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"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
... Alan Browne wrote: Peter Lawrence wrote: Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Glad to hear it. As William says, so what, it's an F5... but it looks more compact and up to date ... has some questionable bells and whistles ("Shutter Monitor"?)... Its not a F5. Please look at the specs (not pictures) of D2X and F6 and F5 side by side. D2X F6 F5 AF 11-area Multi-CAM 2000 same multi-cam 1300 AF modes 4 same 2 exposure comp 5EV, steps of 1/3,1/2,1 same 5EV, steps of 1/3 rear LCD yes yes no Didn't mention viewfinder options ... have they gone fixed VF? The spec says: Fixed eye-level pentaprism, built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1m-1), eyepiece shutter, eyepiece DK-17 (eyepiece lock available) *IMHO* they should have called it F200 - but I suspect that there will be just one new gen high end film camera, not two so some things are gained and some lost in convergence of F5 and F100 follow-ons. As far as I can tell, the only thing lost is the interchangeable prisms. That matters not a whit to me, nor do I know any photographers by aquintance or word of mouth who change prisms by the job, or on any regular basis, for that matter. -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
... Alan Browne wrote: Peter Lawrence wrote: Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Glad to hear it. As William says, so what, it's an F5... but it looks more compact and up to date ... has some questionable bells and whistles ("Shutter Monitor"?)... Its not a F5. Please look at the specs (not pictures) of D2X and F6 and F5 side by side. D2X F6 F5 AF 11-area Multi-CAM 2000 same multi-cam 1300 AF modes 4 same 2 exposure comp 5EV, steps of 1/3,1/2,1 same 5EV, steps of 1/3 rear LCD yes yes no Didn't mention viewfinder options ... have they gone fixed VF? The spec says: Fixed eye-level pentaprism, built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1m-1), eyepiece shutter, eyepiece DK-17 (eyepiece lock available) *IMHO* they should have called it F200 - but I suspect that there will be just one new gen high end film camera, not two so some things are gained and some lost in convergence of F5 and F100 follow-ons. As far as I can tell, the only thing lost is the interchangeable prisms. That matters not a whit to me, nor do I know any photographers by aquintance or word of mouth who change prisms by the job, or on any regular basis, for that matter. -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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"Matt Clara" wrote in message ... "Sander Vesik" wrote in message ... Alan Browne wrote: Peter Lawrence wrote: Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Glad to hear it. As William says, so what, it's an F5... but it looks more compact and up to date ... has some questionable bells and whistles ("Shutter Monitor"?)... Its not a F5. Please look at the specs (not pictures) of D2X and F6 and F5 side by side. D2X F6 F5 AF 11-area Multi-CAM 2000 same multi-cam 1300 AF modes 4 same 2 exposure comp 5EV, steps of 1/3,1/2,1 same 5EV, steps of 1/3 rear LCD yes yes no Didn't mention viewfinder options ... have they gone fixed VF? The spec says: Fixed eye-level pentaprism, built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1m-1), eyepiece shutter, eyepiece DK-17 (eyepiece lock available) *IMHO* they should have called it F200 - but I suspect that there will be just one new gen high end film camera, not two so some things are gained and some lost in convergence of F5 and F100 follow-ons. As far as I can tell, the only thing lost is the interchangeable prisms. That matters not a whit to me, nor do I know any photographers by aquintance or word of mouth who change prisms by the job, or on any regular basis, for that matter. I think they lost the 8 AA battery set too.....This is one of the things I like best about my F5. Being able to buy batteries at any 7-11 in the middle of the night..... |
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"Matt Clara" wrote in message ... "Sander Vesik" wrote in message ... Alan Browne wrote: Peter Lawrence wrote: Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm Glad to hear it. As William says, so what, it's an F5... but it looks more compact and up to date ... has some questionable bells and whistles ("Shutter Monitor"?)... Its not a F5. Please look at the specs (not pictures) of D2X and F6 and F5 side by side. D2X F6 F5 AF 11-area Multi-CAM 2000 same multi-cam 1300 AF modes 4 same 2 exposure comp 5EV, steps of 1/3,1/2,1 same 5EV, steps of 1/3 rear LCD yes yes no Didn't mention viewfinder options ... have they gone fixed VF? The spec says: Fixed eye-level pentaprism, built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1m-1), eyepiece shutter, eyepiece DK-17 (eyepiece lock available) *IMHO* they should have called it F200 - but I suspect that there will be just one new gen high end film camera, not two so some things are gained and some lost in convergence of F5 and F100 follow-ons. As far as I can tell, the only thing lost is the interchangeable prisms. That matters not a whit to me, nor do I know any photographers by aquintance or word of mouth who change prisms by the job, or on any regular basis, for that matter. I think they lost the 8 AA battery set too.....This is one of the things I like best about my F5. Being able to buy batteries at any 7-11 in the middle of the night..... |
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Why I don't see the MLU function in the new F6?
"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message om... Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm - Peter |
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Why I don't see the MLU function in the new F6?
"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message om... Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm - Peter |
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It's there Patrick. Listed right between "Depth of Field Preview Button"
and "Film Loading". About 3/4 of the way down the page..... Bill -- "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt "Patrick Leung" wrote in message news:2jt2d.448190$gE.31633@pd7tw3no... Why I don't see the MLU function in the new F6? "Peter Lawrence" wrote in message om... Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm - Peter |
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It's there Patrick. Listed right between "Depth of Field Preview Button"
and "Film Loading". About 3/4 of the way down the page..... Bill -- "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt "Patrick Leung" wrote in message news:2jt2d.448190$gE.31633@pd7tw3no... Why I don't see the MLU function in the new F6? "Peter Lawrence" wrote in message om... Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm - Peter |
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Peter Lawrence wrote:
Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm ...not sure if anyone else posted on it ... but the F6 backs off to 1/250 sync speed from 1/300. Yet another area where the F6 is a watered down F5 or more likely an improved F100. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Peter Lawrence wrote:
Here's the link to Nikon's press release: http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm ...not sure if anyone else posted on it ... but the F6 backs off to 1/250 sync speed from 1/300. Yet another area where the F6 is a watered down F5 or more likely an improved F100. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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