Fuji Finepix X100: The moment of truth

 Photography  9 Responses »
Mar 152011
 

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Just Fresh off the press! ;)

Fujifilm – FUFPX100
Finepix X100 Digital Camera

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I got this e-mail from B&H Photo today. In searching around the web, I found that the X100 has been available in certain places in Europe, I believe and in New Zealand. I went to B&H’s web site, logged in, took out my credit card and actually put one on pre-order …

then I thought about it.

Thought about my plans to simplify.

Thought further that I will still get one but it must be from the proceeds of selling something else camera related, so I backed off, canceled the order and am making plans to sell a few unused items.

I will probably sell my Tamron 18-270 mm and 200 – 500 mm lenses. These two together should go a ways towards meeting the $1,199 price tag. I’m in absolutely no hurry. This move would leave me with zero zoom lenses. I can live with that. :)

I’m really starting to think more and more about the stuff that I accumulate and am trying to keep things to a zero sum game, no growth, or a shrinkage, but sometimes I get lost. LOL

Anyway, I wanted to wait to see what others of you thought about it. I’m pretty sure that Earl will have one soon, so I might wait for his review. ;) Earl’s my technology go to guy. Heck! I cannot even believe that I have a MacBook Pro, an iPad, and an iPhone. Geez! How did that happen? Earl? Any answers??? LOL

 Posted by Paul at 10:03 pm  Tagged with: ,

No D700x, yet??? I’m surprised.

 Photography  4 Responses »
Nov 112010
 

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Scenes from the sidewalk

With the release of Nikon’s big ballin’ 24.5 Mega Pixel $8,000 camera, I thought for sure that, true to Nikon form, there would be a D700x on the scene in short order; however, that hasn’t materialized. I’ve seen Nikon follow Canon down the HD line with the D7000, but not prosumer D700x. Strange.

I even headed over to Nikon Rumors and the only rumor that I would was that Nikon said that there would be no D700 replacement in 2010. Now, mind you, this doesn’t matter a hill of beans to me because I’m not in the market for a camera, full frame or otherwise, but it was interesting in that it was not true to form for Nikon. Maybe they want to sell more their flagship to professionals before releasing the same camera for 3 or 4 thousand less!

Really, I would have thought that they’d be out there with it in time for the holidays.

 Posted by Paul at 12:08 pm  Tagged with:

Discontinued

 Photography, Techy Stuff  13 Responses »
Oct 152009
 


Well, it seems as if the commercially viable life of a digital camera is about 18 months, perhaps 2 years, depending upon how fast technology moves. The D300 was introduced in August of 2007. I bought mine in February of 2008.

Although I am about a month late in hearing about it, I see that Nikon has discontinued the D300, in favor of the D300s. The main differences between the two are the the ‘s’ model has HD video and a Live View button. The sensor and, for the most part, the entire camera are the same. Oh, and the D300 supports dual card slots. One for a CF card, the other for an SD card. There’s nothing here that would make me want to trade.

There is an interesting feature, Quiet Shutter Release mode. From Nikon’s site they say:

Also added to the D300s is a Quiet Shutter Release mode, which substantially reduces the sound of the mirror while shooting. Quickly accessed by selecting “Q” on the release mode dial, this feature is ideal for the photographer who wishes to remain unobtrusive.

I wonder how much quieter it would really be. Certainly not as quiet as a rangefinder! :-) Anyway, I’ll be keeping mine, after all, basketball season is around the corner!

 Posted by Paul at 12:00 am  Tagged with: , ,
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