>Henry,
>It's nice to see you on the Digest. I know that you posted to
>address a complaint, but please consider staying on. The Digest is
>much more civil than rec.photo.equipment.35mm, and the signal to
>noise is a lot better.
>Regards,
>
>Steve Higgins
I'd love to stay & I appreciate your kind words. What's causing me to hesitate
is that there are literally dozens upon dozens of these for each camera brand,
plus the rec.photo newsgroups, plus AOL and C'Serve photo forums. It quickly
piles up.
>The 9xi is Minolta's old pro model that does not have a pop up flash. I
don't
>remember the new model's designation. Anyway, even Minolta stated explicitly
>that they didn't put a pop-up on the 9xi because it would compromise the
>camera body's strength. When they put one on the new pro camera, I thought
that
>was odd.
The new Minolta is the Maxxum (or Dynax) 9 & its pop-up flash has a GN
of 12 in metres at ISO 100 and covers a 24mm lens.
>I am about to purchase a N90s. Is it worth waiting for the F100 on a
>price/feature ratio? Note, except for the info on Nikon USA page, which is
>minimal, I don't know much about it, IE does it have mirror lock up?; 100%
>view?; what will the street price be?
See http://www.maxwell.com.au/photo/cameras/slr/f100_specs.html for better
specs
than are on the Nikon USA site.
The F100 has a 96% finder but does not, I believe, offer mirror lock-up.
>Is there a metal hood I can use with a circular polirizing filter on
>my 72mm 105f2DC? It has a side out hood, but it is inconvenient to
>use with the polarizer.
Tiffen and Helipoan each offer 72mm metal lens hoods. Tiffen's is
19.50;
Heliopan's is 49.95, but not in stock here at present.
>I am currently in the market for some new equipment, one (minor)
>item of which is a 62mm Nikon circular polarizer, I also want to get
>a lens cap to fit. Not knowing the outer thread size, I just stated
>the requirement and let the potential suppliers come back. These
>are the responses:
>
>B+H : Not available
>Adorama: $8
>M&M: Visit Wal-Mart and check out the tupperware pot lids.
>
>Comments?
The outer threads of all Nikon pol filters are non-standard sizes. I believe
the outer rim of the 62mm filter is 70mm. I know the outer rim of the 52mm
circ
pol is 60mm. What I suggest is buy the filter and the matched HN-26 hood and
follow M&M's advice (which I first heard suggested long ago at a Nikon School)
& go the Tupperware route. For instance, I keep Nikon hoods on all my Nikon
lenses and rather than unscrew each at the end of every job simply to add lens
caps, I have a Tupperware cap (from their 8 oz tumbler set) on each, except on
the hood of my 20/4 which uses either a Pringles cap or the lid from a can of
tennis balls.
By the way, M&M is no longer in business. Manny (the "M" from M&M) has joined
B&H's staff.
regards,
Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
http://www.bhphotovideo.com
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