Fraser
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It looks pretty nice with that 55mm on it!
Nikon DF
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shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
+1000
Agreed, complaining about FPS for a camera that is designed for contemplative photography is like barking up the wrong tree.
For real, those of us who are not sports photographer, what use do you really have for 11fps anyways? If you answer kids, then you're not trying very hard.
I'm nodding in agreement.
For the asking price, there should be the freedom to swap focusing screen. Ironically, Nikon used to be very good at providing this option.
Now this is what a real camera top plate must look like.
Sorry, Highway, yours is still too cluttered.
This is how an elegant camera top plate should look like 😀 :
Photo credit: Suleyman Demir via flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/6840076167/in/photostream/)
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
I thought this camera might replace my D700. It won't. My bank account says thanks.
lam
Well-known
Accepting the shortcomings and trying to logically rationalize why a company hindered the camera in many ways is so awful.. but not my money so what do I care other than the principle.
JuJu
Well-known
^^ plus one.
I'll stay with my plasticky D600 as well.
I'll stay with my plasticky D600 as well.
lam
Well-known
What do we think of this top plate?
Too much CA, is that an added benefit for low-light aid perhaps?! 😀
Timmyjoe
Veteran
I was wrong, I see in one of the pic posted on the Nikon web site, the camera does have an adjustable viewfinder diopter. Still can't see buying one, but glad to see Nikon is including that with the camera.
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
Timmyjoe
Veteran
One thing that Nikon is not talking about, (but I assume is present with the DF, since it uses the Nikon D4 sensor) is the incredible low light performance of that chip. When covering sports, I use ISO 10,000 quite often, and the results are really good.
Even pushing it to 12,800 produces good results. That would make the DF one heck of a good low light camera.
Best,
-Tim
Even pushing it to 12,800 produces good results. That would make the DF one heck of a good low light camera.
Best,
-Tim
maggieo
More Deadly
+1000
Agreed, complaining about FPS for a camera that is designed for contemplative photography is like barking up the wrong tree.
For real, those of us who are not sports photographer, what use do you really have for 11fps anyways? If you answer kids, then you're not trying very hard.
I'm nodding in agreement.
For the asking price, there should be the freedom to swap focusing screen. Ironically, Nikon used to be very good at providing this option.
Sorry, Highway, yours is still too cluttered.
This is how an elegant camera top plate should look like 😀 :
Photo credit: Suleyman Demir via flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/6840076167/in/photostream/)
No, this is what a top plate should look like:
Leicas, M2 & M8, March, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
😉😀
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Thom Hogan's take on the Df
Thom Hogan's take on the Df
I just read Thom Hogan's initial assessment of the Df. Interesting read. His assessment reflects much of my feelings about the new camera. Check it out: http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/digital-confusion-with-the.html
Thom Hogan's take on the Df
I just read Thom Hogan's initial assessment of the Df. Interesting read. His assessment reflects much of my feelings about the new camera. Check it out: http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/digital-confusion-with-the.html
Timmyjoe
Veteran
I see the camera is up already on B&H Photo's web site. The way it is pictured, with the 1.8 kit lens, the body looks smaller. The whole package reminds me of my first "real" camera, purchased brand new almost forty years ago, a Canon TX with 50mm 1.8 lens. Tugging at the nostalgia strings. Of course that Canon kit was $159, not $2999.
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
No, this is what a top plate should look like:
Leicas, M2 & M8, March, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
😉😀
SLR, Maggie. We are talking about SLRs, can't avoid the prism hump 😀
Highway 61
Revisited
Well the AI or AI-S 105/2.5 and the AI-S 400/3.5 ED are some of the exceptions to the general rule, they can face a sensor larger than 16MP with no problems indeed but few MF Nikkors can do that ; add the 180/2.8 AI-S ED, the 300/4.5 AI-S ED (but not the IF-ED version), the 85/1,4 AI-S, the 50/1.4 AI or AI-S, the 28/2,8 AI-S and you're done... 😉
wjlapier
Well-known
I also can focus with the green dot in my D700 with AIS glass.
Highway 61
Revisited
Yes. And I love his comments about the "new" kit lens :
"Does Nikon really think that people buying this camera don't already have a 50mm lens? Let's see, in its current lineup Nikon now has 45mm, 50mm, 50mm, 50mm, 50mm, 50mm, 50mm, 50mm, 55mm, 58mm, 60mm, and 60mm lenses you can use with the Df. 12 different "normal" lenses. A whole heck of "normal" is going on in Japan, apparently. "
Excellent ! 😛
Jan Van Laethem
Nikkor. What else?
Yes, but you can't compare $159 of 1973's money to $159 in 2013.
nobbylon
Veteran
Not for me thx. It looks like a mix of fm and f3p. Ugly as sin and way too many small numbers on the top plate. Give me a D3s or a D4 anyday.
dmc
Bessa Driver
I don't know, the electronic rangefinder is what I'll use to focus, so no problem. Interchangeable screens would have been nice, but not a deal-breaker. Remember, this camera is 3 grand, not 5 or 6.
dmc
Bessa Driver
I fully agree. Once again, a great idea for a niche camera, then deciding to be all things to all users. Still not a deal breaker though.
maggieo
More Deadly
I know!
But jeeze, do an SLR with one shutter speed dial and a shutter release, how hard can it be?
Even Olympus got closer with the E-M5:
My Dresser, January 09, 2013 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
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