Digital BW, The Print

For those of you following the upsurge of new pro level digital 
cameras, there is a comparison chart on dpreview with specs. 
for Sigma SD9, Fuji S2, Nikon D100 and Canon D60.  After 
looking at the comparisons, I may be wrong in assuming that the 
D100 is based of the F100.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022309fourdslrs.asp

I repeat that for the purpose of this forum, we can only consider 
these instruments for b/w digital capture.

Frank

Every piece of information that I have found about this camera indicates
it's based on the F80.  Where are you getting this F100 idea?

Lawrence


>I may be wrong in assuming that the 
> D100 is based of the F100.
> 
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022309fourdslrs.asp

I repeat that for the purpose of this forum, we can only consider 
these instruments for b/w digital capture.

Frank

> Every piece of information that I have found about this camera indicates
> it's based on the F80.  Where are you getting this F100 idea?

The D100 looks very similar to the F80. It also has the same pop-up flash as
the F80. No sync terminal, sync speed limited to 1/180. If it looks and
smells like an F80, then .........

OK, So it looks and smells like an F80 (I'm glad I didn't step in it).  
Does that mean that the Fuji S2 and the Nikon D100 are based 
on the same bodies?  If that is the case, is Nikon trying to shoot 
itself in the foot or do they want to take Fuji out?  I have heard that 
Nikon has been less than thrilled with Fuji using their bodies.  
Then again, I am a font of misinformation.

Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Moreno Polloni" 
<mp@d...> wrote:
> > Every piece of information that I have found about this 
camera indicates
> > it's based on the F80.  Where are you getting this F100 idea?
> 
> The D100 looks very similar to the F80. It also has the same 
pop-up flash as
> the F80. No sync terminal, sync speed limited to 1/180. If it 
looks and
> smells like an F80, then .........

As a very happy Fuji s1 user, I am interested in the S2.

Yes, the D100 and S2 are both based on the N80 body.  Nikon 
presumably could not use the F100, as that would make the D100 too 
much like the D1x.

At this stage in the game, I think the sensor / electronics are more 
important than the body, provided the body is good enough, which I 
guess the N80 is.  The Fuji S2 uses an advanced proprietory sensor: 
I'd expect it to win out in image quality, but if not, my Nikon 
lenses also fit the Nikon or Kodak lines :-)...

But not the Contax N1 Digital I looked at today at Focus :-(
--
Quentin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "culturalvisions" 
<frank@c...> wrote:
> OK, So it looks and smells like an F80 (I'm glad I didn't step in 
it).  
> Does that mean that the Fuji S2 and the Nikon D100 are based 
> on the same bodies?  If that is the case, is Nikon trying to shoot 
> itself in the foot or do they want to take Fuji out?  I have heard 
that 

> Nikon has been less than thrilled with Fuji using their bodies.  
> Then again, I am a font of misinformation.
> 
> Frank
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Moreno Polloni" 
> <mp@d...> wrote:
> > > Every piece of information that I have found about this 
> camera indicates
> > > it's based on the F80.  Where are you getting this F100 idea?
> > 
> > The D100 looks very similar to the F80. It also has the same 
> pop-up flash as
> > the F80. No sync terminal, sync speed limited to 1/180. If it 
> looks and
> > smells like an F80, then .........

> > Every piece of information that I have found about this camera
> > indicates it's based on the F80.  Where are you getting this F100
> > idea?
> 
> The D100 looks very similar to the F80. It also has the same pop-up
> flash as the F80. No sync terminal, sync speed limited to 1/180. If it
> looks and smells like an F80, then .........


Taken directly from the Dpreview website.....

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The D100 has a six megapixel sensor, a body loosely based on the F80 (although 
Nikon are keen to note that it shares only some of its components with that camera), 
a Nikon F mount and a set of features which make it an extremely attractive and 
capable proposition.  
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I agree that D100/F100 would have been a logical naming convention but I guess 
Nikon didn't think so.  

Greg