lordnikon1

Oh come on, get over the G thing. For the past three years, people groan about not being able to use the new G lenses on their 40 year old F bodies. there comes a point in time where back-wards compatibility hinders advances in technology. And while I am glad that Nikon is keeping the F mount, I ave several G lenses that work perfectly well on my F4s. I just change the shutter speed to give me the aperture I want. Let's face it, the day will come when film is gone and everything will be digital, and the old non-AI and AI lenses will be collecting fungus in the old camera bags. Get over it. I prefer D lenses over the g lenses, and the sheer reason I bought into the Nikon system was for the aperture ring, but I won't let that dictate my shooting. Just be glad nikon didn't screw you over like Canon did to it's users when it went to AF, and you managed to get another 20 years out of the old MF lenses.

I'm looking to buy an S myself here soon, the price v. drawback issue is in check, so I think for the advantages of the S2 over the S, I'll be in good shape for the cash. I only wish that the viewfinder was a bit bigger on the S.

The reason for the price gaps is simple, you get what you pay for. It's like asking why Leica costs more than Nikon, or why the Ziess glass costs more than Minolta... Markets these days in the eletroncs industry is too tight for corperate name milking anymore. Cashcowing based on brnad name died back in the 70's.

I would think the older camera would be worth more also but go figure. I'm looking to pick up an S and shoot with it too :)

Essentially I love my little Lite Touch 120, but hey, I shoot with an F4s and F5, and have become obsessed with that level of build, and would like to have some exposure control, hence for the price, the 35Ti seemed to fit the need perfectly.

Nikon's R&D team was pulled from the F6 project in favor of the new D2h and D2x nealy 18 months ago, the new D2h and D2X, which have been registered and trademarked in the US. THe pattens can be found on the US Dept of Pattens web site. THis is pretty comon knowledge which Nikon JP has openly admitted to, (shifting the F6 R&D to D2, terminating the project, Nikon JP claims the F6 project was needed to dsesign a new chassis for the D2. You should easily find this infomation o nthr Nikon JP web site, but you will need to be able to read kanji.)

I typically shoot with an F4s and F5, but I am not always able to

carry a full system with me. As the result, I carry a little

LiteTouch with me just so I'm not ever without a camera. (Let's face

it, it's hard to grocery shop, or pick up carry out with a Domke bag

full of gear!!!) Anycase, I want to replace the LiteTouch with a

Nikon 35Ti, and would like some dimensions on the size WxDxH, and

have been not been successful in finding them on the web. Any info

on the 35Ti would be helpful.

I have both the MC-7 and the Kenko extention tube sets, bth work fine, though if you are at f/5.6 or above the AF will hunt with either. I've found that I just set my F5 to manual focus mode when havng to use either. Image quality also degrades anytime you insert anything between the lens and the body, but both were good investments, IMHO. The shot enclosed below was taken with an F5, Nikkor 70-300D-ED glass with the Kenko MC7 TC, with both my focus market at "green" focus status" Personally I was a bit disappointed though.<div></div>

I run with an F2, F6, and F803, the F2 is the only one that can fit the 80-200 in without an insanely tight squeeze. If the 80-200 goes with me so does the F2.

Thomas, in order to understand the question better, one needs to understand the sound. As you are most likely aware a flash power up is usually more of a whine. I can't say I have ever hear any of my hear buzz before.

 

I'm assuming that if you have had this camera for a while and have never heard it make this sound before then in most likelihood is not the flash charging. The closet thing to a buzz I have ever heard from my gear would be a few LiteTouches, and CoolPix I have used (I'm an F4s&F5 owner,so the P & S cameras are not a daily deal for me to shoot with.) tend to make a small buzz during the power up procedure to extend the lens out from the camera body to a shooting position. But this buzz is only for a moment while the camera moves the lens to an extended position away from the body itself.

 

If you feel this is not the issue and this has not happened before in the past, then a local trip to the shop may be prudent. In the best-worst case scenario will be nothing is wrong, and you're not really out a few bucks as it just bought you peace of mind. If something is actually wrong, then you may have just caught it fast enough that it may be repaired while it's a small issue before it grows big.

 

Personally, I've only ever used a 28 Ti maybe twice ever, but it's a fine camera, and should provide many years of exceptional service.

I've owned Pentax and Minolta, and wished I started out with Nikon! Shooting today with an N2020, N6006, and an F4s, all three are great AF cameras that allow me to control the shutter speed through a shutter dial (the N6006 has only one command dial, the nN2020, and F4s have a real shutter dial) Apperture is still controled by the apperture ring. It's jsut like using an old K1000, or any other MF SLR. The classic ergonomics of the old MF cameras applied to an AF SLR was what sold me to Nikon. The fact that I can matrix meter with every lens Nikon makes too helped!

Since you are looking at both the 802 and 803, keep in mind there is an 806 which will hold the inserts and is a decent size for an M series camera.