jezsik
Senior Member
A 28mm lens, hurray! There are only five digital camera out there with this wide angle lens, and the Dimage is three of them!
Although there is a grip on the right hand side, it is not nearly large enough. I'm surprised they did not put the batteries into a larger grip because it would have balanced the camera a lot better.
Manual zoom is a delight after having put up with my old Fujifilm 6900z's fancy electro-zoom.
Start-up to shoot time is very fast.
You can look through the eyepiece or look at the LCD image at the rear of the camera. The Dimage uses a sensor to switch between the two as you do. Very slick.
There are a LOT of buttons and switches and dials. Strangely enough, the self timer switch is burried in the software controls rather than a digital switch. (Remember when that was the ONLY other control on a camera after shutter speed and trigger?)
An optional cable release, yeah!
A digital camera with mass, oh ya! A camera with a bit of weight means less camera shake.
I do have some issues with this camera, but I still like it and it is sure to suit my needs for some time to come.
Problems:
Yeah, it has an external flash hotshoe, but you can forget about using whatever flash you have now. Instead, you'll have to fork over big bucks for a dedicated flash unit.
Not only is the tripod mount not directly beneath the lens (as it should be), but it is not even in the balanced center of the camera (where I figured they'd put it).
If you plan on using that 28mm wide angle, you'll have to put up with vignetting and/or forgo the use of a skylight filter (and don't even THINK about a polarizer).
It only comes with a misearble little 16meg compact flash card. I mean, seriously, couldn't they have included at least a 64meg card after we just handed over that much money? Don't get me started ...
Speaking of getting me started, although it claims to use USB, it's the ol' bastardized USB cable. You can't use any USB cable (which I thought was the whole point to the UNIVERSAL part of that TLA) but one designed for this (and presumably similar) products.
Although there is a grip on the right hand side, it is not nearly large enough. I'm surprised they did not put the batteries into a larger grip because it would have balanced the camera a lot better.
Manual zoom is a delight after having put up with my old Fujifilm 6900z's fancy electro-zoom.
Start-up to shoot time is very fast.
You can look through the eyepiece or look at the LCD image at the rear of the camera. The Dimage uses a sensor to switch between the two as you do. Very slick.
There are a LOT of buttons and switches and dials. Strangely enough, the self timer switch is burried in the software controls rather than a digital switch. (Remember when that was the ONLY other control on a camera after shutter speed and trigger?)
An optional cable release, yeah!
A digital camera with mass, oh ya! A camera with a bit of weight means less camera shake.
I do have some issues with this camera, but I still like it and it is sure to suit my needs for some time to come.
Problems:
Yeah, it has an external flash hotshoe, but you can forget about using whatever flash you have now. Instead, you'll have to fork over big bucks for a dedicated flash unit.
Not only is the tripod mount not directly beneath the lens (as it should be), but it is not even in the balanced center of the camera (where I figured they'd put it).
If you plan on using that 28mm wide angle, you'll have to put up with vignetting and/or forgo the use of a skylight filter (and don't even THINK about a polarizer).
It only comes with a misearble little 16meg compact flash card. I mean, seriously, couldn't they have included at least a 64meg card after we just handed over that much money? Don't get me started ...
Speaking of getting me started, although it claims to use USB, it's the ol' bastardized USB cable. You can't use any USB cable (which I thought was the whole point to the UNIVERSAL part of that TLA) but one designed for this (and presumably similar) products.