[Typo3-t3board03] [OT] Digital Camera

[Jan-Hendrik Heuing [netfielders]]

> OK, I would go for a Nikon, preferably Nikon D70. Why? They did not change
> their lense plugins since *ever* so you could still use your old lenses
> with this new camera.

Another evangelist !!!
When I say that, those people just do not see the real benefit of it... 
That's at least what I experience very often.

> Others will recommend the Canon, which are in the sam eway professional.
> I had a Minolta, ages ago, but would never go for it again.
> What you should take care of:
> 1.) Buy *fast* memory cards. I recommend the Sandisk ULTRA II cards.
> They exist for CF, SD, and some more I think. Other cards are cheaper,
> but are way slower, so you have no chances with fast series.

Microdrive is quite slow. And funnily those Compact Flash got larger (4GB) 
and cheaper then microdrive at the same time. When I got my microdrive, CFII 
cost twice as much!

www.depreview.com has been a good resource, but they did not update their 
CF-pages for a long time, so it doesn't make any sense at the moment. But 
there should be tests comparing cards...

> 2.) With snowboarding and kiting: Hmm, I would go for water proof
> things. Might cost 3 times more than the camera (if you have a TLL camera)
>

I had my D100 on the slopes all the time :) Worked well, but now my 28-70 
does make a funny noise when focusing... It it's a little harder to focus as 
well. I think I have to send it in after the tour.

> more details: give me a call. THUR morning, ...
>
> Juergen