Is the N Digital no loger being manufactured?
Why?
See:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6234-6239
Why?
See:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6234-6239
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Hi Yodai,
we opened because of this news a new thread. You will find some comments there about the ND anouncements and other interesting articles about the status quo of the competition:
http://www.contaxinfo.com/discus/board-auth.cgi?file=/14047/100190.html&lm=1054887746
we opened because of this news a new thread. You will find some comments there about the ND anouncements and other interesting articles about the status quo of the competition:
http://www.contaxinfo.com/discus/board-auth.cgi?file=/14047/100190.html&lm=1054887746
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writing4me
> Just thinking aloud here. I do not have any source or any gossip, this is my feeling only. The ND was sometimes bitterly discussed and Contax wasn't getting the return on investment that they needed. This is regardless of the fact that some users found the key to making this camera do magical things. So, if I were Contax, maybe I would say to myself .. "If we restructure this camera and fix the bugs and lower the price we will have many people crying about the fact that they paid so much more and got so much less" .... so ... .the smart thing to do would be to drop the difficult product (difficult in terms of response from the public) and introduce a new digital camera that stands separately from the ND. It could have a different price point, and contain all the fixes, yet I doubt that the buyers of the ND would be able to complain about such a completely new release. So, again this is me thinking aloud I have no facts nor gossip to go on, but I wonder if a new digital in the pro line will be coming. It would be a smart thing to do. I hope they do it. (Personally, I'd like to see something the size of the G2 or G1 with interchangeable lenses of that size too, but that's MY dream). -Lynn L.
> Last Sunday I made some comparison shots on the ND using a range of ISO settings from 25 to 400. My comments and some s&le shots (good and bad!) have been posted at http://www.outbackcoyote.com/outphoto_reviewN1D_ISO.html if you are interested!
Michael.
Michael.
I spoke with Laurie McGuinnis the other day, and she said that Kyocera indeed stopped ND production, but it was a planned action consistent with what other digital SLR manufacturers are doing. She mentioned that there is something in the works now, but she could not be specific yet.
> Marc,
I looked at your fill flash ex&le ... the "Father's Day". Nice shot. I think I can still see evidence of your flash, but you did alot better job then I did. As I explained in my ISO analysis at www.outbackcoyote.com I did a poor job of correctly balancing the fill flash shot. You can see in my shot that the Metz flash, while set at -1 EC was still not set down enough to properly be "fill flash". (or it was set down enough ... just not properly metered!) It really acted more like a regular flash as evidenced by the strong shadow thrown to the right of the chair. The shot had a chance of being sucessful if the shot was entirely done in the daylight, but as it was shot in a combination of daylight/shade, I incorrectly balanced the shot to the sunlight ... not to the shade! I can only blame my haste in taking the shots in ten minutes due to the Hot, Hot, Texas day and a very sweaty (but sweet) model!
I will find in my archive a better ex&le of my "fill flash" technique this weekend and upload the image! Although, I readily admit that I have trouble with any digital flash shots (Canon G1, Contax ND) just getting the "hot spots" to not wash out!
Michael.
I looked at your fill flash ex&le ... the "Father's Day". Nice shot. I think I can still see evidence of your flash, but you did alot better job then I did. As I explained in my ISO analysis at www.outbackcoyote.com I did a poor job of correctly balancing the fill flash shot. You can see in my shot that the Metz flash, while set at -1 EC was still not set down enough to properly be "fill flash". (or it was set down enough ... just not properly metered!) It really acted more like a regular flash as evidenced by the strong shadow thrown to the right of the chair. The shot had a chance of being sucessful if the shot was entirely done in the daylight, but as it was shot in a combination of daylight/shade, I incorrectly balanced the shot to the sunlight ... not to the shade! I can only blame my haste in taking the shots in ten minutes due to the Hot, Hot, Texas day and a very sweaty (but sweet) model!
I will find in my archive a better ex&le of my "fill flash" technique this weekend and upload the image! Although, I readily admit that I have trouble with any digital flash shots (Canon G1, Contax ND) just getting the "hot spots" to not wash out!
Michael.