Has no future because the present technology in about to be jump over
too.
Read the latest mags on the coming imaging capturing system embraced by
the major camera companies.
Daniel
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Heide Clausen
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:14 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Delete if hearing about a,gasp, Nikon D100
offends you
Sigh...we've lost one of our own, it seems :(
Nahh, glad you enjoy it, Tom. I cannot blame you from jumping ship to
something with a future.
--thomas
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:13:14 -0400
"Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Got the D100 today. Just got home from a business dinner, so I've
> barely dented the controls. So far they are pretty intuitive.
> Haven't even viewed any pictures on my PC yet, but learning. Got
> lots of CF storage, which is good.
>
> Thought I would share my initial observations for anyone that is
> interested.
>
> - It's not that big or heavy -- smaller than I expected.
> - Weight can't be much more than a 4T with a winder
> - The 24-85/3.5-4.5 (36-127.5 equivalent) is sweet.
> - The 12-24/4 (18-36 equivalent) is even sweeter
> - The shutter sound is smoother than expected.
>
> I'm learning the ins and outs, but thought a few were cool
>
> - You can set the ISO to auto (in program mode) and it will vary
> the shutter, the aperture and the ISO for the best results
> - ISO ranges from 200 to 1600 (with an additional 3200 and 6400
> option)- You can choose single shot or sequential mode
> - Jog controls are very similar to the E20
> - Focus speed is amazing -- almost instant -- choice of matrix or
> spot- Lenses don't have aperture rings. None.
> - Raw files are smaller than TIFF files (why is that?)
> - A 1GB CF card will hold 55 TIFF files (so they're around 20MB
> each)- A 1GB CF card will hold 2,400 low quality, small images
> - It will shoot 3fps with a 6 frame buffer (TIFF-Large)
> - Flash sync is at 1/180
> - The SB80 Flash unit has a GN of 174 (ft) at ISO 200 -- wow
>
> I think I'll like it.
>
> Tom
>
>
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