An autofocus camera of any quality will allow you to focus manually.
Just add a screen with focusing aids for an easier time of it. Some,
like the Nikon D200 and D2X have great viewfinders and let you use
manual focus lenses like they were originally used. No work flow
adjustments needed. It appears that Pentax does the same.
There is a review of the D80 up at dcresource.com. It is interesting
because he does noise comparisons to the Sony A100 and the Canon
400D. The A100 and the D80 have the same 10MP sensor and the image
quality of the Sony is terrible at high ISO compared to either the
Nikon or Canon. There is more to image quality than the sensor and it
looks like Sony still has things to learn.
The M8 with the triple focal length WA lens and a longer one would be
a great little package. I wonder how the Kodak sensor is and how
effectively Leica dealt with it. They did well with the SL2 noise and
Kodak helps with that great color.
Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Sep 15, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>> I'm getting much closer to closing this long chapter in my life.
>
> It has looked for some time like there would not be another Olympus
> in my
> life, and I place that squarely at the foot of Olympus, both the
> USA part
> for their total lack of customer service, and at the home office
> for abysmal
> product planning. The only thing that keeps me in OM is the fact
> that I
> never warmed to AF.
>
> As I've said before, I have been waiting for things to shake out
> some. It
> feels to me like the various companies are wandering about looking
> for a
> direction. I am about ready to buy something that will serve me
> decently,
> and solve the traveling by air problems, and continue to wait out
> things.
>
> The Leica, of course, would be nearly perfect, the new Pentax has
> possibilities (limited by the lack of a good lens in the 28-90
> range), and
> the Sony/Minolta when the Zeiss lenses appear could be my answer.
>
> The question then will be, what to save and what to keep?
>
> Bill Pearce
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