Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Lets start an aperture simulator war! xNikon's new D7000 uses the same, (apparently), sensor as the new K-5, has roughly equivalent specifications otherwise, (with a few extras such as dual SD card slots), and they've put lens coupling with older, (Ai and later), lenses back into a camera

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread paul stenquist
I wouldn't pay 50 cents more for an aperture simulator. Paul On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Lets start an aperture simulator war! xNikon's new D7000 uses the same, (apparently), sensor as the new K-5, has roughly equivalent specifications otherwise, (with a few extras

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I would. Apparent Nikon thinks a lot of their base would. Let's find out. On 9/16/2010 1:06 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I wouldn't pay 50 cents more for an aperture simulator. Paul On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Lets start an aperture simulator war! xNikon's new D7000

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:21 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: I would. Apparent Nikon thinks a lot of their base would. Let's find out. Interesting concept. That would mean I could use some of that nice old nikkor glass I've got lying around without dropping $2000 on a D700. -- Larry Colen

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/16/2010 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:21 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: I would. Apparent Nikon thinks a lot of their base would. Let's find out. Interesting concept. That would mean I could use some of that nice old nikkor glass I've got lying around without dropping

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread Adam Maas
I bought the D300 over the D90 for exactly that feature. Nikon has a large amount of AI glass out there and much of it wasn't available in CPU-equipped form and the AI-S versions are usually considered to be better performers than the AF versions of the same design (especially the 20/2.8, 24/2.8

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread drd1135
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Not exactly off topic. Lets start an aperture simulator war! xNikon's new D7000 uses the same, (apparently), sensor as the new K-5, has roughly equivalent specifications otherwise, (with a few extras such as dual SD card slots), and they've put lens coupling

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
the price would go up. -Original Message- From: P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:15:41 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Not exactly off topic. Lets start

Re: Not exactly off topic.

2010-09-16 Thread Cymen Vig
I would too and that would be one feature that would make me go for the upper end over the middle to lower end models. Maybe the next body is a Canon and if I do aperture lever surgery I'm not planning on coming back. It would be great if it had an RFID reader to uniquely identify the manual