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    on using the flash in general, and flash compensation in particular...

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    <p><br />A beginner asks about how using the flash interacts with the exposure factors and meters: shutter, aperture, ISO, the exposure meter in the viewfinder...</p>

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    <p>You may want to have a look at the Tangents blog: </p>

    <p><a href="http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/flash-and-ambient-light/">Adding flash to ambient light </a><br>

    <a href="http://neilvn.com/tangents/when-aperture-does-not-control-flash-exposure/">When aperture doesn't control the flash exposure </a></p>

     

    help

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    <p><em>I think the way to make the best choice for yourself, would be to go to a dealer and try some of the recent models of various mfrs and see whose feels best from an ergonomics standpoint...</em></p>

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    <p>+1 (especially if you have large hands).</p>

    <p>I found the E-PL2 very frustrating to use. My thumb tended to rest on the control dial, frequently resulting in settings being changed inadvertently. </p>

    PENTAX K MOUNT TO CANON MOUNT ADAPTORS?

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    <p><a href="http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html">http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html </a></p>

     

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    <p>Though it looks like Pentax K-mount lenses should be adaptable to an EOS body if you just consider the flange to focal plane distance of PK lenses, it turns out that the diaphragm coupling lever which sticks out from the back of the lens causes problems.</p>

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    Nikon Coolpix S9500 or Nikon Coolpix L820

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    <p>I agree that the Nikon J1 is better than the Coolpix models but the max flash sync speed of 1/60 is painful ... motion blur unless your subject is static, and forces you to use apertures as small as f16 for fill flash outdoors. Nice camera if you don't plan to use flash.</p>

    I want a G1X but I'll buy an RX100 Mk II

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    <p>Just wondering about the LX7. It appears that the maximum available aperture on the LX7 is f1.6 at 28mm equivalent, f1.7 at 35mm-e, and f2.3 at full zoom. The corresponding apertures on the RX100II are apparently f1.8, f2.8 and f4.9.</p>

    <p>While there is a significant difference in sensor size (and DXOMark shows a 2-stop difference in SNR), the difference in maximum available aperture should allow one to use a correspondingly lower ISO on the LX7 (1-2 stops depending on the focal length). Would that make the difference between these cameras less than 1 stop in terms of low-light performance?</p>

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    I am baffled ... what on earth is going on?

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    <p>... sometimes PA****** and sometimes PC******* etc. In one caase the last three numbers are sequential but the front two go P9 to PA. I think I see three groups of numbers **/***/*** and within minutes the second went from 050 to 230 and then back to to 200 over three frames.</p>

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    <p>Yes, there are 3 groups of numbers: P* (month)/ ** (date)/ **** (sequence). The first group goes from P1 to P9 (January through September), then PA (October), PB (November) and PC (December). Pictures taken on 5 September are numbered P9050001 to P9059999. Unfortunately, the file number doesn't include the year.</p>

    Is it Possible for Nikon?

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    <p>Its all a lot of hot air and full of innuendo. </p>

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    <p>I agree. It's interesting how some people tend to be quite forceful in their criticism of products they have never used. </p>

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    <p>Lets face it, the Nikon 1 has been a failure, both on pricing and on sensor choice. </p>

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    <p>Perhaps they should have used a smaller sensor. Cameras with large sensors seem to be losing out to the iPhone. </p>

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    <p><em>"The stats for first half mirrorless sales are 1.6m units in 2012, 1.3m units in 2013, or 82% this year versus last. More interestingly, only 10,235 mirrorless cameras were shipped to the US in June." <a href="http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/the-interchangeable-lens.html">(Link)</a> </em></p>

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    Is it Possible for Nikon?

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    <p>- Is it possible that Nikon didn't know that they want something special in order to gain market share in the field of mirrorless product? (i.e. a model with full frame mirrorless capabilities - something that the competition doesn't have in their arsenal)</p>

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    <p>"continuous and tracking AF".... What was wrong with the people that could not understand this specialty that solely Nikon was offering and translate it in sales? Is it because they remember Ashton Kutcher just having fun with the camera?</p>

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    <p>I think I get it now. Nikon 1 failed because people actually wanted a model with "full frame mirrorless capabilities" instead of which Nikon offered them Ashton Kutcher and a mirrorless product that was "nothing special". So they have all decided to use their iPhones until a full frame mirrorless camera is available.</p>

    Is it Possible for Nikon?

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    <p>I'm not going to defend everything that Panayotis said, but I own a V1. For me, describing the original launch price as "a bit overpriced" is a huge understatement.</p>

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    <p>I agree that it was overpriced at launch (I bought mine 2 months ago). What actually surprised me was the first part of his statement (dismissing the Nikon 1 as <em>"nothing special in comparison to the existing</em> competition"). Evidently, <a href="/photodb/user?user_id=2095833">Panayotis Papadopoulos</a> has not noticed any difference in continuous and tracking AF between the Nikon 1 and the "existing competition".</p>

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    <p>Still, as someone with a GF2 and a V1, the (older) GF2 is the camera that's more pleasant to use for general shooting.</p>

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    <p>I wish Nikon would make one (or two) buttons on the V1 customisable (would this be possible in a firmware update?). I haven't had the opportunity to use a Panasonic camera, but the layout of the buttons and wheel on the V1 is certainly better than on my (previous) E-PL2. I couldn't seem to avoid unintentionally changing settings on the Olympus.</p>

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