It's definitely the SLOWEST camera ever used in digital age. But it worth all the waiting
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How to say about this camera? Ok i did a bit of research before i really get in touch the real thing. And it's exactly perform as other people mentioned: sssssslllllooowww.
Anyway, since i already noted the speed of it, after a few test shot (it's second hand but the previous owner just bought it for a few days with under 20 shutter count) i just took my wallet out and buy it. then i started to play with it at home. It was night time and i didnt expect it was so crap at iso 800. I must say i was deeply depressed and havent had a good sleep that night. (maybe it was the reason the owner sells it)
On the next day i took it out with a fully charged battery, it was a sunny warm day and i started shooting with my SD Quattro. The EVF works fine. LCD is better than expected. under sunlight, focusing speed is acceptable (similar with my old Nikon F-801) at iso 100 it was well detailed, awesome! (with 18-50 F2.8 macro), bokeh is smooth from clear to blur.
After a whole day's shooting i find it's definitely not a good camera since it hasn't got most functions other cameras offered. No movie, No scenic mode, lucky the P mode has 3 custom setting so you can set your own scenic mode based on your experience. the dials in good position so good for adjusting A & S in M mode. It's truly for someone who already certain knowledge on photography, and willing to wait for focusing and saving...
To me I may pick a wrong camera as I'm not skillful enough to override to 100% manual. But I'm happy because I finally got something i missed a long long time, the joy of photography - spot something good to shoot, check the environment and start to calculate what setting can generate the best outcome, concentrate on focusing and press the shutter. Thanks to a large capacity SD card I can take a few more shots but i enjoyed re-calculating