My new camera is here. It seems very ... manual compared to my other 
cameras. Why do I need three separate switches to turn on and off autofocus? 
Why do you need to be careful to switch off vibration reduction before 
turning off the camera?

(Of course, I know the answers. It's rhetorical, see.)

I will say, it seems to take pretty darn nice pictures. :-)

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On 06/26/09 22:39, Darren New wrote:
> I will say, it seems to take pretty darn nice pictures. :-)

http://web.me.com/aaronandpatty/What_the_Duck/Comic_Strips/Entries/2009/1/6_WTD_95.html


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Darren New wrote:
> My new camera is here. It seems very ... manual compared to my other 
> cameras. Why do I need three separate switches to turn on and off 
> autofocus? Why do you need to be careful to switch off vibration 
> reduction before turning off the camera?
> 
> (Of course, I know the answers. It's rhetorical, see.)
> 
> I will say, it seems to take pretty darn nice pictures. :-)

...isn't that... um... absurdly expensive?

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> ...isn't that... um... absurdly expensive?
> 

In the US? I don't believe so. After all, it's only something like 900€
at Europe.

-Aero

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>> ...isn't that... um... absurdly expensive?
> 
> In the US? I don't believe so. After all, it's only something like 900€
> at Europe.

Oh, *only*... :-P

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> Oh, *only*... :-P
> 

Yes. After all, it's AFAIK the cheapest non-Canon CMOS -based SLR. At
least it's the cheapest CMOS-based Nikon SLR.

-Aero

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>> Oh, *only*... :-P
> 
> Yes. After all, it's AFAIK the cheapest non-Canon CMOS -based SLR. At
> least it's the cheapest CMOS-based Nikon SLR.

I thought that was the D20...

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Oh, *only*... :-P
>>
>> Yes. After all, it's AFAIK the cheapest non-Canon CMOS -based SLR. At
>> least it's the cheapest CMOS-based Nikon SLR.
> 
> I thought that was the D20...
> 

Can you link specs? I've never heard of such model, Nikon's web-pages
won't show it, neither does Digiwowo.

-Aero

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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:39:32 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> My new camera is here. It seems very ... manual compared to my other  
> cameras. Why do I need three separate switches to turn on and off  
> autofocus? Why do you need to be careful to switch off vibration  
> reduction before turning off the camera?

I guess it does not have an "intuitive interface".

http://basicinstructions.net/?p=878


Seriously though, do they actually tell you to disable VR before shutdown?


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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:47:09 +0200, Eero Ahonen  
<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Oh, *only*... :-P
>>>
>>> Yes. After all, it's AFAIK the cheapest non-Canon CMOS -based SLR. At
>>> least it's the cheapest CMOS-based Nikon SLR.
>>
>> I thought that was the D20...
>>
>
> Can you link specs? I've never heard of such model, Nikon's web-pages
> won't show it, neither does Digiwowo.

There were some rumors a few years ago that Nikon would name their coming  
model "D20". They did not.

There was a Nikon D200, but that was not a low-end model.



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