Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Leica Users Group. >> >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ------------------------------------- >> >> regards, mehrdad >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >