Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <TomOC@s...> wrote:

> 
> Jim-
> 
> The G2 is a more logical choice on paper. But a few of the Nikon 
> features (focusing is faster, macro is much closer

Yes the G2 has a focusing problem. In manual focus mode the button 
keeps overshooting/undershooting- you can't get many increments on the 
visible linear scale on the LCD. And the autofocus sometimes 
overjudges the distance. I've taken to doing a manual focus with zone 
focusing (guessing), like for the old Rollei 35's. The thing can jump 
from say 6 feet to 15 in just a couple of presses of the button 
though, so it's annoying. To compensate, I try to close down my 
aperture. Canon will have to adress this issue in the G3.  

...and I already 
> understand the dials)

One of the good points of the G2 I feel is that the buttons are very 
well thought out- only the manual focus button (why that again?) is a 
bit hard to access.

 moved me to the 5000. I've had a digital elph 
> and still think it is the most elegant pocket camera made. I tried a 
> S40 and immediately sold it because it was so hard to focus.
> 
> I've come to believe that maybe the 5000 and the G2 miss the point 
> for most of us in this forum...we already have a "serious" camera 
and 
> what we are looking for is something that can literally fit in our 
> pockets when we are just out and about.
> 
> I think the 3 that fit that description best are the Nikon 885, 
Canon 
> S330 and, grudgingly, S40. Try putting a G2 or 5000 in your pants 
(or 
> even jacket) pocket...

Yes, true. There's that new camera out now that's about 3 x3 x 0.5 
inch, I think it's a Minolta...

My favorite pocket camera remains the Rollei 35 series. Yes it's a 
film camera, and there's no focusing aid, but at least you can focus 
with a real mechanical ring marked with distance scale (zone, or guess 
focusing again). I'd swear those little licensed by Carl Zeiss lenses 
are sharper than all of my Canon FD lenses<g>.
Jim H.
 
> 
> tom