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Florian Pesth wrote:
> What kind of lenses do you have?
Just normal stuff. A 28-300 zoom, a 50mm, a 28mm, and the one that came with
the camera which is a 18-105 I think.
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Insanity is a small city on the western
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:48:26 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> And it really does have a "manual vs auto" focus button on both the lens
> and the body.
I think the one on the body may be needed for older lenses (AF type).
> I don't know yet what happens if you set them differently. :-)
If you do it with an old lens you might damage the focusing motor/gears
when you try to focus manually.
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:4a459474$1@news.povray.org...
> My new camera is here....
> I will say, it seems to take pretty darn nice pictures. :-)
That's the important part - taking pretty darn nice pictures, I mean :) The
reviews show it to be a good entry level dSLR and will give you plenty of
room to grow into the hobby. Beware of lens envy though as that can be a
very expensive proposition - speaking from personal experience. I've got one
zoom and two primes in the 400mm+ class and lusting for more....
Ken
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:48:26 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>> Seriously though, do they actually tell you to disable VR before
>> shutdown?
>
> Yes.
Actually, I think the text in the manual is supposed to mean that you
should not power down the camera while the VR motor is actually running
(which is good advice), but the wording is admittedly vague.
Apparently, the manual also tells you to wash your hands after handling
the cord, lest your future Californian children become defective.
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FE
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Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Actually, I think the text in the manual is supposed to mean that you
> should not power down the camera while the VR motor is actually running
> (which is good advice), but the wording is admittedly vague.
Well, it also says don't disconnect the lens from the powered-off camera
while in VR mode, lest the glass of the lens rattle about.
In any case, it doesn't matter why. The thing has like 30 buttons on the
outside, most of them multi-function, and a menu system so complex that you
can rearrange it to suit your own preferences. Yet some of the stuff is
surprisingly manual and mechanical, still. :-)
> Apparently, the manual also tells you to wash your hands after handling
> the cord, lest your future Californian children become defective.
Yeah, welcome to CA, where every product and building comes with that
warning, but nobody can tell you where or what the bad stuff actually is.
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Ken wrote:
> plenty of room to grow into the hobby.
Oh, I've got the hobby plenty. I took some 1400 film photos and 9 hours of
video in Africa. It's just the first *digital* SLR I've owned.
And I'll probably keep the three digital pocket cameras and two digital big
cameras I own in addition to this one.
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:42:29 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Well, it also says don't disconnect the lens from the powered-off camera
> while in VR mode, lest the glass of the lens rattle about.
Because the VR element is not locked in place while the VR motor is
running. Poor wording on their part I think.
> The thing has like 30 buttons on the outside, most of them
> multi-function, and a menu system so complex that you can rearrange it
> to suit your own preferences.
It is the Nikon way.
> Yet some of the stuff is surprisingly manual and mechanical, still. :-)
I would say that is a good thing.
>> Apparently, the manual also tells you to wash your hands after handling
>> the cord, lest your future Californian children become defective.
>
> Yeah, welcome to CA, where every product and building comes with that
> warning, but nobody can tell you where or what the bad stuff actually is.
Well, lead in this case. Do you actually get health warnings that do not
specify the hazard?
I checked my own camera manual: Californians are informed about
perchlorate material in the battery. No defective babies though.
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FE
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Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:42:29 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Well, it also says don't disconnect the lens from the powered-off
>> camera while in VR mode, lest the glass of the lens rattle about.
>
> Because the VR element is not locked in place while the VR motor is
> running. Poor wording on their part I think.
I think it's fine wording. My point is that I'm surprised the camera is as
sophisticated as it is, yet not smart enough to lock the VR element when you
turn off the camera. They have room to put special effects and slide show
playback (along with music) in the firmware, but not enough to say "lock the
element when he turns off the power". :-)
>> Yet some of the stuff is surprisingly manual and mechanical, still. :-)
> I would say that is a good thing.
Ehn. It doesn't really seem to do anything different from my Sony F707,
until you start doing things with remote flashes, double-exposures, and etc.
> Well, lead in this case. Do you actually get health warnings that do not
> specify the hazard?
Pretty much every building here says "this building has things in it that
are bad for you."
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> Pretty much every building here says "this building has things in it
> that are bad for you."
Do the buildings contain Californians?
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:47:16 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> I think it's fine wording. My point is that I'm surprised the camera is
> as sophisticated as it is, yet not smart enough to lock the VR element
> when you turn off the camera. They have room to put special effects and
> slide show playback (along with music) in the firmware, but not enough
> to say "lock the element when he turns off the power". :-)
I am fairly certain that the VR element is locked in place when the VR
unit disengages. You can test it yourself: Simply turn off the camera
while the VR switch is set to "On" (but not while the VR motor is
running). Does the lens rattle? Mine sure do not, and I would consider it
a serious defect if they did.
>>> Yet some of the stuff is surprisingly manual and mechanical, still. :-)
>> I would say that is a good thing.
>
> Ehn. It doesn't really seem to do anything different from my Sony F707,
> until you start doing things with remote flashes, double-exposures, and
> etc.
Well, it is a matter of how you use it I suppose.
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