Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

With no battery compatibility, it's already mostly useless as a backup body. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > That should be AF-S not AIS, I should really read these things before I > hit send. > > It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it > a poor choice as a backup

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

That should be AF-S not AIS, I should really read these things before I hit send. It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup body for the less well heeled professionals. Now if Nikon had a raft of budget AIS lenses available it might be a d

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup body for the less well heeled professionals. Now if Nikon had a raft of budget AIS lenses available it might be a different story. As an aside, the Ken Rockwell® non review of the D40, set off a

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

But you get my drift. Adam Maas wrote: > Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200. But nothing else. And the > 70-300G is a better deal than the 55-200 (cheaper, more range, similar > performance, but unusable as a MF lens due to having the worst focus ring > ever put on a lens). > > -

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

Well, it does cut down on 3rd party lens sales. Only Sigma makes AF-S-compatible lenses (HSM) and their cheapest HSM lens is the 30mm f1.4, which isn't exactly low-budget. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > But you get my drift. > > Adam Maas wrote: > >>Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200. But nothing else. And the 70-300G is a better deal than the 55-200 (cheaper, more range, similar performance, but unusable as a MF lens due to having the worst focus ring ever put on a lens). -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > So Nikon has released

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

So Nikon has released a budget body and has no budget lenses that are fully compatible. Interesting marketing move. Adam Maas wrote: > That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm fisheye > isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's and the > 55-200

RE: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

.. equipped with a specially designed 3x 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens ... Phew - that's quite a mouthful. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Dario Bonazza > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

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Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

Dario Bonazza wrote: > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp > > Dario > I'm conflicted on this. It's got some nice upgrades: ISO3200, 9 RAW buffer, SDHC support, improved VF [95% at .8x pentamirror instead of the .75x of the D50,D70 and D100] and the self-timer

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm fisheye isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's and the 55-200. Because the lowest-end of the film Nikons have never supported AF-S, all the other low-budget lenses are screwdriver AF, even 3rd party len

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

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RE: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

Bonazza > Sent: 16 November 2006 09:03 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp > > Dario > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.

Re: OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

I am not a Nikonian, but how many lenses are there with AF motor in the lens compared to grand total number of Nikon lenses that could be mounted on this camera? This is not a trolling question, merely my curiosity. On 11/16/06, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.dpreview.com/n

OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net