Digital BW, The Print

This depends on your workflow and target output.  If you are dealing with
8x10's and shoot in RAW mode my D1 does everybit as good as my SS4000 film
scanner when output to Piezo.  The key is knowing how manage the files and
correctly sharpen.  Resolution is not an adequate measure to compare Digital
to Film workflows.  The D1x from what I've seen gets you safely to 11x14 and
probably to 13x19 with some care in workflow.

I also have a warehouse of Nikon lenses and it did take some practice to
pick the right ones to use with the D1.  Added a 14mm to attempt to replace
my 20mm was necessary for me...unfortunately at double the weight and size.
I just finished a 6 week shoot that I shot an F100 and D1 side by side and
got pretty comparable images...but that's after 1.5 yr of practice.  Of
course this lens conversion is one of the major reasons that the D1 (D1x)
has become so popular in sport and photojournalism...a smaller, lighter,
cheaper 300mm is packing the wallop of a 450mm...a fast light 180mm is all
that most people need...that's a big advantage in weight and $$$.  I do miss
my 50mm f1.4 ...as a 50mm...but now it is a fast portrait lens instead...and
much less $$$ than a 85mm f1.4.  So its give and take.

I'm waiting for Nikon to figure out how to make the sensor movable...then
you could flick a switch and have it either way.  Contax managed to make a
camera that focused this way...I'm sure that Nikon could figure out how to
do it for a $5K camera.

Robert

On 10/6/01 3:38 PM, "Terry Graham" <terry.graham@...> wrote:

> A Nikon D1 will not give you the same resolution as a film camera, but
> the new D1x's are getting close. The nice thing about Nikon is that you
> can use almost any Nikkor lens ever produce on the D1x. There are a
> couple of exotic lenses and teleconvertors that can't be used. Remember
> that a 20mm lens on a film camera becomes a 30mm lens on a D1X and a
> 400mm lens becomes a 600mm lens.

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