Comments on: My Camera’s Fit of Jealous Rage; Looking for a D-SLR http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rooely http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-3294 Rooely Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:52:10 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-3294 hi ive got an advent cmera and the lense is stuck inwards and when i turn it off and on it wont come back out. how do i make the lense come out ????? hi
ive got an advent cmera and the lense is stuck inwards and when i turn it off and on it wont come back out.
how do i make the lense come out ?????

]]> By: jr http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-328 jr Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:03:46 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-328 Wow, weird. I just checked on my Canon AE-1 with a 35-70 and it loses focus. Not dramatically, mind you, but it does require adjustment. The outer area is fine, but in the inner focusing prism it's evident. It's about the same level of adjustment that the D70 is making, (again, minor, but there). I'm not doubting that you're not seeing it, and maybe I'm just overly sensitive to it or something, but I remember having to do it with an old Pentax too. I never even thought it was unusual until you pointed it out. Ah well, I'll chalk it up to me being insane. Wow, weird.

I just checked on my Canon AE-1 with a 35-70 and it loses focus. Not dramatically, mind you, but it does require adjustment. The outer area is fine, but in the inner focusing prism it’s evident. It’s about the same level of adjustment that the D70 is making, (again, minor, but there).

I’m not doubting that you’re not seeing it, and maybe I’m just overly sensitive to it or something, but I remember having to do it with an old Pentax too. I never even thought it was unusual until you pointed it out.

Ah well, I’ll chalk it up to me being insane.

]]> By: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-325 Jeffrey Friedl Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:30:21 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-325 About the zoom, JR, I really do remember from my old days (circa 1980, when I last had an SLR) that zooms held focus. The common technique was to zoom up, focus, then zoom back to whatever framing you wanted. When reading advertisements (although I could afford nothing, it didn't stop me from eargly browsing ads in Popular Photography, etc.) it was always mentioned as a feature (or not mentioned if not). Maybe the need for it has diminished with the advent of AF, and so it's gone the way of the 8-track tape. As for a little carry-around camera, indeed, I'll keep my SD500 (once it gets back from repair). About the zoom, JR, I really do remember from my old days (circa 1980, when I last had an SLR) that zooms held focus. The common technique was to zoom up, focus, then zoom back to whatever framing you wanted. When reading advertisements (although I could afford nothing, it didn’t stop me from eargly browsing ads in Popular Photography, etc.) it was always mentioned as a feature (or not mentioned if not).

Maybe the need for it has diminished with the advent of AF, and so it’s gone the way of the 8-track tape.

As for a little carry-around camera, indeed, I’ll keep my SD500 (once it gets back from repair).

]]> By: jr http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-324 jr Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:20:31 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-324 For what it's worth, I'm still a big fan of my Nikon D70. It's got some annoyances, but nothing major: 1. It "helpfully" will switch autofocus to nearest point rather than center spot. I'm old school and prefer to focus center before I frame my shot. I'm sure there's a way to beat it into submission, but I haven't found it yet. 2. I seem to have picked up a signature dust speck on my CCD. It shows up as a very faint circle in the upper right quadrant whenever I shoot clear sky's or solid colors. Again, not super annoying, and something I can always clean up in post production, but it's also defied my simple cleaning steps. 3. Finding a small camera bag for the beast is impossible. I almost always have to take the lens off when I travel. That said it's also lightning fast, takes great shots, the battery lasts for freaking ever and it's just the right weight for me. Oh, and about that "zoom/focus" thing. Yep, the focus will almost always change when you zoom. This is actually normal, since the function of zoom is to alter the distances between the lenses. If you shot film in full manual, you'd have to do the same thing. Best thing to do is to have two cameras. One for "quick pics" that you can shove in a pocket, or bag, and the DSLR for "real pictures" when you want to haul it around. Before digital pocket cameras, professional photo guys used to walk around with 110s in their pockets. For what it’s worth, I’m still a big fan of my Nikon D70. It’s got some annoyances, but nothing major:
1. It “helpfully” will switch autofocus to nearest point rather than center spot. I’m old school and prefer to focus center before I frame my shot. I’m sure there’s a way to beat it into submission, but I haven’t found it yet.
2. I seem to have picked up a signature dust speck on my CCD. It shows up as a very faint circle in the upper right quadrant whenever I shoot clear sky’s or solid colors. Again, not super annoying, and something I can always clean up in post production, but it’s also defied my simple cleaning steps.
3. Finding a small camera bag for the beast is impossible. I almost always have to take the lens off when I travel.

That said it’s also lightning fast, takes great shots, the battery lasts for freaking ever and it’s just the right weight for me.

Oh, and about that “zoom/focus” thing. Yep, the focus will almost always change when you zoom. This is actually normal, since the function of zoom is to alter the distances between the lenses. If you shot film in full manual, you’d have to do the same thing.

Best thing to do is to have two cameras. One for “quick pics” that you can shove in a pocket, or bag, and the DSLR for “real pictures” when you want to haul it around. Before digital pocket cameras, professional photo guys used to walk around with 110s in their pockets.

]]> By: Kalyan http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-322 Kalyan Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:00:54 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-322 The 7D specs look quite impressive esp with the inbuilt anti-shake system. But at the end of the day, you will need to decide on the system coz once you are in a system, you are stuck to it. Canon and Nikon rule the DSLR market now and you have wide range of lenses etc to choose from which you will not find in Minolta. It's like using Ruby for web apps when everyone else uses php and perl. If you like the camera and do not plan to upgrade to better lenses anytime soon, I'd say go for the 7D. If you want a standard camera and see lot of upgrades etc, I'd say go for Canon or Nikon. Nikon D70s and Canon 350D are the low end prosumer cameras and are very good. If you want something slightly more.. consider Canon 20D or the new Nikon D200 which has just come out (it comes with a kickass vibration reduction lens) The 7D specs look quite impressive esp with the inbuilt anti-shake system. But at the end of the day, you will need to decide on the system coz once you are in a system, you are stuck to it. Canon and Nikon rule the DSLR market now and you have wide range of lenses etc to choose from which you will not find in Minolta. It’s like using Ruby for web apps when everyone else uses php and perl. If you like the camera and do not plan to upgrade to better lenses anytime soon, I’d say go for the 7D. If you want a standard camera and see lot of upgrades etc, I’d say go for Canon or Nikon.
Nikon D70s and Canon 350D are the low end prosumer cameras and are very good. If you want something slightly more.. consider Canon 20D or the new Nikon D200 which has just come out (it comes with a kickass vibration reduction lens)

]]> By: Derek http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-321 Derek Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:23:29 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-03/124#comment-321 Don't discount the Nikon line. I've been extremely happy with my Nikon D1 that I bought "back in the day", although its MPx value shows its age these days. But I have friends with D100 and D70 models, which are in the "prosumer" market, as opposed to like the D2X which is definitely in the "pro" range, and they're extremely happy with them. Don’t discount the Nikon line. I’ve been extremely happy with my Nikon D1 that I bought “back in the day”, although its MPx value shows its age these days. But I have friends with D100 and D70 models, which are in the “prosumer” market, as opposed to like the D2X which is definitely in the “pro” range, and they’re extremely happy with them.

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