I just shot a wedding today with the D100. I usually use the D1x
or Hasselblads, but today I chose to use the D100 to test its
capabilities.
I was very impressed by the D100 and its handling. Sharp images,
good exposures and colors. The D100 never hiccuped once even
though I shot over 400 frames. I also found that it's very easy to
manipulate the controls and change settings, and it's easy to
quickly adapt to the controls of the D100, even though I'm used to
the D1x.
The battery life is amazingly good. After shooting over 400 frames
for over 5 hours did the battery start to show the first drain.
And this was with constant automatic image playback, and constant
deletions throughout the wedding. I wish battery life on my D1x
was as good!
Just for kicks, I even timed the download speed. It took exactly 52
minutes for 397 large jpegs to download from Nikon View 4 to
Cumulus 5.5 using a Microtech USB card reader, and a 1GB IBM
Microdrive. (I filled the entire 1GB card prior to downloading).
For the entire wedding, I slapped on the 80dx flash on the D100,
and the combination performed flawlessly. I also like the fact
that the D100 is so much more lightweight. I used a 28-105mm Nikon
zoom lens.
Actually, something really strange happened. I was holding the
camera with my right hand in a weird sort of way that was too
tight, and my fingernails on my middle, ring, and pinky finger were
BENT almost in half!! Either I was gripping the D100 too hard, or
maybe the grip is contoured differently than my D1x, but I was
shocked that my fingernails were bent!!
This has never happened while using the D1x, so I can't explain this.
--Casey
Actually I ended up using the D1X and let my assistant use the
D100, problem was though she wasn't allowed to move around and
where they sat her was just opposite of some windows that had the
sun shining through them, so almost all the images didn't turn out.
But I have another wedding on the 20th and I plan to use the D100
myself this time (if I can find a spare battery or two)
Dennis D
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Dennis D
