Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: You're right about the camera quality. But, the problem for many is that the D100 and some of the other newer Nikon digitals won't meter with the manual focus AI and AIS lenses at all. I'm given to understand that the most expensive "pro" models enable aperture and manual metering but not shutter priority or program modes. Accordingly, there are a number of folks with manual focus lenses who are waiting, (I think in vain) for digital Nikons which will allow them to meter with their existing manual focus lenses. If they have their lenses "chipped" then they could have what they want. http://home.carolina.rr.com/headshots/Nikonhome.htm I haven't had any of mine chipped because I'm satisfied for now with my DCS460, a Nikon N90 mated to a Kodak digital back, which gives me aperture and manual metering. Except for the following images, I usually use it indoors with a studio strobe so it's weight isn't a problem for me. http://www.hemenway.com/DCS460/ More on the DCS460: http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9503cs.html Outdoors I still prefer to use film with my R8... (the APO 100mm macro Elmarit RULES!), the Rollei 6008i or my 11x14... in part because I don't have to worry about big archiving hard drives as much. I used to be very excited about digital cameras but have found that I would much rather spread several rolls worth of slides onto my big light table to sort them, than to have to deal with thumbnails on a screen. If I were a pro, then the processing costs and immediacy of digital would probably change my mind. Jim David Mason wrote: > I seriously don't get this. I have the D100 and its excellent. It does > everything I want an SLR to do and then some. I have seen some people > who still have the D1 and love it too. The myths of inferior quality > and too many models too soon are eating into some people's brains. > > Dave > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:19:53 EDT, afterswift@aol.com <afterswift@aol.com> > wrote: > >>Nikon better do something bold because those of us who are >> >>sitting on a large inventory of Nikon lenses will not wait much longer >> >>for Nikon to produce a digital back for our film cameras or a decent >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >