From: Ray Fischer on 8 Nov 2009 14:48 David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >news:4af68d7e$0$1624$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >[] >> Then don't try. If you want a swivel screen then there are many P&S >> cameras that have them. > >.. and an increasing number of DSLRs, for example: > > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sonydslra550/page2.asp > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond5000/page2.asp Both low-end SLRs intended for a different market than the 7D. >>>Nikon can make a swivel finder without any great increase in size or >>>cost, >> >> How would you know? > >By comparing Nikon's range of recent DSLRs That doesn't even make sense. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: David J Taylor on 8 Nov 2009 15:06 "Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message news:4af72072$0$1593$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > David J Taylor > <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: [] >>>>Nikon can make a swivel finder without any great increase in size or >>>>cost, >>> >>> How would you know? >> >>By comparing Nikon's range of recent DSLRs > > That doesn't even make sense. I recently upgraded from one Nikon model to another, one with fixed LCD and the other with swivel LCD. Having the swivel LCD did not - as you suggested - "make the camera much bigger", nor was the camera significantly more expensive. Cheers, David
From: Ray Fischer on 8 Nov 2009 15:12 David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >news:4af72072$0$1593$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >> David J Taylor >> <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >[] >>>>>Nikon can make a swivel finder without any great increase in size or >>>>>cost, >>>> >>>> How would you know? >>> >>>By comparing Nikon's range of recent DSLRs >> >> That doesn't even make sense. > >I recently upgraded from one Nikon model to another, one with fixed LCD >and the other with swivel LCD. Having the swivel LCD did not - as you >suggested - "make the camera much bigger", Which two cameras? -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: David J Taylor on 8 Nov 2009 16:36 "Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message news:4af72646$0$1674$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... [] >>I recently upgraded from one Nikon model to another, one with fixed LCD >>and the other with swivel LCD. Having the swivel LCD did not - as you >>suggested - "make the camera much bigger", > > Which two cameras? > > -- > Ray Fischer > rfischer(a)sonic.net It was from the D60 to the D5000, Ray. Although the brochure lists the depth as increasing from 64mm to 80mm, the actual depth change with a lens attached is around 5mm, as shown by the DP Review illustrations: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond60/page3.asp - 64mm http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond5000/page4.asp - 69mm David
From: SamSez on 8 Nov 2009 19:25
"Charles" <charlesschuler(a)comcast.net> wrote in news:hd25no$ft2$1 @news.eternal-september.org: > Very positive! > > No auto CA correction. |