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Just wondering... what is that black circle next to the optical viewfinder?

can anyone wage a good speculations... or if you know what it is.. please tell me

thanks
Jojosung
 
Jojosung said:
can anyone wage a good speculations... or if you know what it is..
please tell me
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Looks like diopter adjustment to me.

I was hoping for something cool, like a trigger for the built in death-ray, but alas, it's just a diopter adjustment.

I like the rest of the camera though.

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L. Kraven
 
Well that's was my guess to... but want to see other ppl response...

deep down, since it has a mirror like look to it - the top most picture of the back view, I was hoping that it is another IR receiver for the remote... that way we can use remote from the back as well as th front... :)
L. Kraven said:
L. Kraven said:
can anyone wage a good speculations... or if you know what it is..
please tell me
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Looks like diopter adjustment to me.

I was hoping for something cool, like a trigger for the built in
death-ray, but alas, it's just a diopter adjustment.

I like the rest of the camera though.

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L. Kraven
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At least the focus processing has definitely been changed. Based on my own experience with a Canon S40, I have to agree with some who observed focus accuracy problems with the Canon cameras. I hope that the new "DIGI" processor really does lead to improved focus accuracy. However, it is interesting that the Canon G3 has a "focus bracketing" feature as well. I guess the more cynical person may question why Canon needs to put such a feature in a camera which can focus properly. I don't do any macro photography, which may be the intended application of this focus bracketing feature, but am I the only one who cannot understand why such a feature would ever be needed/used on a camera which could focus properly for regular (non-macro) shots?
DigiMan1 said:
Check it out ....
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1032148882.html
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Philly said:
"focus bracketing" feature as well. I guess the more cynical
person may question why Canon needs to put such a feature in a
camera which can focus properly. I don't do any macro photography,
which may be the intended application of this focus bracketing
feature, but am I the only one who cannot understand why such a
feature would ever be needed/used on a camera which could focus
properly for regular (non-macro) shots?
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Well, more control or convenience perhaps. I welcome it, there's times you can never be 100% sure of the focal plane in a macro since the DOF can be so constrained. Even a good photographer+good camera might not get it right easily (esp. when dealing with only the LCD). Liken it to exposure bracketing and I think you'd see it as an okay feature.

I still want to know what that dial on the grip is. Hopefully manual focus. Or maybe it's variable ND filter from opaque to transparent (ha ha, I wish).

Anyway, I could see moving on to this camera next year. My only real complaint is the shutter remains at 15" max. So far, that is.
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Farewell,
Bob H.
 
Bob Hughes said:
I still want to know what that dial on the grip is. Hopefully
manual focus.
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Just realized that it is probably the command wheel for doing various things like a SLR does. But hopefully not only there to merge "effects" onto other modes.

My initial shock of the style is waning, since the new G looks more like a SLR now. I said I would upgrade to it next year, but thinking over what I said I have to see what the future holds. I hate to pay a lot for what the older folks might call an electric camera. :-)
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Farewell,
Bob H.
 
seem to suck the life out of a great camera. We know those pics were taken in haste, but gee, do they have to look worst than point and shoot shots done by my grandmother? (No offense, grandma!)
 
Looks like a good upgrade to me. Maybe not quite what we were all hoping to see, and certainly leaves some room for considering other options, but I'm already starting to do the math on how to move from my G2 to the G3. Figure I can get $400 to $500 trade for the G2, maybe a bit more selling it via eBay if I'm lucky. Leaves about $400 to come up with out of pocket. That means that my G2 would have cost me about ten cents a shot over the last year, based on 4200 exposures on the counter. The same amount of film and processing would have cost me about $1200, or about thirty cents per shot. So the G2 has just about paid for itself. Of course, what I really want is a D60, or the next-to-be-announced D1s...

Dan
http://www.pbase.com/digital_edge
DigiMan1 said:
Check it out ....
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1032148882.html
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I must be a photographer - I keep running around in circles of confusion.
 
Does anyone know when it will be available for retail???

Wait awhile, how long would you wait for "bugs to be ironed out" etc before buying one?. 2 weeks? 2 months?

I am going away in late November, will it be "safe" to buy one by then?

Thanks from a newbie...
IO
 
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