by piggyslayer » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:04 pm
Hi John,
>> 100-400IS
Is it an L?
I do not have a lens that long! More interested in wide angle, 200mm on the tele-end suffices for my needs.
No plans for next winter at all. The only plan is to take things easy this winter.
Very busy summer and still quite busy fall. I did not even have much time for carvers (I did go out to skate only 3 times this year!).
More on cameras:
I have considered the tiny Fuji F10 as my small take anywhere (including ski slope) camera. Good movie mode, good picture quality (including low light conditions for apr?s skiing!), CONS: yes no zooming when recording a movie, a small 36-108mm zoom, no raw format as well. I am debating to wait a bit longer maybe for Fuji E900 to get the raw picture mode in my pocket camera.
S2 seemed to be too bulky for the ski slope. And as you know, my ski jacket already waits a ton.
About the cameras: the to be released Fuji S5200, S9000/S95000 models can be a real competitor to S2 likes (all have raw mode, good movie modes, supposed to be excellent with high ISO- almost like our SLRs) and nice zoom range. I believe will not have Image Stabilization though and not clear if zoom will work when in movie mode.
MAX:
Sorry for making a political statement I have not intended. We all have our camera workflows we like.
Here is what I like to do:
I take SD/CF card out of my camera, I put it into my computer card reader and I have the file on the computer!
Cannot be faster or easier than that, at least with short clicks. With photos there is raw processing, photoshop, and things take a bit longer if I want a nice picture...
I never, ever connect my camera to the PC with any USB/Firewire things - to much trouble, not to mention replaying the movie to move it from a tape to a disk over firewire connection. I dont like editing movies so I try not do this type of stuff.
Robert
Piggy Slayer
let the piggy breathe