As someone who went straight from the MZ-60 to D, and am now going back the other way looking for a capable film backup body, what film camera has roughly the same feature-set as the D, especially insofar as hyper-modes, auto-focus, and information in the viewfinder...? I take it the *ist is not the best option?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:58:06 -0800 (PST), Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3234402 > > > > > > The F2 and the MX mount both a 50/1.4 lens. > > > > BRAVO!!!. You have the hot shoe. > > I never missed not having a way to mount a flash on my F2s. Do > you use > > yours? > > I did, although not a lot. I used the Nikons for weddings every > now and then and, although the F2 was usually loaded with B&W, > the possibility to mount the flash was a great thing. > Think that a week before I bought that one, in another shop I > saw a *brand new* (I'm talking about 1998) F2 AS, a remnant they > discovered that day... They asked me for body only and without > flash adapter the same amount I was going to pay for mine > (complete outfit *with* original ER case!) few days later. I've > never regretted I skipped that collector body... > > > I did use an SB-15 on my F3. It was cool, it flipped 180º, one > way it was > > right over the lens, the other it was as far above (though > slightly off > > centre) the lens as possible. > > It was really well thought out. > > Prism mounted flash just doesn't work as well, it seems. I > noticed that poor > > little Pentax that Don showed us has an offset hotshoe. Did > Pentax make a > > flash to take advantage of the offset? > > All the Z/PZ series cameras had that feature, it was one of the > things I really liked about them (along with the Hyper modes). > The flashes didn't have the possibility to be centered over the > lens, but you always had the weight in the right place (right > hand). I do prefer to shoot verticals with my right hand up, so > the combo made perfect sense to me. > > Gianco > > _ > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > >
