I guess the Fuji S2Pro and the Kodak 14N were severely limited in their
body design due to Nikon's specifications - They would only allow Fuji
and Kodak to build on the F80 body. It looks to me that the D2H (I
think?) and the D70 are the only dslr Nikons so far that are a
completely new design. It would be far simpler (and cheaper of course!)
to take an existing frame and build into it than to restart from
scratch. But I guess that a major factor would be to keep existing 35mm
body users happy with a familiar design rather than a radical new
design.
Daniel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Skip Williams
> Sent: Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:47
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Big Cameras (Re: Scan OM/film or get digital
camera?)
>
>
> IMO, this is exactly the design philosophy that led Olympus to start
from
> the ground up with an SLR design. Very little adherance to an
existing
> model, except for a general continuance of the successful ZSLR
paradigm of
> the E10/20.
>
> I looked at the Fuji S2 last week and was apalled by the crazy tumor
on
> the back of the camera that housed the electronics. And the camera
has
> two power sources and two displays?! The Kodak 14N is even more
> ridiculous looking.
>
> The C and N cameras are pretty much exactly the same size/shape as
their
> film cameras, which I really don't understand. Why keep that
standard?
>
> I had that D2H in my hands last week and the size of that 28-80/2.8
lens
> was so big I thought that I had a coffee can in my hands! So far, I'm
> very happy with my E-1 and it's high-quality, svelte lenses.
>
> Skip
>
>
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