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Re: [OM] Re: Nikon Digital Lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Nikon Digital Lens
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:40:24 +0800
Tell us again, what bothers you in the FM3a?

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Clark" <wclark@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:25 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] Re: Nikon Digital Lens

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> BTW, I was ready to sell all my OM stuff for the FM3a, but many the FM3a
> really bothers me!!!  My OM1n after all these years still kicks the newer
MF
> cameras.
>
> -Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: February 20, 2003 10:05 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] Re: Nikon Digital Lens
>
>
>
> Yes - on-topic...
>
> I find the claim that Nikon never changed their mount to be a bit of a
con.
> Yes, you can mount any lens but you can't necessarily use it.  The newer
> low-cost AF lenses (G-series I think) can't be used on the manual cameras
> (even the newest FM-3a) because the aperture control is electronic.
> And some lenses won't meter on some bodies.
>
> And I was also disappointed (at Photokina while playing with a F100 and a
> w/a zoom) that the idea of manual focus is 'turn this ring, something
> happens in the camera, a motor whirs, and the focus changes';  you think
> waiting for the shutter to fire on a digicam is annoying, try focussing
> with a half-second delay between turning the barrel and seeing the result.
>
> No, sorry, I'm staying OM!  (ObOly)
> Jez
>
>    But that has always been the case.  F100 is a $1800 Canadian $ camera
>    that
>    will meter everything.  Consider that you cannot get a pro DSLR for
>    $1800.
>    You can use any lens, you just have to use manual mode.  My point
really
>    was
>    that the Nikon mount has never changed while Canon's has, which screwed
>    many
>    people.
>    -Bill
>
>
>
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