Digital BW, The Print

FWIW, I just returned a Nikon 5K due to a problem with its' inability 
to disable the internal flash when a radio transmitter is attached to 
the hot shoe. The instruction booklet as well as Nikon tech support 
state that the internal flash is automatically disengaged when a 
flash accessory is attached to the hot shoe. This is not the case 
with the unit I purchased, nor could I get this feature to work on 
two other units I tried.Photographers who need to fire studio and 
location strobes BEWARE. 
Nikon tech told me they did not know IF or WHEN a firmware update 
would be created. But they did admit I was not the first to complain 
about this deficiency.
George J Kunze

I also recently returned a Nikon 5000, for problems with the flash 
and also because of significant color abberrations between light/dark 
adjacent areas.

I purchased the Canon G2 instead, and it is a beauty of a camera.  I 
am printing up to about 13" in the long dimension on my Epson 1200 
(with color pigments) that are, IMHO, as good as prints from 35 mm 
scans from an Imacon scanner.

The Canon G2 is well designed, a pleasure to use, and has some great 
features. . . .  It's much better than any other "point and shoot" 
I've ever used, and is much closer in quality and experience to a 
Canon SLR, except that you have the immediacy of digital.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> FWIW, I just returned a Nikon 5K due to a problem with its' 
inability 
> to disable the internal flash when a radio transmitter is attached 
to 
> the hot shoe. The instruction booklet as well as Nikon tech support 
> state that the internal flash is automatically disengaged when a 
> flash accessory is attached to the hot shoe. This is not the case 
> with the unit I purchased, nor could I get this feature to work on 
> two other units I tried.Photographers who need to fire studio and 
> location strobes BEWARE. 
> Nikon tech told me they did not know IF or WHEN a firmware update 
> would be created. But they did admit I was not the first to 
complain 
> about this deficiency.
> George J Kunze

I also think the Canon G2 is great.  A real possibility of replacing 
35mm film in a quality camera that can point and shoot in auto or 
manual mode (which is slower/less intuitive than conventional SLR at 
this point).  Had it about 2.5 months.

Have used the movie mode, macro, landscape, portrait, panoramic (& 
stitch) all with great ease.  The wide angle lens arrived today.  
While I don't like that the tube adapter is plastic (LA-DC58) the 
lens itself is a nice looking piece of glass (WC-DC58).  Makes for 
about a 28mm without resorting to the stitch mode.

Sincerely,
Cleavis

I read in the PDN Forum an explanation about the inability to 
turn off the internal flash on the Nikon 5000.  It was explained 
that when a flash or radio slave is attached to the hot shoe, the 
internal flash is automatically disabled, however it continues to 
fire a very reduced burst.  The explanation the users on that 
forum received from Nikon was that this is only a pre-flash, and 
that its power would not affect overall exposure.  Some testing 
was done by a user and he came to the conclusion that this was 
indeed what was happening, because as he measured it, the 
internal flash was firing at only 1/10 of what was necessary to 
create a proper exposure.
      Thought you might find that interesting.

Justin Smith

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "httivals" <hslavitt@c...> 
wrote:

> The Canon G2 is well designed, a pleasure to use, and has some 
great 
> features. . . .  It's much better than any other "point and shoot" 

George, what are the specs and cost of the G2?

Tim T.

>  > The Canon G2 is well designed, a pleasure to use, and has some
>great
>>  features. . . .  It's much better than any other "point and shoot"
>
>George, what are the specs and cost of the G2?
>

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