Please keep things civil. No personal attacks.
Michael
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Rats! Does that mean that I can't be the first to call you a "Nikon shill?"
I think it is funny that all these Nikonaholics have been bashing
Michael for years, calling him a shill for Canon. Now when
he finally reviews a Nikon, they all go ga-ga over a few Nikon snaps
of some dude's eyebrows.
Good work, Michael ... you just captured a whole new audience.
Seriously, when did ultra-high ISO noise performance become the standard by which all cameras will now be judged? How did the film shooters of the past ever do without ISO 25000 film? Low-light photography seems like a very small segment of what people want a camera for these days. I could use better high-ISO performance in my macro work, but since most of the stuff I shoot is wildlife or landscapes I'm more concerned with resolution, focus-tracking, etc.
You know, things that make a real difference.
People that know me know that I'm Canon through and through ... the ultimate Canon shill. Having said that, there are some worthwhile additions to the latest Nikon models that I'd love to see on my Canons. The interval timer and the ability to do multiple-exposures, for example, is one neat little trick that Nikon has included on its latest model. I have to shoot tethered to a laptop and use external software to do that. Also, the ability to control wireless flashes direcly from the camera without the need for a wireless transmitter like the ST-E2.
Hopefully, Canon will build Pocket Wizards into their next models.
In future reviews, I'd like to see more attention paid to useful features like those as well as real-world performance differences.
-bret douglas ----> aka the artist formerly known as Annika1980