Cold, hard reality sets in...

I agree with Wayne. There may be a few "issues" with the D7, but it still is the camera for me. I am in no way a photographer, wouldn't even call myself an amateur, but people tell me my photopgraphs are good. I have been watching this forum and information on the D7 since Phil's first review back in May...I still think it is a great camera. For all of you who are complaining about the build and feel of the camera, why not try to wait for it to hit the stores and then go and feel for yourselves....everyones opinion on something is different. Here in the US there are quit a few stores that have the models out for you to play with. As for buying the camera online: i will just make sure the place I get it from has a nice return policy just in case (doubt I will use it).

I assume that most of you are "professional" photographers....and let me just say that most of you have a way of pushing away the amatuer photographer with "horror" stories about the D7. I thought Phil's new review was very favorable...I'm still buying the camera.

Kam

Wayne wrote:

No this camera won't cure your bad breath, get you a date on Friday
night, or stop your balding spot from expanding (or your waistline
for that matter). It's a camera people - get over it! It still has
the best combination of features and performance for the price
(actually still the only game in town). It even has features that
weren't announced that make it more attractive - increased color
space for one.
O.K. it eats batteries - ONLY 100 shots per set. Guess you people
have never used sheet or roll film! There may be a good reason why
it takes so few shots - to save your poor relatives and any other
audience from having to see more of your photos. When was the last
time any of you took 100 keepers at a sitting (don't answer because
this is directly related to your taste, or lack thereof, and I
don't want to know). You CAN change the batteries you know! I have
4 more sets on the way. If it gets bad I'll just build my D-cell
pack - 38 watts of POWER!
It gets hot! Great! For those of you who are unaware of physics
when heat is generated it is either stored or transferred to
surrounding materials. The fact that the body gets warm indicates
that the metal body is conducting the heat AWAY from the interior
of the camera. Wear an oven mitt if it bothers you.
The shutter button locks up! Great! When I take a photo I want it
to be taken when I decide (plus normal delay which I can compensate
for), not two, three, or four seconds later when the camera is
ready. If I miss a shot I'm going to miss it either way - this way
I'm aware of it. Ever hear of "The decisive moment"?
The camera is heavy on the left! HUH? The grip is on the right, the
body is on the left, what do you expect? Physics again guys. How
can you even tell WITH A ONE POUND CAMERA? Try to hold a Mamiya
RB67 with a prism and a 250mm lens attached to an L-grip and you'll
get the idea (maybe not). Cameras were made to be held with two
hands.
Tripod socket offset! Once again refer to the weight distribution.
If the camera is heavier on the left I would expect the tripod
socket to be on the left. I won't know the balace point until I get
it, but it's not a big point with a 1 pound electronic camera.
Panoramas more difficult to perform! Got news for you - unless you
know the nodal point of your lens, and have a mounting plate that
is adjusted properly, you're not doing it right anyway! BTW my
Gitzo 1227CF arrived from Robert White's today (good old UPS),
YAAY! I needed an excuse to get a smaller model.
Good news for me, the Microdrive doesn't have an appreciable effect
on battery consumption, and actually writes large files faster! My
1GB also arrived today, YAAY (good old FEDEX)!
As for the resolution, it's as good as any other consumercam out
there with a 7:1 zoom - LOL! And as for the difference in
resolution between one site and another - EVER HEARD OF SAMPLE
VARIATION? Who knows how well they were focused to begin with (no
shot intended)? There are mechanical tolerances throughout the
camera, could be any number of reasons. If it had tested to 1600 on
this site would you have bought it? It's not at all unusual for
individual lenses to vary by 30% when talking resolution numbers.
Still, considering that 90% of you were never really considering
buying the camera in the first place, there haven't been that many
dumb posts yet (guess we'll have to wait for the Americans to get
home from work). I'm American, and living in the good old US of A.
Before visiting this forum I had thought that Americans had
cornered the market on whining and bitching, I was wrong. They do
still lead the pack though. Any of you ladies (homeboys) out there
who are going to cancel your orders now, if you have a preorder in
at Eppersons please do it quickly - I want to make sure that I'm
one of the ones who gets his camera from the first shipment.
Do any of you actually take photographs??? I'll be out taking them
while the majority of you are still here (or somewhere else)
whining. Hey, I heard that Pentax is about to release their new
camera! Why don't you all stampede over there and set-up shop?
ROFLMAO!