Recent content by hankosaurus

I wouldn't do it. Think about what insurance should be for. That being the catastrophic situation for which one cannot recover easily. There may be a case for insurance for such as that. Your automobile, your life, your home. But not for tires, oil changes, groceries, nor for repair of broken...

Hello chimtian. IMO, the 50 could work very well on the DX/APS format for portraiture. The key, as far as I know, is that in portraiture one does not want the subject to be close enough that facial features are distorted (unless that is what is wanted for special effects). Having the subject at...

I understand, Ian. I am a retired electronics teacher, and I have a basic grasp of your challenge there. I wish you much luck marketing it, if you choose that path. Plan to saturate the market quickly. Someone will steal the idea in a New York Second if they can get away with it. Then you will...

Hi Guys. I have been a "Nikonian" since the fall of 2002. Its greatest strengths are in the size of its membership (all that they know and can share), its focus upon all things "Nikon," and the concentration of Nikon related stuff in one place. There are, for example, sections within the...

Hi Guys. Your collective sentiments match mine. Sometimes I think folks in show business think firstly about what makes a show have snap, interest-holding sizzle, or some such. Exorbitant showmanship first, substance very last. In my opinion, and for the reasons you folks have cited...

Greetings Forum. Here is a link to a six minute video clip from England's "The Gadget Show," wherein digital and film Nikons are put up against each other. The setup for each includes using the same studio, same photographer, the very same lens, same format size, same subjects, same lighting...

Hello Forum. Thanks, Guys, for all the responses and the links. I guess I got carried away and came down a little too hard on Nikon. I ordered a cheap release that will probably be all I need. Ian, I am very curious about your circuit. I have some experience with electronic design and...

Hello Forum. Can you believe that Nikon wants USD $175 for an electronic remote controller which it offers as the only means for accomplishing what a basic cable release does? Well, as far as I know, it is true, at least for the remote for the D700. What I want is an alternative to this...

Hmmmm. I would like to invent a simple threaded cable release interface for modern Nikon cameras. This would assure that Nikon cannot get away with destroying a time proven, utterly simple, elegant, reliable, and durable feature and replacing it with a "take it or leave it" battery dependent...

Hello again ClubSNAP Forum. Thanks gentlemen for the warm welcome to this fine discussion group. I'm glad that my logic for choosing the D700 seems sensible to seasoned imagemakers such as you are. When I said the D700 is limited to 90% viewing, I was speaking of the planar, area...

Greetings ClubSNAP Forum. This is my first post here. I found this thread more than a little interesting since I have, after considerable delay and thinking, finally bought a digital body on August 18. I grew up on film. Manual control is for me almost "automatic," in the sense that walking...