On 26 Aug 01 at 10:17, Julian Loke wrote: > > "Willem-Jan Markerink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > I only bought it for EOS-compatibility, and web-pictures, or quick > > ones by email....don't want to mess with a clunky Nikon interface of > > course....:)) > > Besides, I considered that *when* buying an 1n, this would be the > > only rational reason to do so, other than the 1n-RS (though I wonder > > why they didn't offer that one as DCS-1/3/5 too....if only to get rid > > of that mirror sound....wouldn't have added much to the US$17k > > either....:)) > > (might have to do with the more integrated construction of > > body&motordrive, preventing the digi-back/grip) > > I am now considering one of these SCF-upgrades at Canon-service, to > > delay mirror-rebound until you lift your finger from the > > release-button....:)) > > Hi WJM, > > A 1.8 kg Point and Shoot for web pictures and e-mail :-) Much better handholding than the 1n body only....:)) Height is hardly a problem for bag-storage either; the extra bodies I take with me are laying on their side in a LowePro PhotoTrekker....it just takes an extra compartiment. > Hmm, 1.3 Megapixel with a 1.67x filter factor. I checked the > DCS-3 on my lens calculator, and found out that a wide angle > like the 20mm produces the equivalent view as a 35mm lens! > http://members.home.net/jul.loke/ That's where circular fisheyes and 14mm come in handy....if this isn't a reason, nothing is....:)) (the 22mm image circle of a circular fisheye is just perfect to create at least a normal (fullframe) fisheye effect....only too bad that the 220 degree 6mm Nikons (f5.6 and f2.8) are either too rare or too expensive....;)) > A Powershot Pro-90 IS (2.6 Megapixel), G1 (3 MP) or G2 (4 MP) > will produce much better pictures, with a similar EOS-like > interface. Lens mount is also an interface....:)) And that's the only interface deciding whether the camera fits my Novoflex bellows, and whether I can shoot 20:1 magnifications....;)) If I want pixels, I'll crank up my Leaf45, and start fiddling with 100MB files and more....but not for email or web use....;)) > Well, except for the shutter speed limitation > with the lens stopped down. And the incompatibility with EZ > flash. And the poor compatibility with EX flash. > > Well, the DCS-3 supposed does badly with TTL flash too :-) > Can you report if this is true? How about A-TTL? Still testing....but that flash-incompatibility wouldn't surprise me for two reasons: 1) different reflection properties of chip surface vs film, and 2) the fact that digital likes overexposure a lot les than analog....even the manual says so....:)) -3 stops means I also could solve this by taping a 3stop ND filter over de flash sensor inside the camera....:)) -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
