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Re: Cameras

That is a good shot indeed.

Al Anderson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright Huntley" <huntley1 at home_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: Cameras


> I cancelled my order for a Nikon 990, when I discovered what aberrations
the
> lens had. I ended up buying a Sony Cybershot Pro DSC-D770 and am quite
> pleased with it.
>
> It has a unique zoom system that eliminates need for a macro setting
> completely. For a hand-held snapshot in the field, check out:
>
>
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=972804&a=7152836&p=24240647&Sequence=0
&res=high
>
> [Get that URL all on one line.]
>
> There are more at:
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=972804&a=7152836
>
> My apologies that they are slow downloading as Tom Webster needed the
higher
> resolution for the DSAC web site.
>
> The next-closest camera in fish-pic capability was $5000 and *way* out of
my
> range.
>
> 3.3MP got heavily hyped as the "thing to have" but none of the
> point-and-shoot cameras make really good pictures with them. Mostly lousy
> optics, and far higher noise. Purple fringing from lateral chromatic
> aberrations are only one of the *easy* problems to see. A friend of mine
> does super pictures of planted tanks with a Nikon 950. The pictures in
lower
> light are *much* freer of noise than any 990, IMHO.
>
> YMMV, but I love my Sony.
>
> Wright
>
> PS I'm an old non-automatic 35mm (and larger format) addict, so you P&S
> types may hate that much manual capability.
>
> --
>
>        Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 612-1467
>
>     An aquarium is just interactive television for cats.
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