Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 Jul 2004 at 1:58, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: I think it does. But who ever would like to shoot 144 frames at 3 fps? In sport situations (where this might be helpful), 3 fps is way too slow, and the AF of D70 can't keep up with sport anyway (I am using this camera BTW, along with, time to

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: LA True, but only in jpeg format. Do you know if when running at 3 fps LA the D70 will refocus and recalculate exposure between each shot? If I think it does. But who ever would like to shoot 144 frames at 3 fps? The same person who'd want to shoot 100ft of 35mm at

Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread Don Sanderson
I've been on the list for a several days now. I joined mainly to see what people far more experienced than I thought of the *ist D. I was truly surprised to see that film is being replaced by digital at such a rapid rate. I'm still buying, repairing, selling AND shooting ME Supers, Super A's and

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Jul 2004 at 6:12, Don Sanderson wrote: To extract the two questions: 1.) Can digital be expected to be ready to shoot when I need it to? I can't offer responses relating to PS digicams but most DSLRs have a small power on delay but once on/awake have quite a short shutter lag, that is

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread Dario Bonazza
Don Sanderson asked: I also observed that the 5050 does a very poor job of dealing with high contrast situations. Is this a characteristic of digital? Speaking of DSLR's, Canon, Nikon and Pentax are somewhere between slide and negative. For some reason, the Fujifilm S2 Pro (old honeycomb

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread John Francis
Rob Studdert wrote: Obtaining similar performance to a film system with 250 exposure back, a fast MD and pellicle mirror is some while away in digiland. True. But the new Nikon D70 will capture 144 JPEGs at three frames/second. That's probably good

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Ah, but for the cost of a D70 you can pick up a nice Rollei 6008i with 2.5fps SH, and you can add a digital back to it later. The best of both worlds... A. On 1 Jul 2004, at 19:16, John Francis wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: Obtaining similar performance to a

Re: Film or Digital?......Decisions, Decisions.....

2004-07-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Jul 2004 at 13:16, John Francis wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: Obtaining similar performance to a film system with 250 exposure back, a fast MD and pellicle mirror is some while away in digiland. True. But the new Nikon D70 will capture 144