Fred, It's nice to hear you are enjoying the DS, I think Shel will too. I've got 1,000 jpg's out of mine since mid June. (I'll get to RAW eventually.) Still on the original batteries and no firmware upgrades yet. Mostly I'm using AF lenses - AF50/1.4 and F28/2.8. Used the AF70-210/4-5.6 at the airshow. I have no problems with the A400/5.6 or A20/2.8 either. The last is a nice wide alternative. Regards, Bob S.
On 9/1/05, Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm jealous. Mine arrived early this morning at the FedEx distribution > > center, about 20 minutes drive from Casa Belinkoff, but FedEx won't deliver > > it until 9/2 and they won't allow me to pick it up, either. The SD card > > that I ordered hasn't arrived yet, so the camera wouldn't do me much good, > > although I could read the manual and do some preliminary fondling. > > Oops, sorry, Shel - I didn't intend to gloat - I assumed that your first DS > experiences would be about the same as mine. <sheepish_grin> > > I'm curious, though - why won't FedEx deliver until 9/2, or at least let > you pick it up? > > > Nice to hear that the AF is acceptable. > > Well, so it seems to me. However, you have to remember that I am an af > newbie, so maybe I'm just easily impressed - <g>. (My partner has a ZX-5n, > which she uses for both mf and af, but I've almost never used it.) > > By the way, the viewfinder is just beautiful to use with mf lenses, and eye > relief is just great for me, considering that I wear glasses, and sometimes > I find that eye relief can be a little hard to come by. I had visions > before the DS arrived of taking off that eyecup, but I find that it does > not get in the way at all (i.e., it does not keep me from getting my eye > close enough to see the full viewfinder). > > Fred > >
