Digital SLR question

You can donate it to the Elfintography museum of old cams..

Leica M9:

Leica M7:

Not a great deal of difference, other than the fact that one uses film, the other is digital.

That’s what I want Nikon to do.

but think of the mental cost to Elfin’s tortured brain

It’s a very, very high cost. As youser discovering.

One film from 1966, one digital from 2009 🙂

PS why Nikon?

Nice. I like the current trend of doing simple yet quality compacts, I just wish Nikon would do an SLR in that same style.

When it were film, you could buy an FM2, or an F3/4/5 etc, and they’d be of a similar quality. Sadly, the lower end models suffer from basic build quality, and an overabundance of idiot modes. Plastic lens mounts ffs.

Why Nikon?

Cos I’ve got Nikon gear. Perfectly good kit, that I want to keep using. FX full frame sensor is the important bit, to retain original lens focal lengths.

Oh well. 🙁

Maybe it’s a Nikon thing. Olympus seem to be good at the lower end. I certainly don’t have a plastic lens mount!

As for idiot modes – I’ve got three art filters that I can ignore, the rest is normal.

You really want that Pentax btw?

Titanium, you say?

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Interesing DOF in that shot, are you being creative? 😉

Creative?!

No way man! My eyes are just not working as they should be. Not swivelly enough, or something.

Sadly, the lower end models suffer from basic build quality, and an overabundance of idiot modes. Plastic lens mounts ffs.

Plastic where?

My D80 “enthusiast level” body doesn’t have a plastic mount.

In fact looking at the cheapest entry level D3100:

I’m not sure if that is plastic or not. Looks pretty metallic but I’ve not seen one in the flesh so I don’t know.

No way man! My eyes are just not working as they should be. Not swivelly enough, or something.

😆 ROFL 😆