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@jerwin wrote: By my count, 9 of the top-20-best-selling lenses on Amazon are under $200, and lenses are a far easier purchase to justify than a smartphone tether. Canon Nikon Over 200 (Nikon) Nikon--...
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@jerwin wrote: bwv812: Entry-level DSLRs have great image quality, especially today, but pairing one with a 70-200/2.8 is an interesting ergonomic experience and unlikely to be spotted in the wild....
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@bwv812 wrote: jerwin: Slim pickings. OK, discard the attachment and the 50/1.8 Nikkor. 7/20 is slim pickings? That's one-third of the lenses in the top 20. More than two-thirds of the Nikon lineup is...
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@jerwin wrote: And what does it say about the lens-buying habits of entry-level DSLR owners that the second-highest-selling Nikon lens won't even AF on entry-level DSLRs? It's possible that some are...
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@zzzz wrote: They list Kodak in their list of other cameras to support survey but not Pentax? Uh huh. Read full topic
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@bwv812 wrote: jerwin: It's possible that some are using it in manual mode-- it is cheap, and it meters. Though manual focus can be a tricky business with a focal screen that isn't designed for it. I...
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@jerwin wrote: The afs 50mm lens was released in 2011, long after Nikon started releasing AFS-only bodies. The AFS 35mm lens was released in 2009. The D40, which was released in 2007 was first body...
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@andy_hilmer wrote: I have been wondering for years why no one has made camera backs for old Nikons and other treasured cameras which have a full size CCD (though it doesn't have to be particularly...
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@bwv812 wrote: jerwin: The afs 50mm lens was released in 2011, long after Nikon started releasing AFS-only bodies. The AFS 35mm lens was released in 2009. The D40, which was released in 2007 was first...
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@bwv812 wrote: andy_hilmer: I have been wondering for years why no one has made camera backs for old Nikons and other treasured cameras which have a full size CCD (though it doesn't have to be...
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@Shash wrote: Point... A very important one... We'd necessarily be working within the limits of the equipment we have access to of course. There's no way a group of volunteer tinkerers can match Nikon...
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@jerwin wrote: bwv812: The first AF-S lenses were not zooms but the flagship tele-primes. The 300/2.8 and 600/4 both got AF-S in the summer of 1996. A 300 f/2.8? Why not a 300 f/2?Still, these were...
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@bwv812 wrote: jerwin: Still, these were rather expensive, pro lenses. Just the thing for an entry level body to focus... I don't know what point you're trying to make. AF-S was initially an expensive...
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@andy_hilmer wrote: It's mostly a nostalgia and "can we make it work" product. The proper point for it to be introduced was probably ten or 15 years ago. Read full topic
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@JeffreyM wrote: I do it all the time. http://www.jeffrey-martin.com/#gigapixel-photography (canon 550D, 70D, 7D, 70-200 2.8, 400mm 5.6.....) Read full topic
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@bwv812 wrote: andy_hilmer: The proper point for it to be introduced was probably ten or 15 years ago....
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@fuzzyfungus wrote: It's unfortunate; but the price discrimination model used in cameras is precisely what both creates many of the problems that could so...gallingly...easily...be fixed with just a...
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@jerwin wrote: It's price discrimination that's often hidden from the consumer until after the money changes hands. A flippy screen is an easier sell than the DoF preview. Read full topic
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@bwv812 wrote: fuzzyfungus: The USB port? It only acts as a mass storage device on our cheap camera, a mass storage device and a remote shutter control on our midrange model, but offers full...
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@fuzzyfungus wrote: I took no overall position on the price discrimination as a whole, just noted that its manifestations are overwhelmingly visible and annoying in software, as opposed to other...
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