¡Jay Zeus! That’s nuts. How do they do that? (never mind the digital zoom, the optical goes to 2000mm.) I was picturing a thing like a howitzer, but it’s actually slightly shorter than my SLR combo with the 70 -- 200mm lens on.
And cheaper, too. (Bought mine in 2007). Yikes, I feel like I’m using a Commodore 64.
Kengisays
Amazing what a point-and-shoot can do these days, especially with the help of digital zoom.
but it’s actually slightly shorter than my SLR combo with the 70 – 200mm lens on.
And cheaper, too. (Bought mine in 2007). Yikes, I feel like I’m using a Commodore 64.
:Snort: Yeah, me too.
Kengisays
It’s bulky for a point-and-shoot, but not too bad compared with an SLR. You can see how large it is compared to a cicada hawk. Its main problem (as expected) is the lens doesn’t let in very much light at all. Of course a “real” SLR 2000 mm lens would be much, much larger and heavier.
Even with the newer light-sensitive sensors, it struggles in low light conditions, and because it was letting in such small amounts of light anyway, Nikon limited the aperture to f8 so you can’t even get a decent depth of field when you do have tons of light to work with. In macro mode, the lens allows you to zoom into about 17 mm (95 mm in 135 equivalence) so you have a decent stand-off range to avoid lens shadow.
Plus you get all the normal disadvantages of a point-and-shoot without being able to fit it in a shirt pocket as the “camera you have with you”.
¡Jay Zeus! That’s nuts. How do they do that? (never mind the digital zoom, the optical goes to 2000mm.) I was picturing a thing like a howitzer, but it’s actually slightly shorter than my SLR combo with the 70 -- 200mm lens on.
And cheaper, too. (Bought mine in 2007). Yikes, I feel like I’m using a Commodore 64.
Amazing what a point-and-shoot can do these days, especially with the help of digital zoom.
“The”:
:Snort: Yeah, me too.
It’s bulky for a point-and-shoot, but not too bad compared with an SLR. You can see how large it is compared to a cicada hawk. Its main problem (as expected) is the lens doesn’t let in very much light at all. Of course a “real” SLR 2000 mm lens would be much, much larger and heavier.
Even with the newer light-sensitive sensors, it struggles in low light conditions, and because it was letting in such small amounts of light anyway, Nikon limited the aperture to f8 so you can’t even get a decent depth of field when you do have tons of light to work with. In macro mode, the lens allows you to zoom into about 17 mm (95 mm in 135 equivalence) so you have a decent stand-off range to avoid lens shadow.
Plus you get all the normal disadvantages of a point-and-shoot without being able to fit it in a shirt pocket as the “camera you have with you”.
It’s a gimmick camera, but it’s loads of fun.