>>match-needle manual mode, on anything less than the multi-thousand dollar >>> >>> >>super-pro >> >> >>>digital bodies. The D200, of course, finally remedies that, but even the >>>price >>>of the D200 is not a sum I spend lightly. >>> >>>Bart >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >>Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >>(Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)