Re: Digital Robustness

2002-09-29 Thread Jeffrey Schneider
Most newspapers now use digital cameras (often N*k*n). They get regular service from the same people who used to service their film cameras. Usually the service that's required is mechanical in nature (e.g., mirror alignment). Of course, a few years down the road we may see more failures of

Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash

2002-04-07 Thread Jeffrey Schneider
I've noticed a problem using my Vivitar 285HV on this camera that I don't seem to have using it with any of my older cameras. Using the flash, there seems to be a long time delay between the mirror moving up and the shutter actually firing. When I remove the flash, the camera works normally,

Re: what I think of current digital cameras

2001-11-25 Thread Jeffrey Schneider
Tom C. wrote: One hindrance slowing digital down, is that it's closely associated with computers. Not everyone wants or cares about them. Probably an *extremely* high percentage of people who buy digital cameras, also have computers. The rest, also a significant number, don't care and will