Hi T, on 24 Mar 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>The 1D is huge. That was my first impresion, too. I tried it on the Cebit. >Both would be nearly useless without the manual. What a bewildering array of >buttons and knobs. When I picked them up the first question was, "How the >hell do I use this", remember, I have been into photography since 1952 or >so. ACK. I don't know why those pieces have to be so complicated. Maybe they think that customers will equate more buttons with more technology... >When I have looked at consumer Digitals, I found that they would not work >without the memory card in them. At least Optio 330/430RS, 450/550 and the Optio S have an internal memory of 11MB and work without a memory card. As 11MB are absolute nonsense for working with I always asked what it is intended for. Now I know - you can try such an Optio in a store but not a competitor without internal memory ;-) >Several have commented on the list asking why in the world you would >need a fast motor drive frame rate. Well, I noticed that the 1D was >ready for the next shot immediately. At 8 frames a second, there was no >noticeable delay when using single shot mode, so one would never miss a >shot because the camera wasn't ready, also shutter lag was not >noticeable with this camera. I think it I ths speed that makes the 1D more expensive than the D60/ 10D, D100 or S2. >Interestingly while both have about the same size sensor the Canon >viewfinder had higher magnification and therefore the image didn't look >masked down as much as in the Fuji, but then, the Fuji is 1/2 the price of >the Canon. I would like the chance to compare the Fuji S2 with the Canon 10D >and the Nikon D100, as all of those are comparable cameras with slightly >different feature sets while the S2 and the 1D really are not comparable >cameras. A nice comparison of D100 and S2 can be found here: http://www.bythom.com/s2d100.htm The S2 seems to be the better choise, as far as I have heard and read. It seems to better regarding user interface (better than Nikon and Canon) and it can be used with AA batteries if you can do without the internal flash. D100, S2 and even Kodak DSC14n are based on the F80 iirc. This means that they cannot meter with any old manual lens (i.e. any lens without chip). As metering with those lenses is generally possible (as shown in the F100, F5 and D1) I cannont understand, why Nikon doesn't realize it in an expensive DSLR. Cheers, Heiko
