On May 3, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
1. Readily available choice of metering mode on D.
On the DS, I have P, Tv, Av, M and B. I also have program preset scene modes. I have matrix pattern metering, CW Averaging metering, Spot metering. What'd different, other than two wheels for aperture and shutter speed selection and an option in the P mode to slide into Av or Tv mode? What's not "readily available" about it?
2. Readily available continuous AF in all shooting modes on D.
That's the one thing that I do occasionally miss. C-AF is only available on the Sports program preset with the DS.
3. And finally presence of MTF, depth, and speed programs on D as opposed to subject dependent programs of Ds.
Can you articulate more fully what these MTF, Depth and Speed programs on the D are? I just skimmed through the D manual and don't see what you mean.
The program pre-sets on the DS are not particularly useful to me, but then again they don't really get in the way; others seem to use them and find them useful.
IMHO, D is much more a photographic tool than Ds.
I can't agree about this. Both are fine photographic tools. The D has a few additional features: wireless flash built-in, TTL flash metering with non-A compatible lenses, etc. But these additional features, nice as they might be, do not add up to a judgment of "much more a photographic tool" in my opinion. It's simply a tool with more options, few of which I find I need.
Godfrey
