Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard Wrote: Please check out Moose Peterson's review of the Nikon D1 http://www.naturephotographers.net/nikond1.html I know Moose is a great advocate for Nikon but what he has to say about the usefulness of a digital camera to a professional photog is certainly food for thought! Howard, I just found out about an associate who landed two annual reports to be shot on the D1. That, I think, is ground breaking. And if you haven't seen the new Contax AF system with digital body, do yourself a favor. This is a slick piece of work. It is the only AF body I've held that works for left eyed shooters because of the placement of the focus point control. And, AND, it uses a full 24x36 format so all the lenses retain their relative coverage. And it feels like a solid camera (though so does the D1, lmuch less so the new Canon D30). The AF is smooth, the lenses feel like Zeiss. It is, in so many ways, the camera we all wish Leica had made. Except that it takes all new lenses, of course. But all the AF lenses are intechangeable on the Contax 645, as well as the digital back. Somebody in Germany (and Japan?) has been doing some thinking. And it is this camera technology along with the delivery system (read computers and internet) that gives Moose's opinion the weight of a grizzly. donal __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com