Digital BW, The Print

Sorry...I meant F100...

Robert

On 2/27/02 9:55 AM, "Todd Flashner" <tflash@...> wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> Just one fact checker note. You refer to a D100, which I think we all assume
> to be an F100 (at least I do). However, since Nikon announced an upcoming
> digicam called the D100, which some beta testers may have on hand (you?),
> perhaps you could clarify exactly to which model you do in fact refer?
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 
>> Here' a quote from Phil Askey's dpreview review of the D1...the D1x was
>> built on the same body...
>> 
>> "Many parts of the D1 bear more than a passing resemblance to other members
>> of the Nikon SLR family such as the F5 and F100. Indeed when I was first
>> introduced to the D1 I was told that its design was half F5 and half F100
>> (it's difficult to see which halves, but sufficient to say strength wise
>> it's closer to the F5)."
>> 
>> End of Askey quote...beginning of my comments.  First of all there is
>> nothing in the manual about what body the D1x is.  Nikon has not made an
>> "official" statement about that.
>> 
>> You don't even need a ruler to see that a D1x (to my right) is not the same
>> as a D100 (to my left).  Just a few examples of differences include the
>> D1x's prism chamber (which is identical to a F5...(3" on D1x, 2.5# on the
>> D100) with the diopter adjustment knob moved around to the back on the D100.
>> Top face buttons on the D1x are like the F5, not the D100.  The angle of the
>> trigger face is different between the two cameras.  There are numerous other
>> differences and many similarities (like there are between the F5 and the
>> D100, but I would definitely side with Askey in his quote above.
>> 
>> I purchased the cameras that I'm describing:
>> 
>> D1--spring of 2000
>> D1x--fall of 2001
>> D100--summer of 2001
>> Sold my F5 when I bought the D100...so I don't have one in front of me
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/27/02 4:36 AM, "Pics4U@..." <Pics4U@...> wrote:
>> 
>>>>> I've always said that Nikon SHOULD have made the D1X on the F5 frame
>>>> 
>>>> They did make the D1x on the F5 frame...at least mine is...minus the
>>>> mirror lockup...it sure as heck isn't my D100.
>>>> 
>>>> Robert
>>> 
>>> Unless your's is somehow different than the one in my camera case,
>>> I think you are mistaken. The D1X uses an F100 frame. NOT F5. I
>>> can sit both my F100 with optional battery pack side by side with my
>>> D1X and they look nearly identical. Better read the manual again
>>> Robert, you missed that part.
>>> 
>>> Greg
>>> 
>>> 
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