Cameron, As to fragile, my friend's D100 is now in the shop. He said he was in a smaller boat and got a light splash of water. Nikon says there is $600 worth of damage - corrosion. They are not going to repair under warranty. So his 2 month old camera (used for 1 trip) just cost another $600. Needless to say, he is pissed at Nikon on two counts. First for making a camera that can't even take a light splash without severe damage and second that they could care less of him as a customer to deal with his problem from their brand new camera. All they are willing to do is fix it for $600 USD.
Bruce Sunday, October 27, 2002, 11:02:40 AM, you wrote: CH> Is it OK to say that now? Sheesh! CH> I hope the DSLR based on the MZ-S chassis is true; they would be the first CH> company to bring out a companion DSLR at a reasonable price. Up to now the CH> price disparity between digital and film has been rediculous; look at the CH> difference in price between the Nikon D100 and the camera it is based on, CH> the N80. The D100 felt very cheap and plasticky IMHO, and the embossed CH> numerical stuff on the dials were obviously done as cheaply and as fast as CH> possible. The whole camera felt quite fragile and cheap. CH> As for the flagship rumour, it has been restated so often and with no result CH> that I don't currently believe it; but if you do, feel free. CH> The rumours or leaking of a new ultrawide zoom sound interesting; I wonder CH> if it will have corner angles of incidence reduced to reduce the light CH> falloff when the light hits the sensors at a sharp angle, (man, that was CH> awkard to say), and if so, what effect will this have on the lens when CH> mounted on a film camera? CH> Also, what about a new flash? Nothing happening on that front. CH> As for focussing screens, I have and use several in my PZ1-P; the standard CH> one, with panorama lines, I don't use very often anymore. I also have the CH> 'Golden Section' screen, with a large gridded X across the frame, which I CH> love and use the most (very handy for offset subjects and scaling in CH> thirds), and 'the grid', with evenly placed squares all over the screen, CH> which is excellent for product shots or shots where you need very specific CH> placement of subject (i.e. double exposures of tele-moon and WA landscapes). CH> I hope they come out with some screens for the MZ-S/D, as well as CH> interchangeable finders for the 'alleged' flagship. It would be nice to use CH> a refconverter for macros, etc. Any rumours of an alleged companion DSLR to CH> match the alleged flagship and an alleged high-end flash? CH> Nice to have the list working again; had it only failed for me, or what? CH> Cameron Hood CH> Free! 5 rolls of 120 or 3 roll of 35mm Fuji NPH at CH> http://www.fujifilm.ca/ProCommunity/default.asp?sectionID=32&parentID=4
