Hi Panos, > I just read your message on the Nikon mailing list. I am also a Nikon > owner (I have a F-601), but I am thinking of buying the FE2. That's perfect - I own both cameras. I really > like the feel and solid construction of this camera, and I think it will > serve my needs well. I only question 2 points (especially regarding > hiking): > 1) Don't you need the spot metering, especially when dealing with water > or sky on the background? I use it a lot and I think I will miss it. Is > it difficult to expose correctly with Center Weighted in those > situations? (Do you shoot slides?) I shoot only slides, so I also need a very precise metering system. Surprisingly, I get more good results with the FE2 than with the F-601; I suppose the meter and the shutter are more precise. Even with different light conditions center weighted metering is no problem if you are used to it. Just take the most important part of the picture in the circle on the screen, press the memory button and recompose the picture. I got very quickly acustomized to how much I have to correct the exposure (with the memory lock) to receive a certain result. This works much better than with the F-601, because the FE2 is much more center weighted. (This is also the reason why many beginners have very poor results with the FE2: being so close to spot metering, it is not forgiving at all.) > 2) What about autofocus? How difficult is it to manually focus on a > hiking situation? That depends on the picture. For nature I never use autofocus. In fact, I find AF disturbing for these pictures. Yet, for taking pictures of fellow hikers I miss the AF. Anyhow, it is just a little less comfortable and the fraction of sharp pictures goes down from 90% to 75%. I can live with that and simly use some more film. By the way: The thing I miss most on the FE is the missing flash. Therefore I upgraded to the FE2 and use a simple SB-23. It works perfect. Just reduce by -1,7 for fill flash and -1 for outdoor flashes in the dark if ca. 50% of the image is covered by the person and the background is dark. Hope this helps! Christian ================================================ Christian Rieck Verlag Postfach 3109 * D-65746 Eschborn Tel. 069 / 447714 Fax +49 / (0)69 / 447729 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.rieck.de ===============================================
