Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT Nikons new cameras
From: patrick at photo.net (Patrick (Washington, DC))
Date: Thu Apr 21 07:10:15 2005

1) it will only be part of the informations that Nikon plans to encode, like 
whitebalance setting,
not the whole NEF format
2) I don't know where anyone gets the information that NEF is most highly 
regarded RAW format out
there. I've worked both with Nikon's and Canon's RAW formats, mostly in PSCS 
and I personally find
the latter one easier to work with. 
3) Sure, Nikon offers back-ward lens compat, but then again, that very lens 
mount is the reason
they are not able to engineer a competitive full-frame sensor camera 
offering.  Additonally, what
is the point of being able to use good old AI/AIS glass if you don't have a 
VF to match?  I tried
using a 50/1.2 on a D70 for a while - I got 20/20 vision and that was no 
fun/walk in the park.

Nikon - if you find yourself in a hole - stop digging! It seems like Nikon 
is giving up on large
parts of the photographic community and are concenterating on capturing the 
very low end DSLR
users and photojournalist. And for course the brand-devotees that would 
follow Nikon off a steep
clip...

Cheers,

Patrick




--- Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/05 10:31 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> typed:
> 
> > Oh, I don't know. I like Nikon. I really enjoy my FM3a and manual
> > focus Nikkors and appreciate that they make them. My D70 is less of
> > a love affair (viewfinder), but it's a pretty good camera in many ways.
> > My g'friend's N80 is a very capable auto-everything camera for the
> > money, and my SB800 delivers typically great "auto-magic" flash pics
> > on all of the above.
> > 
> > Any-who, Nikon's declairing their NEF format proprietary is clearly a
> > snafu, and I imagine/hope they'll see the light soon enough.
> > 
> 
> >snippet< 
> > Scott
> > 
> I really don't get this.
> Photoshop CS sucks NEF's right in with an interface which is a dream come
> true. NEF's are ubiquitous all over the place
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
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