On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:02:35 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:59:06 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

jps wrote:
In article ,
says...
My D70 decided to stop autofocusing this morning, so, figuring I had
dome something idiotic, I called Nikon tech support and, as usual,
chatted with a really knowledgeable guy. He had me "two finger salute"
the camera (a reset), and suddenly autofocus came back. I've got to stop
fiddling with the damned knobs...but that's what my old girlfriends used
to say, too. Oh well.

Anyway, I asked, "So when the hell are you going to have a reasonably
priced DSLR with a full-frame CCD," and he said, "I can't tell you,
but...it will be much sooner rather than later."

Finally.
Full frame ccd isn't going to be reasonably priced, not for the next
several years.

jps

The new full-frame Canon, $3000 list, is $2200 via the internet. The
next round of full-framers will be less. Nikon, I believe, is buying its
CCDs from SONY. Now that it is mostly getting out of the film camera
market, it will find a way to cut Canon's nuts off price for a
full-frame CCD.

Be careful buying 'gray market' stuff over the internet. Again, what is the
big advantage of a full frame CCD?
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John H

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Well, for starters, wide angle lenses work as wide angle lenses.

I'd like the "18" on my 18-70 zoom to be an 18, not a 27. And I'd like
my other auto nikkor lenses to perform as I expect them to, not to
produce focal lengths half again their spec. I am used to viewing shots
in full 35 mm frame view.

I'd thought the lack of the wide angle capability might be a problem until
I saw how easy it was to join photos in PS Elements.
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John H

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