GrahamM
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I just received my 645 Zi today from KEH. Luckily I also ordered a Users Manual. I'm running a 120 roll of Fujicolor Portrait 160 right now just to get the feel of it. For our upcoming trip to Hawaii this will certainly fill the bill of being lightweight, portable and not taking up a lot of room. In fact it is noticeably smaller than my Nikon D3. Here are some initial observations:
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Graham 🙂
- Going to have to get used to portrait mode being default. I have a feeling I'm going to be flipping it on its side a lot for landscape shots.
- It is much lighter than my D3 which will make it very comfortable to carry around.
- Like any new camera it will take awhile to learn its ins and outs.
- The date format is yymmdd. I would prefer to change it mmddyy. I tried following the manual's instruction to change the format but it kept returning to the default. Can someone help me here?
- I tried changing the distance scale from meters to feet, but the viewfinder still has an "m" instead of "ft" in the upper right hand corner. Once again I tried following the manual but must have gone wrong somewhere. If I can't make the change, no big deal. I will just multiply the meters by 3.
- If I want to auto-focus on a subject that is off center, do I just focus, keep the shutter half depressed, and then recompose?
- The exposures counter reads 23 00. I gather that the 00 remains constant. If I am reading the manual correctly the "23" means that it has had 2,300 actuations. Does that sound right?
- If I decide to use a hot shoe flash what is recommended? I have a Nikon SB-800 speedlight which I just tried but it didn't fire
Thanks
Graham 🙂