> From: "Michael O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > So did you get it sorted Jonathan & if so was it the camera or the > camera/lens combo? It was a friends camera and he was last seen cornering the Fuji man...It's now going back to them to fix as they could not source a replacement. It was the 'Friday night shift, chip fitted in the wrong place' kind of out of focus. Not the 'those nasal hairs look a little soft' kind of un sharp. > The other drawback with the S2 (D100, D60 ...) as far as I can see is the > image magnification needed. Great if you shoot sport but I don't & I do > shoot a lot on 35mm at 24mm - requiring a 14/15/16mm on the dig. body. This > length of lens is very difficult to make and never stands up optically to > the wides in the 20mm+ range. For me the whole not 'full frame' thing was a short term dead end for this and any number of other resonable reasons. Is it just me or is it like looking through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars using them? Which is a shame as the new Sigma Favi... (whatever) chip looks like it may be great but I still wouldn't buy one. Evan at the RRP of �1300. Well maybe until I remember the fact it only takes Sigma lenses. > For some work I could live with that but I do want the option to put my > lenses in front of film - why? 1) for client choice, as previously posted; > 2) I don't plan to carry a second dig. camera as backup and having once had > 3 pro Nikons fail in freezing conditions only to be saved by having an all > mechanical body in the bag, I carry an auto-nothing as backup. None of the > current crop of ultra wides avoids vignetting when used wide open in a > full-frame camera. > > So what do you do when you want to shoot wide & wide open? > PS For all I know the Sigma lenses may be bloody marvelous. I'd be interested to know. (It is a lot of camera for the money after all.....) Yours Jonathan =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
