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Dario Silva

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Hello,

I got my D100 a few days ago.

Everything's cool so far. (I do press photo)

Now.. I don't find it cool to get a Canon-like camera because now I can NOT command the lens aperture right on the lens.. I must use this dial to do so...

i was so used to work things in separate and logical places. Like my Hasselblad: 1 dial speed, another dial aperture.

It wil take a long while to get used to it.

Any comments, mechanical guys??

DS, portugal
http://comboio.em.pt
 
Dario Silva said:
Any comments, mechanical guys??
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The world is changing my friend. After a couple of months (it was much less for me) you will find the D100 solution very good and handy.
All the future machine will be like this.

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Gabriele Sartori
 
I got my d100 a few days ago and do not find any problems with the handling of the various dials and buttons.
One simply adapts, give it a few more days my friend.
 
Coming from a N90s and a F100, I think the D100 is a step back in ergonomics. Also it would have been useful to have a faster means to change the ISO speed without having to move your eye from the eyepiece. (possibly display the speed and the changes in the eyepiece)

I know I couldnt do it with the film camera (without pushing the film) but it would have been a useful function for me.

I still have get a better feel for the WB settings and strengths. Seems like a neat camera though.
Geoff Shiel said:
I got my d100 a few days ago and do not find any problems with the
handling of the various dials and buttons.
One simply adapts, give it a few more days my friend.
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-photoave http://phillywood.com An Amalgam of images.
 
I bought the D100 after having had the Nikon F5 and F100, so changing f-stop and aperture combinations was not a problem for me..

Trust me when I say that in just a short time you will love being able to dial in different f-stop and aperture combinations without lifting your eye from the viewfinder, and having that available via two simple dials on top of the camera is great.

Give the camera some time...you will love it. Nikon's new SLR's tend to grow on you the longer you have them! They then spoil you for everything else. I too hated the camera when I first got it. But as I read many postings on these forums, I added to my knowledge base. Now I am uploading custom tone curves and admiring the camera every day for all of the possibilities it gives you.

Best regards,

Ben Herrmann
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, USA
http://www.raleigh-nc.org./parks&rec/wheeler
 
Dario Silva said:
Now.. I don't find it cool to get a Canon-like camera because now I
can NOT command the lens aperture right on the lens.. I must use
this dial to do so...
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Well then don't use the G lenses that don't have the aperture ring.
 
Dario Silva wrote:
Welcome to the D100 !!!
Enjoy the camera. I'm happy that you used to do it
the old way but really Serious Problem??

enjoy
Dario Silva said:
I got my D100 a few days ago.

Everything's cool so far. (I do press photo)

Now.. I don't find it cool to get a Canon-like camera because now I
can NOT command the lens aperture right on the lens.. I must use
this dial to do so...

i was so used to work things in separate and logical places. Like
my Hasselblad: 1 dial speed, another dial aperture.

It wil take a long while to get used to it.

Any comments, mechanical guys??

DS, portugal
http://comboio.em.pt
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That happens with every new camera since the Coolpix 900. Some folks like to be the first ones to identify problems.

"soft Images"
"Flaw"
"major problem"
"serious defect"

yadda yadda.

Rich
NNS said:
enjoy
NNS said:
I got my D100 a few days ago.

Everything's cool so far. (I do press photo)

Now.. I don't find it cool to get a Canon-like camera because now I
can NOT command the lens aperture right on the lens.. I must use
this dial to do so...

i was so used to work things in separate and logical places. Like
my Hasselblad: 1 dial speed, another dial aperture.

It wil take a long while to get used to it.

Any comments, mechanical guys??

DS, portugal
http://comboio.em.pt
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-------------- I've actually gotten so used to it that even on my D1x I still use the front wheel to change the aperture.

That said I often don’t know what I am doing and curse it often enough. I hate being presented with fractions of stops – I really only know where I am in full stop increments – I used to set my aperture and then fine tune with the + - comp button 1/3, 1/5, 2/3 etc.

Many times I think I’ll switch my D1x back to offer aperture on the lens, but then I change lenses around and the D100 err,err,err,errs must use the minimum locked position.

So I’ve sort of given up the idea, thought it’s not far under the skin yet.
 
ISO on the LCD would be nice but I can tell where the ISO is set based on exposure value given by the meter. Not the best way, but I am so used to what each ISO (the typical ones, not the 1/3 steps) equates to for a given level of light that it's not a big deal.

But for $2,000 you would think it would tell you that. Particularly when you could be shooting at 1600 by mistake!

But you would know that right? 1/125 second at f 5.6 in low light is a real clue that it aint 200, that's for sure.
photoave said:
Geoff Shiel said:
I got my d100 a few days ago and do not find any problems with the
handling of the various dials and buttons.
One simply adapts, give it a few more days my friend.
Click to expand...
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-photoave http://phillywood.com An Amalgam of images.
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With a D100, you cannot use the aperture ring on the lens. It must be locked in place, or the camera locks.
Victor__ said:
Dario Silva said:
Now.. I don't find it cool to get a Canon-like camera because now I
can NOT command the lens aperture right on the lens.. I must use
this dial to do so...
Click to expand...
Well then don't use the G lenses that don't have the aperture ring.
Click to expand...
--
DaveA
 
Ger Bee said:
-------------- I've actually gotten so used to it that even on my
D1x I still use the front wheel to change the aperture.
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Yep, same here. I find the wheel is much easier to reach than the narrow aperture ring, which is more often than not queezed in between the bulky rear end of a zoom lens and the battery dept. of the body. Let alone when you're shooting in portrait mode and the prism gets in the way, too. Not enough space for my sausage-shaped fingers to easily reach between :-)

I found it didn't take long at all to get used to and I've never looked back.

Cheers
Stefan
 
Think of the dials as a typewriter... you LEARN to type without looking at the keys... you must learn how many clicks to do various things without looking.

It won't take long.
 
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