Testing a set of them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photortuous/7030442219/in/photostream/
Category: Equipment
Li-ion
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Read the left side link panel after following the link, you’ll find a lot of reading.
… more likely to be added…
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11674-12354
I made the choice to go “D700″ due to seeing a price drop on new ones, and expecting the availability to plummet. It seems the plummeting might not happen as soon as I expected – and maybe some more people with me (those that lowered the price).
Looking at the sample shots for this cell phone:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/news/just_posted_our_samsung_infuse_4g_smart_phone_review.html
… makes me wonder why anyone using auto-mode would buy a compact camera anymore…
Seems Nikon has 18 and 20mm budget primes for FX in the pipeline:
http://nikonrumors.com/2012/02/10/nikon-patent-for-18mm-f1-8-20mm-f1-8-fx-lenses.aspx/#more-33350
The budget prime set:
18/1.8 -
compare to using 12mm on DX, with e.g. Sigma 10-20 or Tokina 11-16 zooms (though these do not have f/1.8).
20/1.8 – compare to 13.3mm on DX (similar to above)
50/1.8 – AOV of a 75/1.8 (on FX)
85/1.8 -
compare to using the above 50/1.8 FX on DX, similar AOV as a “127mm” or even the 135/2.0 DC on FX.
The 50/1.8D is 130€ (or slightly more for AF-S version),
the 85/1.8 is 400€-ish, can we sexpect the 18 and 20 to be priced in a similar range maybe?
The 18mm seems to have a good amount of components, which might indicate a higher cost of production – and a higher sale price in the end. The 20 apparently has less amount of glass…
