New Gear. Drool!!!!

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020503fujifilms3pro.asp>

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Off topic:

Have you noticed how incredibly, almost unbearably brighter your monitor looks after leaving the dpreview torture chamber?

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Got OS X, Ramón?

Use Command + Option + Control + 8 on pages like that.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Use Command + Option + Control + 8 on pages like that.

I didn't know about that trick. Very good!

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

I'm waiting for the next generation of Nikon within the $1,000 range. Does anyone know anything?

[Sylvain_Gingras@adobeforums.com]

Linda

<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04012806nikond70.asp>

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Sylvain: Thanks so much for the link. This looks pretty impressive. From your link I found this link <http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond70/> where you can see a side-by-side comparrison of the Nikon D70, the Nikon D100, and the Canon EOS-300D. I've got a lump in my throat and my heart just skipped a beat. :)

[halscheyer@adobeforums.com]

The latest Shutterbug magazine stated that Nikon is going to come out with an 8 MP, 8x Prosumer model 8700 in the near future to compete with the Sony F828. It will probably be in the $1000 range as is the F828. I bought an F828 on Jan 2nd and have taken approx. 200 pix with it and i love it. I can crop out a small portion of the JPEG file and enlarge it to 8x10 without loss of detail - like having a 600mm telephoto lens. If Nikon is your favorite, be patient, it won't be long.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Halscheyer:

An 8 Megapixel? I'll wait!!!

Thanks!
Linda

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Phosphor,

Got OS X, Ramón?




Yes and no. It's installed in the new G4 but I don't use it. I boot up in 9.2.2.

[g_ballard@adobeforums.com]

> Shutter speeds of 30 to 1/8000 sec. ensure full creative control.

I have to wonder WHY these cameras don't shoot any slower than 1/30th?

That's MORE limiting (to me) than a 1/60th flash sync...

[John_Vitollo@adobeforums.com]

Wait no more Linda - the 8 Meg point and shoot Nikon CoolPix 8700 has been announced and more:

<http://nikonimaging.com/global/activity/pma/2004/pma04product.htm>

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Oh my gosh, I feel faint John... :)

[Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com]

The 8700 lacks interchangeable lenses, so don't bother drooling too much. It may well be the best of the non-removable lens digicams, however:
<http://www.nikoncoolpix.com/main.html>

The D70 is IMO the best (announced) US$1k value at the moment:
<http://www.nikonslr.com/home.php>

The D2x is the one I am waiting for...

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My apologies for referring to animated Nikon websites. IMO way more than 90% of such animated sites are LAME - folks go to such sites for information, not to watch cartoons.

[John_Vitollo@adobeforums.com]

An 8 Meg Point and Shoot camera - I'll drool all I want!

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

G,

I have to wonder WHY these cameras don't shoot any slower than 1/30th?




I read that as 30 seconds to 1/8000 sec.

The digital SLR I'm playing with right now has shutter speeds of 30 seconds to 1/4000 second and a flash-sync speed of 1/150 sec.

[g_ballard@adobeforums.com]

> I read that as 30 seconds

I think you read right :)

The last time I looked in this price range it was 1/30th.
This time my eyes must have glazed over...

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

I agree John. :)

I want to know more about the Nikons and noise. I have heard that there might be problems with noise.

[Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com]

I have shot more than 20k images with a Nikon D100 and find noise to be a minimal issue with properly lit shots. All digicams (with Nikon not being substantially better or worse than others), however, will suffer from noise to varying extents with grossly underlit and/or very slow exposure pix. Nikon does have a selectable noise filter for such pix, but I never select it. When I do have an underlit shot I fix it with duplicate screen layers and then spot out the noise using the clone tool, which is pretty easy.

[PShock@adobeforums.com]

Canon, people -- CANON!

Now, THESE are truly worthy of spit running down yer' face ...

<http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eos1dm2/html/21.html>
<http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/pro1/index.html>

-phil ; - )