Ayse{at}ada.com.tr said to Photo at 09-26-04  13:31
 Subject: nikon or canon, any sugge

 Ay> hi gang,

 Ay> you know my softies. :) i want to figure this camera subject some
 Ay> more. 

 Ay> i have a nikon fg-20 (+50mm nikon) which becomes enough heavy for
 Ay> me to blur the images apart from the lenses' own distortion or other
 Ay> problems when used with my old vivitar 28-105 or 2nd hand tamron 28-80
 Ay> cp macro zoom that i got recently to make trials. vivitar had also
 Ay> failed in high mountain activities because of humidity and cold.
 Ay> it's timer values also seem to be better than those of vivitar. for
 Ay> the same room lightening it is 1/30 for tamron, 1/8 for vivitar.
 Ay> (guess i'll take tamron and leave vivitar although it's some heavier
 Ay> and use 200 iso film. any other idea?)

 Ay> apart from this combination or a better second lens for nikon fg-20,
 Ay> i think of having a new one most probably an autofocus slr but can't
 Ay> decide on the model.

 Ay> canon is unbelievably light but i don't know it at all. as may be
 Ay> seen, i'm interested particularly in abstract, nature, macro, graphics
 Ay> but may lead to different subjects occasionally.

 A new camera, I would say go with digital.   Any of the 8 megapixels
 units will create images as good as 35mm film.  I also don't care for
 dSLR's, so would say get a good prosumer type camera.  Leave the film
 and related expense at home.  You can get a camera with fine zoom lens
 that cover the medium wide to longer telephoto range for about half the
 cost of a nikon 80-200 zoom.  You gain lightweight for carrying, the
 image doesn't need scanning, it's already digital and the entire camera
 package can hang from your neck or fit in a belt pack for hiking or
 biking.   I won't recommend any one camera, try them all and see which
 you like best.  Take a long time to decide on a brand because they have
 so many options and settings you can change yourself, learning all that
 is a big job and one you don't want to repeat if you buy a new camera
 again later.

 Ay> i need your help to figure out. for example, i've seen very good shots
 Ay> taken by nikon 80 at our recent mountain activity. i tried the nikon
 Ay> 90x of a friend some, but was heavy and seemed to have too much
 Ay> feature that i probably won't use much. i don't know if 1/4000 is
 Ay> within the very normal limits for these series, it seems almost
 Ay> useless to me with my fg-20 point of view.

 I would see the nikon 80-200 as useful for its large apperature, f:2.8
 at 80mm is a big chunk of glass and when you ad all the other elements
 to make it zoom, it will be heavy.  The image stabilizer feature will
 help with steadying if the arm muscle holding it up last long enough.
 At that aperture, 1/4000 in sunlight and at least ISO200 film will
 work OK.  The Nikon 80-400 zoom gives up the extra two f:stops but
 shooting a long lens on a 35mm camera, the extra opening is used mostly
 for focusing anyway.  The depth of field becomes so narrow as to
 restrict it's larger opening to rare instances.

 Ay> digitals, although may be finally what'll use, seems to be out of
 Ay> focus for the moment. :)

 Ay> i would like to have your suggestions.

 I say digital..



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