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<blockquote data-quote="2kon" data-source="post: 147992" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>Hello all,Just joined and posted a bit of this in my <a href="http://nikonites.com/new-member-introductions/13410-hello-tokyo.html" target="_blank">intro</a> but thought it might be interesting in the general area too. I have been completely around-the-houses so to speak looking for a new camera in the last year. I owned a D40 for years and decided I "needed" an upgrade. It happens <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />. </p><p></p><p>I subsequently visited every camera review site ( bad idea --- they largely focus, no pun intended, on the wrong things, I now know ) and ended up buying a Fuji X100. </p><p></p><p>You remember the X100 ? It used to be hot. </p><p></p><p>Well it turned out that "rangefinder-like" is not the same as "rangefinder" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. The marketing worked though. I used rangefinders for years prior to digital. The X100 may look like one, but it's focussing, the entire point of a rangefinder, is diabolical. Ironic perhaps. Coupled with some other tedious handling quirks, I gave it up. Yes, it's image quality was superb when all the stars were aligned. But far too much fighting the tool required. That does not make it a "special" camera, and it's users gifted with photographic dexterity. It makes it a flawed one and it's users hampered by design errors. I decided not to be one.</p><p></p><p>So on I went, and ... well, lets's just say I sampled the full range of possible replacements from Fuji, Pentax, Panasonic and Olympus. You can see the list in my intro post. None stayed. </p><p></p><p>I settled on, instead, a Nikon D50 !</p><p></p><p>I know. It's 8 years old. </p><p></p><p>I don't care. As I wrote in my somewhat self-justifying intro regarding the D50 :<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">1. It has a focussing motor and I have a couple of non-</span>AF<span style="color: #000000">-S Nikon lenses left over from the D40 ( and my earlier, Nikon film camera ) days. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">2. It has 1/500s flash sync. This was excellent on the D40, excellent on the Fuji X100, and I would really miss it for daylight fill-in. The D50 unlike other Nikons with AF motors I can find, supports 1/500s flash sync. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">3. Size and weight. It's tiny but still manages an always-on </span>LCD <span style="color: #000000">top display AND (sort of) dedicated buttons for </span>ISO<span style="color: #000000">, WB, QUAL just like the </span><a href="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d300s-95/" target="_blank">D300s</a> <span style="color: #000000">while being about half it's size and weight </span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">4. Tiny </span>LCD<span style="color: #000000">. I'm not a fan of the tendency for rear LCDs to grow, taking up most of the back of the camera and making the control buttons thus sit under the base of your thumb. I got rid of most of the cameras above because of handling, not image, issues. Many times, simple things like having all the controls crowded out by a too-big rear screen were enough to ruin the handling.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">5. 2000 shot battery life. I remember this from my D40 days. I love not having to worry about the battery.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">6. CCD not </span>CMOS.<span style="color: #000000"> I seem to prefer the look. I don't care about pixels.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p>It also focusses more reliably than my old Pentax K7 and has lower noise at ISO1600. </p><p></p><p>It's superb. I love it. I'm keeping it ! </p><p></p><p>Not a slight on anyone who has a newer Nikon ( I will get one, one day ) but I feel like raising a glass to the humble D50 </p><p></p><p>Cheers :very_drunk:</p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2kon, post: 147992, member: 14159"] Hello all,Just joined and posted a bit of this in my [URL="http://nikonites.com/new-member-introductions/13410-hello-tokyo.html"]intro[/URL] but thought it might be interesting in the general area too. I have been completely around-the-houses so to speak looking for a new camera in the last year. I owned a D40 for years and decided I "needed" an upgrade. It happens :cool:. I subsequently visited every camera review site ( bad idea --- they largely focus, no pun intended, on the wrong things, I now know ) and ended up buying a Fuji X100. You remember the X100 ? It used to be hot. Well it turned out that "rangefinder-like" is not the same as "rangefinder" ;). The marketing worked though. I used rangefinders for years prior to digital. The X100 may look like one, but it's focussing, the entire point of a rangefinder, is diabolical. Ironic perhaps. Coupled with some other tedious handling quirks, I gave it up. Yes, it's image quality was superb when all the stars were aligned. But far too much fighting the tool required. That does not make it a "special" camera, and it's users gifted with photographic dexterity. It makes it a flawed one and it's users hampered by design errors. I decided not to be one. So on I went, and ... well, lets's just say I sampled the full range of possible replacements from Fuji, Pentax, Panasonic and Olympus. You can see the list in my intro post. None stayed. I settled on, instead, a Nikon D50 ! I know. It's 8 years old. I don't care. As I wrote in my somewhat self-justifying intro regarding the D50 :[LEFT][COLOR=#000000] 1. It has a focussing motor and I have a couple of non-[/COLOR]AF[COLOR=#000000]-S Nikon lenses left over from the D40 ( and my earlier, Nikon film camera ) days. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]2. It has 1/500s flash sync. This was excellent on the D40, excellent on the Fuji X100, and I would really miss it for daylight fill-in. The D50 unlike other Nikons with AF motors I can find, supports 1/500s flash sync. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]3. Size and weight. It's tiny but still manages an always-on [/COLOR]LCD [COLOR=#000000]top display AND (sort of) dedicated buttons for [/COLOR]ISO[COLOR=#000000], WB, QUAL just like the [/COLOR][URL="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d300s-95/"]D300s[/URL] [COLOR=#000000]while being about half it's size and weight [/COLOR]:). [COLOR=#000000]4. Tiny [/COLOR]LCD[COLOR=#000000]. I'm not a fan of the tendency for rear LCDs to grow, taking up most of the back of the camera and making the control buttons thus sit under the base of your thumb. I got rid of most of the cameras above because of handling, not image, issues. Many times, simple things like having all the controls crowded out by a too-big rear screen were enough to ruin the handling. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]5. 2000 shot battery life. I remember this from my D40 days. I love not having to worry about the battery. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]6. CCD not [/COLOR]CMOS.[COLOR=#000000] I seem to prefer the look. I don't care about pixels. [/COLOR][/LEFT] It also focusses more reliably than my old Pentax K7 and has lower noise at ISO1600. It's superb. I love it. I'm keeping it ! Not a slight on anyone who has a newer Nikon ( I will get one, one day ) but I feel like raising a glass to the humble D50 Cheers :very_drunk: Paul [/QUOTE]
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