Arrrgggh! I didn't buy the Nikon D70. I planned to review this product for Carnival of the Consumers, however, my fragmented friend Fred is shopping cameras, so I'll put my two cents worth in now. Consulting has been thin the past few months, so I balked at the price tag on the D100 and D70 and shopped down price-wise.
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I regret it every time I pick up the Canon G5 I chose. While there's no disputing that the Canon takes a handsome photo with a minimum of fuss, it has one of the worst case layouts I've ever used.
The Set and Menu buttons are on the top-right back grip space, so you hit the damned things with your thumb when you handle the camera. In wide angle/close zoom mode the edge of the lens housing intrudes into viewfinder/comp window...how farging dumb is that?
Nope...can't recommend it. Get the Nikon, Fred.
Posted by feste at March 31, 2004 10:54 AM | TrackBack
I just got the Fuji FinePix S5000 myself. Still trying to figure out all the bells and whistles.
Posted by: Chris at April 2, 2004 06:07 AMFunny isn't it...most of us learn SLR cameras by the seat of our pants and burning through film...we adjust to making value judgements matched to experience fairly quickly...acquiring a complex knowledge set.
Then a digital camera arrives with modes, buttons, menus and user guides 2" thick set in 8-pt type and our camera knowledge button has been reset to default. I'm still menu spelunking too.