email from Ami Vitale

I've never used them either. But they sure do make a nice image.


Davidonabus said:
Zim: Sorry, but I don't really get it.

All lenses offer "perspective". And while the term "Perspective Lens" is apparently somewhat interchangeable with "tilt-shift lens" she mentioned that it's the perspective lenses that gave it the film-like quality. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me because any fast lens capable of a shallow DOF, along with the d90's film-like latitude and 24p is what gives the d90 the film-like quality.. not a lenses tilft-shift capabilities.

Anyway.. this is perhaps just a semantics issue. So, no point in arguing over it. I'm over it ;)

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Hey Zim, thanks for cutting through and going to an actual source to bring back info for the board.
 
I hope she is right. I'm ready to upgrade my D70s . But I want some good video with the next camera
 
I emailed her back and ask about panning the D300s here is what see said:

"Hi Bob,
Yes it handles pans and I did shoot quite a few of them. In the end, I liked the mood and content of the shots I chose to include and they did not happen to have pans but it definitely was not an issue of the camera not being able to hold up. There is the shot of the kids on the beach where I am following them with the camera handheld that illustrates its capabilities pretty well. Anyway, Good luck! Best, Ami"
 
I have used those perspective lenses with the D90, and they offer no image advantage(masking the D90's weaknesses) when shooting video. They are just an effect lense, like a lensbaby.
 
The problem with using those new VR wide angle lenses, is that you have much less wiggleroom to use the workarounds, concerning trying to control shutter, aperture, and gain. With old Nikon primes you have more maneuverability to attempt to dial in control over the camera(but it is still a painful process).

I really cannot believe the lack of manual controls on the D300s(sadly, this has been confirmed by people who have tested the camera). I absolutely love my d90 for stills and at times, for video. I would buy it again if I could go back in time. However, buying a camera today without manual controls seems insane to me.
 
I really need a new still camera. That is the main reason I will buy DSLR for,,,,but I want video now. I can probably live without the manual controls.
 
Let's see what Canon has up their sleeves. They're "supposed" to announce the 7D or 60D during the first week of September. They could have a winner if they add 24p and manual controls to their 1080 full raster image.
 
Or a Nikon D400 or something.....But I can't see Nikon bringing out another new camera to soon. Maybe the D4 but who wants to spend $8,000?
 
For what it's worth, I'm sticking with the D90, and I'm gonna wring that puppy's neck while she delivers two short films of very high optical quality even if it kills me. And it might.
 
Zim said:
Or a Nikon D400 or something.....But I can't see Nikon bringing out another new camera to soon.
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I predict D400 will be released in December. D300s is not an upgrade regarding the image quality, so Nikon will need to release a new model when D300 is two years old. The D400 will be like D300s, but with a new sensor that delivers higher ISO and better video. Me thinks...
 
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